linux/include
Chao Peng 5a475554db KVM: Introduce per-page memory attributes
In confidential computing usages, whether a page is private or shared is
necessary information for KVM to perform operations like page fault
handling, page zapping etc. There are other potential use cases for
per-page memory attributes, e.g. to make memory read-only (or no-exec,
or exec-only, etc.) without having to modify memslots.

Introduce the KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES ioctl, advertised by
KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES, to allow userspace to set the per-page memory
attributes to a guest memory range.

Use an xarray to store the per-page attributes internally, with a naive,
not fully optimized implementation, i.e. prioritize correctness over
performance for the initial implementation.

Use bit 3 for the PRIVATE attribute so that KVM can use bits 0-2 for RWX
attributes/protections in the future, e.g. to give userspace fine-grained
control over read, write, and execute protections for guest memory.

Provide arch hooks for handling attribute changes before and after common
code sets the new attributes, e.g. x86 will use the "pre" hook to zap all
relevant mappings, and the "post" hook to track whether or not hugepages
can be used to map the range.

To simplify the implementation wrap the entire sequence with
kvm_mmu_invalidate_{begin,end}() even though the operation isn't strictly
guaranteed to be an invalidation.  For the initial use case, x86 *will*
always invalidate memory, and preventing arch code from creating new
mappings while the attributes are in flux makes it much easier to reason
about the correctness of consuming attributes.

It's possible that future usages may not require an invalidation, e.g.
if KVM ends up supporting RWX protections and userspace grants _more_
protections, but again opt for simplicity and punt optimizations to
if/when they are needed.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y2WB48kD0J4VGynX@google.com
Cc: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Cc: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com>
Cc: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
Signed-off-by: Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-Id: <20231027182217.3615211-14-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2023-11-13 05:31:38 -05:00
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acpi cpu-hotplug: Provide prototypes for arch CPU registration 2023-10-11 14:27:37 +02:00
asm-generic hyperv-fixes for v6.6-rc6 2023-10-10 11:01:21 -07:00
clocksource
crypto This update includes the following changes: 2023-08-29 11:23:29 -07:00
drm gpu/drm: Eliminate DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_UNSET 2023-10-17 20:35:38 -04:00
dt-bindings IOMMU Updates for Linux v6.6 2023-09-01 16:54:25 -07:00
keys
kunit - An extensive rework of kexec and crash Kconfig from Eric DeVolder 2023-08-29 14:53:51 -07:00
kvm KVM/arm64 updates for 6.7 2023-10-31 16:37:07 -04:00
linux KVM: Introduce per-page memory attributes 2023-11-13 05:31:38 -05:00
math-emu
media media updates for v6.6-rc1 2023-09-01 12:21:32 -07:00
memory
misc
net netfilter: flowtable: GC pushes back packets to classic path 2023-10-25 11:35:46 +02:00
pcmcia
ras
rdma
rv rv: Set variable 'da_mon_##name' to static 2023-09-01 21:00:00 -04:00
scsi scsi: sd: Introduce manage_shutdown device flag 2023-10-27 10:00:19 +09:00
soc IOMMU Updates for Linux v6.6 2023-09-01 16:54:25 -07:00
sound ASoC: soc-dapm: Add helper for comparing widget name 2023-10-09 13:03:28 +01:00
target
trace neighbor: tracing: Move pin6 inside CONFIG_IPV6=y section 2023-10-18 11:16:43 +01:00
uapi KVM: Introduce per-page memory attributes 2023-11-13 05:31:38 -05:00
ufs Merge branch 'fixes' into misc 2023-09-02 08:25:19 +01:00
vdso
video fbdev: uvesafb: Remove uvesafb_exec() prototype from include/video/uvesafb.h 2023-10-16 23:19:34 +02:00
xen arm/xen: remove lazy mode related definitions 2023-09-19 07:04:49 +02:00