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authorOliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>2023-04-04 15:40:46 +0000
committerMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>2023-04-05 12:07:41 +0100
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KVM: arm64: Introduce support for userspace SMCCC filtering
As the SMCCC (and related specifications) march towards an 'everything and the kitchen sink' interface for interacting with a system it becomes less likely that KVM will support every related feature. We could do better by letting userspace have a crack at it instead. Allow userspace to define an 'SMCCC filter' that applies to both HVCs and SMCs initiated by the guest. Supporting both conduits with this interface is important for a couple of reasons. Guest SMC usage is table stakes for a nested guest, as HVCs are always taken to the virtual EL2. Additionally, guests may want to interact with a service on the secure side which can now be proxied by userspace. Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230404154050.2270077-10-oliver.upton@linux.dev
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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 9497792c4ee5..c8ab2f730945 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6231,6 +6231,10 @@ requires a guest to interact with host userpace.
For arm64:
----------
+SMCCC exits can be enabled depending on the configuration of the SMCCC
+filter. See the Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
+``KVM_ARM_SMCCC_FILTER`` for more details.
+
``nr`` contains the function ID of the guest's SMCCC call. Userspace is
expected to use the ``KVM_GET_ONE_REG`` ioctl to retrieve the call
parameters from the vCPU's GPRs.
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
index 147efec626e5..9d726e60ec47 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
@@ -321,3 +321,82 @@ Allows userspace to query the status of migration mode.
if it is enabled
:Returns: -EFAULT if the given address is not accessible from kernel space;
0 in case of success.
+
+6. GROUP: KVM_ARM_VM_SMCCC_CTRL
+===============================
+
+:Architectures: arm64
+
+6.1. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_ARM_VM_SMCCC_FILTER (w/o)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+:Parameters: Pointer to a ``struct kvm_smccc_filter``
+
+:Returns:
+
+ ====== ===========================================
+ EEXIST Range intersects with a previously inserted
+ or reserved range
+ EBUSY A vCPU in the VM has already run
+ EINVAL Invalid filter configuration
+ ENOMEM Failed to allocate memory for the in-kernel
+ representation of the SMCCC filter
+ ====== ===========================================
+
+Requests the installation of an SMCCC call filter described as follows::
+
+ enum kvm_smccc_filter_action {
+ KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_HANDLE = 0,
+ KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_DENY,
+ KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_FWD_TO_USER,
+ };
+
+ struct kvm_smccc_filter {
+ __u32 base;
+ __u32 nr_functions;
+ __u8 action;
+ __u8 pad[15];
+ };
+
+The filter is defined as a set of non-overlapping ranges. Each
+range defines an action to be applied to SMCCC calls within the range.
+Userspace can insert multiple ranges into the filter by using
+successive calls to this attribute.
+
+The default configuration of KVM is such that all implemented SMCCC
+calls are allowed. Thus, the SMCCC filter can be defined sparsely
+by userspace, only describing ranges that modify the default behavior.
+
+The range expressed by ``struct kvm_smccc_filter`` is
+[``base``, ``base + nr_functions``). The range is not allowed to wrap,
+i.e. userspace cannot rely on ``base + nr_functions`` overflowing.
+
+The SMCCC filter applies to both SMC and HVC calls initiated by the
+guest. The SMCCC filter gates the in-kernel emulation of SMCCC calls
+and as such takes effect before other interfaces that interact with
+SMCCC calls (e.g. hypercall bitmap registers).
+
+Actions:
+
+ - ``KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_HANDLE``: Allows the guest SMCCC call to be
+ handled in-kernel. It is strongly recommended that userspace *not*
+ explicitly describe the allowed SMCCC call ranges.
+
+ - ``KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_DENY``: Rejects the guest SMCCC call in-kernel
+ and returns to the guest.
+
+ - ``KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_FWD_TO_USER``: The guest SMCCC call is forwarded
+ to userspace with an exit reason of ``KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL``.
+
+The ``pad`` field is reserved for future use and must be zero. KVM may
+return ``-EINVAL`` if the field is nonzero.
+
+KVM reserves the 'Arm Architecture Calls' range of function IDs and
+will reject attempts to define a filter for any portion of these ranges:
+
+ =========== ===============
+ Start End (inclusive)
+ =========== ===============
+ 0x8000_0000 0x8000_FFFF
+ 0xC000_0000 0xC000_FFFF
+ =========== ===============