The commit 21823fbda5 ("KVM: x86: Invalidate all PGDs for the
current PCID on MOV CR3 w/ flush") invalidates all PGDs for the specific
PCID and in the case of PCID is disabled, it includes all PGDs in the
prev_roots and the commit made prev_roots totally unused in this case.
Not using prev_roots fixes a problem when CR4.PCIDE is changed 0 -> 1
before the said commit:
(CR4.PCIDE=0, CR4.PGE=1; CR3=cr3_a; the page for the guest
RIP is global; cr3_b is cached in prev_roots)
modify page tables under cr3_b
the shadow root of cr3_b is unsync in kvm
INVPCID single context
the guest expects the TLB is clean for PCID=0
change CR4.PCIDE 0 -> 1
switch to cr3_b with PCID=0,NOFLUSH=1
No sync in kvm, cr3_b is still unsync in kvm
jump to the page that was modified in step 1
shadow page tables point to the wrong page
It is a very unlikely case, but it shows that stale prev_roots can be
a problem after CR4.PCIDE changes from 0 to 1. However, to fix this
case, the commit disabled caching CR3 in prev_roots altogether when PCID
is disabled. Not all CPUs have PCID; especially the PCID support
for AMD CPUs is kind of recent. To restore the prev_roots optimization
for CR4.PCIDE=0, flush the whole MMU (including all prev_roots) when
CR4.PCIDE changes.
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Message-Id: <20211019110154.4091-3-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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