KVM: x86: KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS

This commit implements an enhanced x86 version of S390
KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS functionality. KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS "allow[s]
userspace to access certain guest registers without having
to call SET/GET_*REGS”. This reduces ioctl overhead which
is particularly important when userspace is making synchronous
guest state modifications (e.g. when emulating and/or intercepting
instructions).

Originally implemented upstream for the S390, the x86 differences
follow:
- userspace can select the register sets to be synchronized with kvm_run
using bit-flags in the kvm_valid_registers and kvm_dirty_registers
fields.
- vcpu_events is available in addition to the regs and sregs register
sets.

Signed-off-by: Ken Hofsass <hofsass@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
[Removed wrapper around check for reserved kvm_valid_regs. - Radim]
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index f3a960488eae..c535c2fdea13 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -354,8 +354,25 @@ struct kvm_xcrs {
 	__u64 padding[16];
 };
 
-/* definition of registers in kvm_run */
+#define KVM_SYNC_X86_REGS      (1UL << 0)
+#define KVM_SYNC_X86_SREGS     (1UL << 1)
+#define KVM_SYNC_X86_EVENTS    (1UL << 2)
+
+#define KVM_SYNC_X86_VALID_FIELDS \
+	(KVM_SYNC_X86_REGS| \
+	 KVM_SYNC_X86_SREGS| \
+	 KVM_SYNC_X86_EVENTS)
+
+/* kvm_sync_regs struct included by kvm_run struct */
 struct kvm_sync_regs {
+	/* Members of this structure are potentially malicious.
+	 * Care must be taken by code reading, esp. interpreting,
+	 * data fields from them inside KVM to prevent TOCTOU and
+	 * double-fetch types of vulnerabilities.
+	 */
+	struct kvm_regs regs;
+	struct kvm_sregs sregs;
+	struct kvm_vcpu_events events;
 };
 
 #define KVM_X86_QUIRK_LINT0_REENABLED	(1 << 0)