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Make IBT and SHSTK virtualization mutually exclusive with "officially" supporting setups with guest.MAXPHYADDR < host.MAXPHYADDR, i.e. if the allow_smaller_maxphyaddr module param is set. Running a guest with a smaller MAXPHYADDR requires intercepting #PF, and can also trigger emulation of arbitrary instructions. Intercepting and reacting to #PFs doesn't play nice with SHSTK, as KVM's MMU hasn't been taught to handle Shadow Stack accesses, and emulating arbitrary instructions doesn't play nice with IBT or SHSTK, as KVM's emulator doesn't handle the various side effects, e.g. doesn't enforce end-branch markers or model Shadow Stack updates. Note, hiding IBT and SHSTK based solely on allow_smaller_maxphyaddr is overkill, as allow_smaller_maxphyaddr is only problematic if the guest is actually configured to have a smaller MAXPHYADDR. However, KVM's ABI doesn't provide a way to express that IBT and SHSTK may break if enabled in conjunction with guest.MAXPHYADDR < host.MAXPHYADDR. I.e. the alternative is to do nothing in KVM and instead update documentation and hope KVM users are thorough readers. Go with the conservative-but-correct approach; worst case scenario, this restriction can be dropped if there's a strong use case for enabling CET on hosts with allow_smaller_maxphyaddr. Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250919223258.1604852-28-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.