Laszlo, I agree that the BSP's XD status is saved in both CpuMpData and ExchangeInfo. But, thinking from another perspective, ExchangeInfo is "only" used by the assembly code. That's why the BSP code needs to save the XD status in CpuMpData and ExchangeInfo. If we remove the XD status field in ExchangeInfo, then the assembly code has to understand the structure layout of CpuMpData, which is what I prefer to avoid. If you compare all fields in ExchangeInfo and CpuMpData, following fields are already duplicated: * CpuMpData.CpuInfoHob <-> MpExchangeInfo.CpuInfo * InitFlag * SevEsIsEnabled * SevSnpIsEnabled * GhcbBase So, I prefer to keep the current change proposed in Yuanhao's patch. Thanks, Ray ________________________________ From: Laszlo Ersek Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 2:02 AM To: devel@edk2.groups.io ; Xie, Yuanhao Cc: Dong, Eric ; Ni, Ray ; Kumar, Rahul R ; Gerd Hoffmann Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch V4] UefiCpuPkg/MpInitLib: Enable execute disable bit. On 11/13/23 06:59, Yuanhao Xie wrote: > From: Yuanhao Xie > > This patch synchronizes the No-Execute bit in the IA32_EFER > register for the APs before the RestoreVolatileRegisters operation. > > The commit 964a4f0, titled "Eliminate the second INIT-SIPI-SIPI > sequence," replaces the second INIT-SIPI-SIPI sequence with the BSP > calling the SwitchApContext function to initiate a specialized start-up > signal, waking up APs in the DXE instead of using INIT-SIPI-SIPI. > > Due to this change, the logic for "Enable execute disable bit" in > MpFuncs.nasm is no longer executed. However, to ensure the proper setup > of the page table, it is necessary to synchronize the IA32_EFER.NXE for > APs before executing RestoreVolatileRegisters . > > Based on SDM: > If IA32_EFER.NXE is set to 1, it signifies execute-disable, meaning > instruction fetches are not allowed from the 4-KByte page controlled by > this entry. Conversely, if it is set to 0, it is reserved. > > Signed-off-by: Yuanhao Xie > Cc: Eric Dong > Cc: Ray Ni > Cc: Rahul Kumar > Cc: Gerd Hoffmann > --- > UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c | 14 +++++++++++--- > UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Good problem description! > > diff --git a/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c b/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c > index 9a6ec5db5c..f29e66a14f 100644 > --- a/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c > +++ b/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c > @@ -910,9 +910,16 @@ DxeApEntryPoint ( > CPU_MP_DATA *CpuMpData > ) > { > - UINTN ProcessorNumber; > + UINTN ProcessorNumber; > + MSR_IA32_EFER_REGISTER EferMsr; > > GetProcessorNumber (CpuMpData, &ProcessorNumber); > + if (CpuMpData->EnableExecuteDisableForSwitchContext) { > + EferMsr.Uint64 = AsmReadMsr64 (MSR_IA32_EFER); > + EferMsr.Bits.NXE = 1; > + AsmWriteMsr64 (MSR_IA32_EFER, EferMsr.Uint64); > + } > + > RestoreVolatileRegisters (&CpuMpData->CpuData[0].VolatileRegisters, FALSE); > InterlockedIncrement ((UINT32 *)&CpuMpData->FinishedCount); > PlaceAPInMwaitLoopOrRunLoop ( > @@ -2188,8 +2195,9 @@ MpInitLibInitialize ( > if (MpHandOff->WaitLoopExecutionMode == sizeof (VOID *)) { > ASSERT (CpuMpData->ApLoopMode != ApInHltLoop); > > - CpuMpData->FinishedCount = 0; > - CpuMpData->InitFlag = ApInitDone; > + CpuMpData->FinishedCount = 0; > + CpuMpData->InitFlag = ApInitDone; > + CpuMpData->EnableExecuteDisableForSwitchContext = IsBspExecuteDisableEnabled (); > SaveCpuMpData (CpuMpData); > // > // In scenarios where both the PEI and DXE phases run in the same > diff --git a/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.h b/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.h > index 763db4963d..af296f6ac0 100644 > --- a/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.h > +++ b/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.h > @@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct _CPU_MP_DATA { > UINT64 TotalTime; > EFI_EVENT WaitEvent; > UINTN **FailedCpuList; > + BOOLEAN EnableExecuteDisableForSwitchContext; > > AP_INIT_STATE InitFlag; > BOOLEAN SwitchBspFlag; Functionally this patch seems fine. (I cannot test it very usefully, because this code path is not active in OVMF.) However, there's one thing I think is less than ideal: after this patch, we'll have MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO . EnableExecuteDisable but also MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO . CpuMpData -> EnableExecuteDisableForSwitchContext Furthermore, we'll have two invocations of IsBspExecuteDisableEnabled(): - once for the original (HLT loop + INIT-SIPI-SIPI) method, in WakeUpAP() -> FillExchangeInfoData(), - and another time for the new method, in MpInitLibInitialize(). I feel that we should centralize this to one spot. Note that in commit 629c1dacc9bd ("UefiCpuPkg: ApWakeupFunction directly use CpuMpData.", 2023-07-11), you changed the prototype of ApWakeupFunction(), such that it would take CpuMpData directly, rather than MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO. This was done so that in the next commit (964a4f032dcd, "UefiCpuPkg: Eliminate the second INIT-SIPI-SIPI sequence.", 2023-07-11), you could invoke ApWakeupFunction() on *both* paths, old and new: - old (INIT-SIPI-SIPI): from the assembly language startup code, - new: from DxeApEntryPoint(). Therefore, it seems that the *old* field "MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO.EnableExecuteDisable" is now superfluous. You have effectively pushed it down to "CpuMpData", so that it's available in DxeApEntryPoint(). But CpuMpData is similarly available in the assembly language startup code (that's why you could implement commit 629c1dacc9bd). So I think this patch is good, but it should be followed with a further patch: can you please rebase the *old* startup code to the new CpuMpData field "EnableExecuteDisableForSwitchContext", and then eliminate "MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO.EnableExecuteDisable"? Where we do mov edi, esi add edi, MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO_FIELD (EnableExecuteDisable) cmp byte [edi], 0 jz SkipEnableExecuteDisable on IA32, and mov esi, MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO_FIELD (EnableExecuteDisable) cmp byte [ebx + esi], 0 jz SkipEnableExecuteDisableBit on X64, can we dereference the CpuMpData field (pointer) instead, and grab the new field "EnableExecuteDisableForSwitchContext"? Effectively MP_CPU_EXCHANGE_INFO seems to contain information that is needed *only* by the INIT-SIPI-SIPI startup path, and CpuMpData holds information that is needed by both startup paths. Given that we now have XD status in the latter, we should drop it from the former. (Of course, once we start using "EnableExecuteDisableForSwitchContext" on both startup paths, then the *name* will be wrong -- it will no longer be for "SwitchContext" only!) ... Yet further, this seems to indicate that calling IsBspExecuteDisableEnabled() upon every invocation of WakeUpAP() (via FillExchangeInfoData()) is superfluous, on the "old" startup path. We should call IsBspExecuteDisableEnabled() only once, namely in MpInitLibInitialize(), *regardless* of "WaitLoopExecutionMode", for filling in the new field. Is that right? Thanks, Laszlo -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#111336): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/111336 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/102556608/7686176 Group Owner: devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/leave/12367111/7686176/1913456212/xyzzy [rebecca@openfw.io] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-