From: Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
To: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] x86/percpu: Require embedded allocation in encrypted guests
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:02:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929040256.543767-4-zack.rusin@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929040256.543767-1-zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
Early sharing needs direct-mapped per-CPU storage. In TDX, a private
direct-map alias of a shared page can terminate the guest, including
through load_unaligned_zeropad(). Require embed rather than adding early
vmalloc conversion and alias synchronization.
Warn when overriding percpu_alloc=page and let embed failures reach the
existing panic. Restrict this policy to encrypted guests, leaving host
SME allocation unchanged.
Suggested-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aqvxQoIoYhJTZpAC@thinkstation
Signed-off-by: Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c | 12 ++++++++++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 33cd30996e47..8ba881af3520 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5347,6 +5347,9 @@ Kernel parameters
See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging
and performance comparison.
+ On x86 encrypted guests, only "embed" is supported;
+ "page" is ignored with a warning. An embed allocation
+ failure is fatal instead of falling back to "page".
pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
index bfa48e7a32a2..c83c61e0b20a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/kexec.h>
#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
+#include <linux/cc_platform.h>
#include <linux/smp.h>
#include <linux/topology.h>
#include <linux/pfn.h>
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
{
unsigned int cpu;
unsigned long delta;
+ bool encrypted = cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT);
int rc;
pr_info("NR_CPUS:%d nr_cpumask_bits:%d nr_cpu_ids:%u nr_node_ids:%u\n",
@@ -127,6 +129,12 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
if (pcpu_chosen_fc == PCPU_FC_AUTO && pcpu_need_numa())
pcpu_chosen_fc = PCPU_FC_PAGE;
#endif
+ if (encrypted) {
+ if (pcpu_chosen_fc == PCPU_FC_PAGE)
+ pr_warn("Ignoring percpu_alloc=page in an encrypted guest\n");
+ pcpu_chosen_fc = PCPU_FC_EMBED;
+ }
+
rc = -EINVAL;
if (pcpu_chosen_fc != PCPU_FC_PAGE) {
const size_t dyn_size = PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE +
@@ -149,11 +157,11 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
dyn_size, atom_size,
pcpu_cpu_distance,
pcpu_cpu_to_node);
- if (rc < 0)
+ if (rc < 0 && !encrypted)
pr_warn("%s allocator failed (%d), falling back to page size\n",
pcpu_fc_names[pcpu_chosen_fc], rc);
}
- if (rc < 0)
+ if (rc < 0 && !encrypted)
rc = pcpu_page_first_chunk(PERCPU_FIRST_CHUNK_RESERVE,
pcpu_cpu_to_node);
if (rc < 0)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-29 4:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 4:02 [PATCH v2 0/6] x86/percpu: Share decrypted storage before guest setup Zack Rusin
2026-09-29 4:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] percpu: Page-align decrypted data in UP kernels Zack Rusin
2026-09-29 4:02 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] percpu: Bound decrypted storage for all x86 encrypted guests Zack Rusin
2026-09-29 7:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-29 4:02 ` Zack Rusin [this message]
2026-09-29 4:02 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] x86/mm: Provide common early memory decryption Zack Rusin
2026-09-29 4:02 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/tdx: Support early sharing of kernel data Zack Rusin
2026-09-29 4:02 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] x86/percpu: Share decrypted storage before guest CPU setup Zack Rusin
2026-09-29 5:39 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] x86/percpu: Share decrypted storage before guest setup Borislav Petkov
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