nub_host_common/

vmem.rs

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#[path = "arch/amd64/vmem.rs"]
mod arch;

/// This is always the page size that the /guest/ is being compiled
/// for, which may or may not be the same as the host page size.
pub use arch::PAGE_SIZE;
pub use arch::{PAGE_PRESENT, PAGE_TABLE_SIZE, PTE_ADDR_MASK, PageTableEntry, PhysAddr, VirtAddr};
pub const PAGE_TABLE_ENTRIES_PER_TABLE: usize =
    PAGE_TABLE_SIZE / core::mem::size_of::<PageTableEntry>();

// Shared page table iterator infrastructure used by each arch module.

/// Utility function to extract an (inclusive on both ends) bit range
/// from a quadword.
#[inline(always)]
pub(in crate::vmem) fn bits<const HIGH_BIT: u8, const LOW_BIT: u8>(x: u64) -> u64 {
    (x & ((1 << (HIGH_BIT + 1)) - 1)) >> LOW_BIT
}

/// Helper function to write a page table entry, updating the whole
/// chain of tables back to the root if necessary.
///
/// # Safety
/// Same requirements as [`TableOps::write_entry`].
pub(in crate::vmem) unsafe fn write_entry_updating<
    Op: TableOps,
    P: UpdateParent<
            Op,
            TableMoveInfo = <Op::TableMovability as TableMovabilityBase<Op>>::TableMoveInfo,
        >,
>(
    op: &Op,
    parent: P,
    addr: Op::TableAddr,
    entry: u64,
) {
    #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
    if let Some(again) = unsafe { op.write_entry(addr, entry as PageTableEntry) } {
        parent.update_parent(op, again);
    }
}

/// A helper trait that allows us to move a page table (e.g. from the
/// snapshot to the scratch region), keeping track of the context that
/// needs to be updated when that is moved (and potentially
/// recursively updating, if necessary).
///
/// This is done via a trait so that the selected impl knows the exact
/// nesting depth of tables, in order to assist
/// inlining/specialisation in generating efficient code.
///
/// The trait definition only bounds its parameter by
/// [`TableReadOps`], since [`UpdateParentNone`] does not need to be
/// able to actually write to the tables.
pub trait UpdateParent<Op: TableReadOps + ?Sized>: Copy {
    /// The type of the information about a moved table which is
    /// needed in order to update its parent.
    type TableMoveInfo;
    /// The [`UpdateParent`] type that should be used when going down
    /// another level in the table, in order to add the current level
    /// to the chain of ancestors to be updated.
    type ChildType: UpdateParent<Op, TableMoveInfo = Self::TableMoveInfo>;
    fn update_parent(self, op: &Op, new_ptr: Self::TableMoveInfo);
    fn for_child_at_entry(self, entry_ptr: Op::TableAddr) -> Self::ChildType;
}

/// A struct implementing [`UpdateParent`] that is impossible to use
/// (since its [`UpdateParent::update_parent`] method takes [`Void`]),
/// used when it is statically known that a table operation cannot
/// result in a need to update ancestors.
#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
pub struct UpdateParentNone {}
impl<Op: TableReadOps> UpdateParent<Op> for UpdateParentNone {
    type TableMoveInfo = Void;
    type ChildType = Self;
    fn update_parent(self, _op: &Op, impossible: Void) {
        match impossible {}
    }
    fn for_child_at_entry(self, _entry_ptr: Op::TableAddr) -> Self {
        self
    }
}

/// A helper structure indicating a mapping operation that needs to be
/// performed.
pub(in crate::vmem) struct MapRequest<Op: TableReadOps, P: UpdateParent<Op>> {
    pub table_base: Op::TableAddr,
    pub vmin: u64,
    pub len: u64,
    pub update_parent: P,
}

/// A helper structure indicating that a particular PTE needs to be
/// modified.
pub(in crate::vmem) struct MapResponse<Op: TableReadOps, P: UpdateParent<Op>> {
    pub entry_ptr: Op::TableAddr,
    pub vmin: u64,
    pub len: u64,
    pub update_parent: P,
}

/// Iterator that walks through page table entries at a specific level.
///
/// Given a virtual address range and a table base, this iterator yields
/// `MapResponse` items for each page table entry that needs to be modified.
/// The const generics `HIGH_BIT` and `LOW_BIT` specify which bits of the
/// virtual address are used to index into this level's table.
///
/// For example on amd64:
/// - PML4: HIGH_BIT=47, LOW_BIT=39 (9 bits = 512 entries, each covering 512GB)
/// - PDPT: HIGH_BIT=38, LOW_BIT=30 (9 bits = 512 entries, each covering 1GB)
/// - PD:   HIGH_BIT=29, LOW_BIT=21 (9 bits = 512 entries, each covering 2MB)
/// - PT:   HIGH_BIT=20, LOW_BIT=12 (9 bits = 512 entries, each covering 4KB)
///
/// On i686:
/// - PD:   HIGH_BIT=31, LOW_BIT=22 (10 bits = 1024 entries, each covering 4MB)
/// - PT:   HIGH_BIT=21, LOW_BIT=12 (10 bits = 1024 entries, each covering 4KB)
pub(in crate::vmem) struct ModifyPteIterator<
    const HIGH_BIT: u8,
    const LOW_BIT: u8,
    Op: TableReadOps,
    P: UpdateParent<Op>,
> {
    request: MapRequest<Op, P>,
    n: u64,
}
impl<const HIGH_BIT: u8, const LOW_BIT: u8, Op: TableReadOps, P: UpdateParent<Op>> Iterator
    for ModifyPteIterator<HIGH_BIT, LOW_BIT, Op, P>
{
    type Item = MapResponse<Op, P>;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
        // Each page table entry at this level covers a region of size
        // (1 << LOW_BIT) bytes. For example, at the PT level
        // (LOW_BIT=12), each entry covers 4KB (0x1000 bytes). At the
        // PD level (LOW_BIT=21), each entry covers 2MB (0x200000
        // bytes).
        //
        // This mask isolates the bits below this level's index bits,
        // used for alignment.
        let lower_bits_mask = (1u64 << LOW_BIT) - 1;

        // Calculate the virtual address for this iteration.
        // On the first iteration (n=0), start at the requested vmin.
        // On subsequent iterations, advance to the next aligned boundary.
        // This handles the case where vmin isn't aligned to this level's
        // entry size.
        let next_vmin = if self.n == 0 {
            self.request.vmin
        } else {
            // Align to the next boundary by adding one entry's worth
            // and masking off lower bits. Masking off before adding
            // is safe, since n << LOW_BIT must always have zeros in
            // these positions.
            let aligned_min = self.request.vmin & !lower_bits_mask;
            // Use checked_add because going past the end of the
            // address space counts as "the next one would be out of
            // range"
            aligned_min.checked_add(self.n << LOW_BIT)?
        };

        // Check if we've processed the entire requested range
        if next_vmin >= self.request.vmin + self.request.len {
            return None;
        }

        // Calculate the pointer to this level's page table entry.
        // bits::<HIGH_BIT, LOW_BIT> extracts the relevant index bits
        // from the virtual address. Multiply by the PTE size to get
        // the byte offset.
        let pte_index = bits::<HIGH_BIT, LOW_BIT>(next_vmin);
        let entry_ptr = Op::entry_addr(
            self.request.table_base,
            pte_index * core::mem::size_of::<PageTableEntry>() as u64,
        );

        // Calculate how many bytes remain to be mapped from this point.
        let len_from_here = self.request.len - (next_vmin - self.request.vmin);
        // Calculate the maximum bytes this single entry can cover.
        // If next_vmin is aligned, this is the full entry size (1 << LOW_BIT).
        // If not aligned (only possible on first iteration), it's the
        // remaining space until the next boundary.
        let max_len = (1u64 << LOW_BIT) - (next_vmin & lower_bits_mask);
        // The actual length for this entry is the smaller of what's
        // needed vs what fits.
        let next_len = core::cmp::min(len_from_here, max_len);

        // Advance iteration counter for next call
        self.n += 1;

        Some(MapResponse {
            entry_ptr,
            vmin: next_vmin,
            len: next_len,
            update_parent: self.request.update_parent,
        })
    }
}

pub(in crate::vmem) fn modify_ptes<
    const HIGH_BIT: u8,
    const LOW_BIT: u8,
    Op: TableReadOps,
    P: UpdateParent<Op>,
>(
    r: MapRequest<Op, P>,
) -> ModifyPteIterator<HIGH_BIT, LOW_BIT, Op, P> {
    ModifyPteIterator { request: r, n: 0 }
}

/// The read-only operations used to actually access the page table
/// structures, used to allow the same code to be used in the host and
/// the guest for page table setup.  This is distinct from
/// `TableWriteOps`, since there are some implementations for which
/// writing does not make sense, and only reading is required.
pub trait TableReadOps {
    /// The type of table addresses
    type TableAddr: Copy;

    /// Offset the table address by the given offset in bytes.
    ///
    /// # Parameters
    /// - `addr`: The base address of the table.
    /// - `entry_offset`: The offset in **bytes** within the page table. This is
    ///   not an entry index; callers must multiply the entry index by the size
    ///   of a page table entry (typically 8 bytes) to obtain the correct byte offset.
    ///
    /// # Returns
    /// The address of the entry at the given byte offset from the base address.
    fn entry_addr(addr: Self::TableAddr, entry_offset: u64) -> Self::TableAddr;

    /// Read a u64 from the given address, used to read existing page
    /// table entries
    ///
    /// # Safety
    /// This reads from the given memory address, and so all the usual
    /// Rust things about raw pointers apply. This will also be used
    /// to update guest page tables, so especially in the guest, it is
    /// important to ensure that the page tables updates do not break
    /// invariants. The implementor of the trait should ensure that
    /// nothing else will be reading/writing the address at the same
    /// time as mapping code using the trait.
    unsafe fn read_entry(&self, addr: Self::TableAddr) -> PageTableEntry;

    /// Convert an abstract table address to a concrete physical address (u64)
    /// which can be e.g. written into a page table entry
    fn to_phys(addr: Self::TableAddr) -> PhysAddr;

    /// Convert a concrete physical address (u64) which may have been e.g. read
    /// from a page table entry back into an abstract table address
    fn from_phys(addr: PhysAddr) -> Self::TableAddr;

    /// Return the address of the root page table
    fn root_table(&self) -> Self::TableAddr;
}

/// Our own version of ! until it is stable. Used to avoid needing to
/// implement [`TableOps::update_root`] for ops that never need
/// to move a table.
pub enum Void {}

/// A marker struct, used by an implementation of [`TableOps`] to
/// indicate that it may need to move existing page tables
pub struct MayMoveTable {}
/// A marker struct, used by an implementation of [`TableOps`] to
/// indicate that it will be able to update existing page tables
/// in-place, without moving them.
pub struct MayNotMoveTable {}

mod sealed {
    use super::{MayMoveTable, MayNotMoveTable, TableReadOps, Void};

    /// A (purposefully-not-exposed) internal implementation detail of the
    /// logic around whether a [`TableOps`] implementation may or may not
    /// move page tables.
    pub trait TableMovabilityBase<Op: TableReadOps + ?Sized> {
        type TableMoveInfo;
    }
    impl<Op: TableReadOps> TableMovabilityBase<Op> for MayMoveTable {
        type TableMoveInfo = Op::TableAddr;
    }
    impl<Op: TableReadOps> TableMovabilityBase<Op> for MayNotMoveTable {
        type TableMoveInfo = Void;
    }
}
use sealed::*;

/// A sealed trait used to collect some information about the marker structures [`MayMoveTable`] and [`MayNotMoveTable`]
pub trait TableMovability<Op: TableReadOps + ?Sized>:
    TableMovabilityBase<Op>
    + arch::TableMovability<Op, <Self as TableMovabilityBase<Op>>::TableMoveInfo>
{
}
impl<
    Op: TableReadOps,
    T: TableMovabilityBase<Op>
        + arch::TableMovability<Op, <Self as TableMovabilityBase<Op>>::TableMoveInfo>,
> TableMovability<Op> for T
{
}

/// The operations used to actually access the page table structures
/// that involve writing to them, used to allow the same code to be
/// used in the host and the guest for page table setup.
pub trait TableOps: TableReadOps {
    /// This marker should be either [`MayMoveTable`] or
    /// [`MayNotMoveTable`], as the case may be.
    ///
    /// If this is [`MayMoveTable`], the return type of
    /// [`Self::write_entry`] and the parameter type of
    /// [`Self::update_root`] will be `<Self as
    /// TableReadOps>::TableAddr`. If it is [`MayNotMoveTable`], those
    /// types will be [`Void`].
    type TableMovability: TableMovability<Self>;

    /// Allocate a zeroed table
    ///
    /// # Safety
    /// The current implementations of this function are not
    /// inherently unsafe, but the guest implementation will likely
    /// become so in the future when a real physical page allocator is
    /// implemented.
    ///
    /// Currently, callers should take care not to call this on
    /// multiple threads at the same time.
    ///
    /// # Panics
    /// This function may panic if:
    /// - The Layout creation fails
    /// - Memory allocation fails
    unsafe fn alloc_table(&self) -> Self::TableAddr;

    /// Write a u64 to the given address, used to write updated page
    /// table entries. In some cases,the page table in which the entry
    /// is located may need to be relocated in order for this to
    /// succeed; if this is the case, the base address of the new
    /// table is returned.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    /// This writes to the given memory address, and so all the usual
    /// Rust things about raw pointers apply. This will also be used
    /// to update guest page tables, so especially in the guest, it is
    /// important to ensure that the page tables updates do not break
    /// invariants. The implementor of the trait should ensure that
    /// nothing else will be reading/writing the address at the same
    /// time as mapping code using the trait.
    unsafe fn write_entry(
        &self,
        addr: Self::TableAddr,
        entry: PageTableEntry,
    ) -> Option<<Self::TableMovability as TableMovabilityBase<Self>>::TableMoveInfo>;

    /// Change the root page table to one at a different address
    ///
    /// # Safety
    /// This function will directly result in a change to virtual
    /// memory translation, and so is inherently unsafe w.r.t. the
    /// Rust memory model.  All the caveats listed on [`map`] apply as
    /// well.
    unsafe fn update_root(
        &self,
        new_root: <Self::TableMovability as TableMovabilityBase<Self>>::TableMoveInfo,
    );
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
pub struct BasicMapping {
    pub readable: bool,
    pub writable: bool,
    pub executable: bool,
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
pub struct CowMapping {
    pub readable: bool,
    pub executable: bool,
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
pub enum MappingKind {
    Unmapped,
    Basic(BasicMapping),
    Cow(CowMapping),
    /* TODO: What useful things other than basic mappings actually
     * require touching the tables? */
}

#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Mapping {
    pub phys_base: u64,
    pub virt_base: u64,
    pub len: u64,
    pub kind: MappingKind,
    /// On architectures that support multiple privilege levels inside
    /// the guest, whether the mapping is accessible to the
    /// lower-privileged level (with the same permissions/behaviour as
    /// the upper-privileged level, for now).
    pub user_accessible: bool,
}

/// Assumption: all are page-aligned
///
/// # Safety
/// This function modifies pages backing a virtual memory range which
/// is inherently unsafe w.r.t.  the Rust memory model.
///
/// When using this function, please note:
/// - No locking is performed before touching page table data structures,
///   as such do not use concurrently with any other page table operations
/// - TLB invalidation is not performed, if previously-mapped ranges
///   are being remapped, TLB invalidation may need to be performed
///   afterwards.
pub use arch::map;
/// This function is presently used for reading the tracing data, also
/// it is useful for debugging
///
/// # Safety
/// This function traverses page table data structures, and should not
/// be called concurrently with any other operations that modify the
/// page table.
pub use arch::virt_to_phys;