From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>, Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>,
Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
Tao Chan <chentao@kylinos.cn>,
James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v17 10/24] KVM: guest_memfd: Add plumbing to host to map guest_memfd pages
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:54:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250729225455.670324-11-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250729225455.670324-1-seanjc@google.com>
From: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Introduce the core infrastructure to enable host userspace to mmap()
guest_memfd-backed memory. This is needed for several evolving KVM use
cases:
* Non-CoCo VM backing: Allows VMMs like Firecracker to run guests
entirely backed by guest_memfd, even for non-CoCo VMs [1]. This
provides a unified memory management model and simplifies guest memory
handling.
* Direct map removal for enhanced security: This is an important step
for direct map removal of guest memory [2]. By allowing host userspace
to fault in guest_memfd pages directly, we can avoid maintaining host
kernel direct maps of guest memory. This provides additional hardening
against Spectre-like transient execution attacks by removing a
potential attack surface within the kernel.
* Future guest_memfd features: This also lays the groundwork for future
enhancements to guest_memfd, such as supporting huge pages and
enabling in-place sharing of guest memory with the host for CoCo
platforms that permit it [3].
Enable the basic mmap and fault handling logic within guest_memfd, but
hold off on allow userspace to actually do mmap() until the architecture
support is also in place.
[1] https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/tree/feature/secret-hiding
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/cc1bb8e9bc3e1ab637700a4d3defeec95b55060a.camel@amazon.com
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c1c9591d-218a-495c-957b-ba356c8f8e09@redhat.com/T/#u
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 11 +++++++
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 4 +++
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a1c49bc681c4..e5cd54ba1eaa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -13518,6 +13518,16 @@ bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_arch_no_poll);
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
+/*
+ * KVM doesn't yet support mmap() on guest_memfd for VMs with private memory
+ * (the private vs. shared tracking needs to be moved into guest_memfd).
+ */
+bool kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ return !kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_PREPARE
int kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, int max_order)
{
@@ -13531,6 +13541,7 @@ void kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate(kvm_pfn_t start, kvm_pfn_t end)
kvm_x86_call(gmem_invalidate)(start, end);
}
#endif
+#endif
int kvm_spec_ctrl_test_value(u64 value)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 4d1c44622056..26bad600f9fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ static inline bool kvm_arch_has_private_mem(struct kvm *kvm)
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
+bool kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(struct kvm *kvm);
+#endif
+
#ifndef kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem
static inline bool kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem(struct kvm *kvm)
{
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index a99e11b8b77f..67e7cd7210ef 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -312,7 +312,72 @@ static pgoff_t kvm_gmem_get_index(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn)
return gfn - slot->base_gfn + slot->gmem.pgoff;
}
+static bool kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
+ struct folio *folio;
+ vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+
+ if (((loff_t)vmf->pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) >= i_size_read(inode))
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+ folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(inode, vmf->pgoff);
+ if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
+ int err = PTR_ERR(folio);
+
+ if (err == -EAGAIN)
+ return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
+
+ return vmf_error(err);
+ }
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_large(folio))) {
+ ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+ goto out_folio;
+ }
+
+ if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+ clear_highpage(folio_page(folio, 0));
+ kvm_gmem_mark_prepared(folio);
+ }
+
+ vmf->page = folio_file_page(folio, vmf->pgoff);
+
+out_folio:
+ if (ret != VM_FAULT_LOCKED) {
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+ folio_put(folio);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct vm_operations_struct kvm_gmem_vm_ops = {
+ .fault = kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping,
+};
+
+static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ if (!kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(file_inode(file)))
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) !=
+ (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ vma->vm_ops = &kvm_gmem_vm_ops;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {
+ .mmap = kvm_gmem_mmap,
.open = generic_file_open,
.release = kvm_gmem_release,
.fallocate = kvm_gmem_fallocate,
@@ -391,6 +456,11 @@ static const struct inode_operations kvm_gmem_iops = {
.setattr = kvm_gmem_setattr,
};
+bool __weak kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
{
const char *anon_name = "[kvm-gmem]";
--
2.50.1.552.g942d659e1b-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-29 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-29 22:54 [PATCH v17 00/24] KVM: Enable mmap() for guest_memfd Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 01/24] KVM: Rename CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEM to CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 02/24] KVM: x86: Have all vendor neutral sub-configs depend on KVM_X86, not just KVM Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:08 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 03/24] KVM: x86: Select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM directly from KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:08 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 04/24] KVM: x86: Select TDX's KVM_GENERIC_xxx dependencies iff CONFIG_KVM_INTEL_TDX=y Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:07 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 05/24] KVM: Rename CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM to CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_POPULATE Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 06/24] KVM: Rename kvm_slot_can_be_private() to kvm_slot_has_gmem() Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 07/24] KVM: Fix comments that refer to slots_lock Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 08/24] KVM: Fix comment that refers to kvm uapi header path Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 09/24] KVM: x86: Enable KVM_GUEST_MEMFD for all 64-bit builds Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 11/24] KVM: guest_memfd: Track guest_memfd mmap support in memslot Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 12/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename .private_max_mapping_level() to .gmem_max_mapping_level() Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:15 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-31 8:29 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:33 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 13/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Hoist guest_memfd max level/order helpers "up" in mmu.c Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 7:59 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:06 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 14/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Enforce guest_memfd's max order when recovering hugepages Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 7:33 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-31 8:06 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:10 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 15/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend guest_memfd's max mapping level to shared mappings Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 7:36 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-31 8:01 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:05 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 16/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Handle guest page faults for guest_memfd with shared memory Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 7:37 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 17/24] KVM: arm64: Refactor user_mem_abort() Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 18/24] KVM: arm64: Handle guest_memfd-backed guest page faults Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 19/24] KVM: arm64: nv: Handle VNCR_EL2-triggered faults backed by guest_memfd Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 20/24] KVM: arm64: Enable support for guest_memfd backed memory Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 21/24] KVM: Allow and advertise support for host mmap() on guest_memfd files Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 22/24] KVM: selftests: Do not use hardcoded page sizes in guest_memfd test Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 11:04 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 23/24] KVM: selftests: guest_memfd mmap() test when mmap is supported Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 11:39 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-30 12:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 7:49 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-08-07 8:12 ` Shivank Garg
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 24/24] KVM: selftests: Add guest_memfd testcase to fault-in on !mmap()'d memory Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 8:20 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-30 15:51 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-03-30 6:21 ` Zenghui Yu
2026-04-17 16:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-12 7:28 ` Zenghui Yu
2026-05-12 15:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 21:34 ` [PATCH v17 00/24] KVM: Enable mmap() for guest_memfd Ackerley Tng
2025-07-30 22:44 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-08-27 8:43 ` Paolo Bonzini
2025-08-27 12:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-08-27 13:08 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-08-27 13:11 ` Paolo Bonzini
2025-08-27 13:14 ` Marc Zyngier
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