From: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
borntraeger@de.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com, david@kernel.org,
seiden@linux.ibm.com, nrb@linux.ibm.com,
schlameuss@linux.ibm.com, gra@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix unshadowing logic
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 17:01:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260519150114.264309-4-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260519150114.264309-1-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
In some cases (i.e. under extreme memory pressure on the host),
attempting to shadow memory will result in the same memory being
unshadowed, causing a loop.
Add a PGSTE bit to distinguish between shadowed memory and shadowed DAT
tables, fix the unshadowing logic in _gmap_ptep_xchg() to prevent
unnecessary unshadowing and perform better checks.
Also fix the unshadowing logic in _gmap_crstep_xchg_atomic() which did
not unshadow properly when the large page would become unprotected.
Opportunistically add a check in gmap_protect_rmap() to make sure it
won't be called with level == TABLE_TYPE_PAGE_TABLE.
Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: a2c17f9270cc ("KVM: s390: New gmap code")
---
arch/s390/kvm/dat.c | 1 +
arch/s390/kvm/dat.h | 3 ++-
arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.c | 1 +
arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c | 3 ++-
arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
5 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
index 7b8d70fe406d..4a41c0247ffa 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ static int dat_split_ste(struct kvm_s390_mmu_cache *mc, union pmd *pmdp, gfn_t g
/* No need to take locks as the page table is not installed yet. */
pgste_init.prefix_notif = old.s.fc1.prefix_notif;
pgste_init.vsie_notif = old.s.fc1.vsie_notif;
+ pgste_init.vsie_gmem = old.s.fc1.vsie_notif;
pgste_init.pcl = uses_skeys && init.h.i;
dat_init_pgstes(pt, pgste_init.val);
} else {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.h b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.h
index 8f8278c44879..873e13ac5a27 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.h
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ union pgste {
unsigned long cmma_d : 1; /* Dirty flag for CMMA bits */
unsigned long prefix_notif : 1; /* Guest prefix invalidation notification */
unsigned long vsie_notif : 1; /* Referenced in a shadow table */
- unsigned long : 5;
+ unsigned long vsie_gmem : 1; /* Contains nested guest memory */
+ unsigned long : 4;
unsigned long : 8;
};
struct {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.c b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.c
index b07accd19618..4f8d5592c9a9 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.c
@@ -1445,6 +1445,7 @@ static int _do_shadow_pte(struct gmap *sg, gpa_t raddr, union pte *ptep_h, union
} else {
pgste = _gmap_ptep_xchg(sg->parent, ptep_h, newpte, pgste, f->gfn, false);
pgste.vsie_notif = 1;
+ pgste.vsie_gmem = 1;
}
pgste_set_unlock(ptep_h, pgste);
if (rc)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c
index 10c98c8cc1d8..8cff0cf5ce24 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,8 @@ int gmap_protect_rmap(struct kvm_s390_mmu_cache *mc, struct gmap *sg, gfn_t p_gf
union pte pte;
int flags, rc;
- KVM_BUG_ON(!is_shadow(sg), sg->kvm);
+ if (KVM_BUG_ON(!is_shadow(sg) || level <= TABLE_TYPE_PAGE_TABLE, sg->kvm))
+ return -EINVAL;
lockdep_assert_held(&sg->parent->children_lock);
flags = DAT_WALK_SPLIT_ALLOC | (uses_skeys(sg->parent) ? DAT_WALK_USES_SKEYS : 0);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h
index 96ee1395a592..6e51ec6066b4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h
@@ -167,6 +167,36 @@ static inline bool gmap_unmap_prefix(struct gmap *gmap, gfn_t gfn, gfn_t end)
return _gmap_unmap_prefix(gmap, gfn, end, false);
}
+/**
+ * pte_needs_unshadow() -- Check if the pte operations triggers unshadowing.
+ * @oldpte: the previous value for the guest pte.
+ * @newpte: the new pte being set.
+ * @pgste: the pgste for the pte entry.
+ *
+ * If the pgste.vsie_notif bit is not set, return false: the page is not
+ * involved in vsie and thus should not trigger an unshadow operation.
+ *
+ * If the pgste.vsie_gmem bit is set, this pte represents shadowed guest
+ * memory. The access rights on g3's memory should be synchronized with g1's
+ * and g2's. Therefore unshadowing is triggered if the new and old pte
+ * differ in protection, or if the new pte is invalid.
+ *
+ * If the pgste.vsie_gmem bit is not set, this pte maps the g2 dat tables
+ * for g3. If the entry becomes writable or absent, it becomes impossible to
+ * guarantee that the shadow mapping will match g2's mapping. In that case,
+ * trigger an unshadow event.
+ *
+ * Return: true if an unshadow event should be triggered, otherwise false.
+ */
+static inline bool pte_needs_unshadow(union pte oldpte, union pte newpte, union pgste pgste)
+{
+ if (!pgste.vsie_notif)
+ return false;
+ if (pgste.vsie_gmem)
+ return (oldpte.h.p != newpte.h.p) || newpte.h.i;
+ return !newpte.h.p || !newpte.s.pr;
+}
+
static inline union pgste _gmap_ptep_xchg(struct gmap *gmap, union pte *ptep, union pte newpte,
union pgste pgste, gfn_t gfn, bool needs_lock)
{
@@ -180,8 +210,9 @@ static inline union pgste _gmap_ptep_xchg(struct gmap *gmap, union pte *ptep, un
pgste.prefix_notif = 0;
gmap_unmap_prefix(gmap, gfn, gfn + 1);
}
- if (pgste.vsie_notif && (ptep->h.p != newpte.h.p || newpte.h.i)) {
+ if (pte_needs_unshadow(*ptep, newpte, pgste)) {
pgste.vsie_notif = 0;
+ pgste.vsie_gmem = 0;
if (needs_lock)
gmap_handle_vsie_unshadow_event(gmap, gfn);
else
@@ -198,6 +229,30 @@ static inline union pgste gmap_ptep_xchg(struct gmap *gmap, union pte *ptep, uni
return _gmap_ptep_xchg(gmap, ptep, newpte, pgste, gfn, true);
}
+/**
+ * crste_needs_unshadow() -- Check if the crste operations triggers unshadowing.
+ * @oldcrste: the previous value for the crste.
+ * @newcrste: the new value for the crste.
+ *
+ * If the old crste did not have the vsie_notif bit set, return false: the
+ * page is not involved in vsie and thus should not trigger an unshadow
+ * operation. Conversely, if the bit is set, it can only be g3 memory, since
+ * dat tables are never mapped using large pages.
+ *
+ * Similar to the pgste.vsie_gmem case of pte_needs_unshadow(), if the
+ * protection bit is changing or the new page is invalid, trigger an
+ * unshadow event. Also trigger an unshadow event if the new crste does not
+ * have the vsie_notif bit set.
+ *
+ * Return: true if an unshadow event should be triggered, otherwise false.
+ */
+static inline bool crste_needs_unshadow(union crste oldcrste, union crste newcrste)
+{
+ if (!oldcrste.s.fc1.vsie_notif)
+ return false;
+ return (newcrste.h.p != oldcrste.h.p) || newcrste.h.i || !newcrste.s.fc1.vsie_notif;
+}
+
static inline bool __must_check _gmap_crstep_xchg_atomic(struct gmap *gmap, union crste *crstep,
union crste oldcrste, union crste newcrste,
gfn_t gfn, bool needs_lock)
@@ -216,8 +271,7 @@ static inline bool __must_check _gmap_crstep_xchg_atomic(struct gmap *gmap, unio
newcrste.s.fc1.prefix_notif = 0;
gmap_unmap_prefix(gmap, gfn, gfn + align);
}
- if (crste_leaf(oldcrste) && oldcrste.s.fc1.vsie_notif &&
- (newcrste.h.p || newcrste.h.i || !newcrste.s.fc1.vsie_notif)) {
+ if (crste_leaf(oldcrste) && crste_needs_unshadow(oldcrste, newcrste)) {
newcrste.s.fc1.vsie_notif = 0;
if (needs_lock)
gmap_handle_vsie_unshadow_event(gmap, gfn);
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-19 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-19 15:01 [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM: s390: some vSIE and UCONTROL fixes Claudio Imbrenda
2026-05-19 15:01 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix memory leak when unshadowing Claudio Imbrenda
2026-05-19 15:01 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] KVM: s390: Fix leaking kvm_s390_mmu_cache in case of errors Claudio Imbrenda
2026-05-19 15:01 ` Claudio Imbrenda [this message]
2026-05-19 16:06 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix unshadowing logic Christian Borntraeger
2026-05-19 15:01 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM: s390: vsie: Fix redundant rmap entries Claudio Imbrenda
2026-05-19 15:01 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] KVM: s390: Properly reset zero bit in PGSTE Claudio Imbrenda
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