From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com>,
Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>,
Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
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Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
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Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/5] KVM: SEV: Drop page refcount early during RMP fault handling
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:01:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260826-gmem-no-return-page-v4-2-3bb9c1ddb4e3@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826-gmem-no-return-page-v4-0-3bb9c1ddb4e3@google.com>
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Rework KVM's handling of RMP faults to rely on MMU invalidation logic for
safety, instead of the current approach of holding onto a folio reference
until the RMP operations are complete. I.e. drop the reference gifted by
guest_memfd immediately after getting the PFN, and instead do RMP updates
under mmu_lock, after checking for relevant MMU invalidations.
This will allow dropping guest_memfd's reference gifting entirely, which is
ideally how KVM would operate for all "follow PFN" operations (GUP has many
more complications, which is why KVM holds a reference across page
faults *on top* of the standard MMU invalidation logic).
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
Co-developed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index e198469eb074c..0d027cff734cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -5019,6 +5019,7 @@ void sev_handle_rmp_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code)
struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
int order, rmp_level, ret;
+ unsigned long mmu_seq;
struct page *page;
bool assigned;
kvm_pfn_t pfn;
@@ -5046,18 +5047,22 @@ void sev_handle_rmp_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code)
return;
}
+ mmu_seq = kvm->mmu_invalidate_seq;
+ smp_rmb();
+
ret = kvm_gmem_get_pfn(kvm, slot, gfn, &pfn, &page, &order);
if (ret) {
pr_warn_ratelimited("SEV: Unexpected RMP fault, no backing page for private GPA 0x%llx\n",
gpa);
return;
}
+ kvm_release_page_unused(page);
ret = snp_lookup_rmpentry(pfn, &assigned, &rmp_level);
if (ret || !assigned) {
pr_warn_ratelimited("SEV: Unexpected RMP fault, no assigned RMP entry found for GPA 0x%llx PFN 0x%llx error %d\n",
gpa, pfn, ret);
- goto out_no_trace;
+ return;
}
/*
@@ -5085,27 +5090,31 @@ void sev_handle_rmp_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code)
if (rmp_level == PG_LEVEL_4K)
goto out;
- ret = snp_rmptable_psmash(pfn);
- if (ret) {
- /*
- * Look it up again. If it's 4K now then the PSMASH may have
- * raced with another process and the issue has already resolved
- * itself. If it's not assigned, then this must have raced with
- * another process that made this page shared.
- */
- if (!snp_lookup_rmpentry(pfn, &assigned, &rmp_level) &&
- ((assigned && rmp_level == PG_LEVEL_4K) || !assigned))
+ scoped_guard(read_lock, &kvm->mmu_lock) {
+ if (mmu_invalidate_retry_gfn(kvm, mmu_seq, gfn))
goto out;
- pr_warn_ratelimited("SEV: Unable to split RMP entry for GPA 0x%llx PFN 0x%llx ret %d\n",
- gpa, pfn, ret);
+ ret = snp_rmptable_psmash(pfn);
+ if (ret) {
+ /*
+ * Look it up again. If it's 4K now then the PSMASH may
+ * have raced with another process and the issue has
+ * already resolved itself. If it's not assigned, then
+ * this must have raced with another process that made
+ * this page shared.
+ */
+ if (!snp_lookup_rmpentry(pfn, &assigned, &rmp_level) &&
+ ((assigned && rmp_level == PG_LEVEL_4K) || !assigned))
+ goto out;
+
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("SEV: Unable to split RMP entry for GPA 0x%llx PFN 0x%llx ret %d\n",
+ gpa, pfn, ret);
+ }
}
kvm_zap_gfn_range(kvm, gfn, gfn + PTRS_PER_PMD);
out:
trace_kvm_rmp_fault(vcpu, gpa, pfn, error_code, rmp_level, ret);
-out_no_trace:
- kvm_release_page_unused(page);
}
static bool is_pfn_range_shared(kvm_pfn_t start, kvm_pfn_t end)
--
2.55.0.887.g758fc8c411-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-26 9:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-26 9:01 [PATCH v4 0/5] Stop returning struct page from guest_memfd PFN lookup Ackerley Tng
2026-08-26 9:01 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] KVM: SEV: Treat unassigned RMP entry as benign race on PSMASH failure Ackerley Tng
2026-08-26 9:01 ` Ackerley Tng [this message]
2026-08-26 9:01 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] KVM: SEV: Check for invalidation before warning on unassigned RMP entry Ackerley Tng
2026-08-26 9:01 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] KVM: SEV: Drop page refcount early in VMSA reload Ackerley Tng
2026-08-26 9:01 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] KVM: guest_memfd: Stop returning struct page from PFN lookup Ackerley Tng
2026-09-04 0:36 ` Gavin Shan
2026-09-24 21:51 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] Stop returning struct page from guest_memfd " Sean Christopherson
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