From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nsaenz@amazon.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, snambakam@linux.microsoft.com
Subject: [PATCH 08/31] KVM: x86/mmu: intersect writability from __kvm_faultin_pfn with fault->map_writable
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:50:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918135030.171564-9-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918135030.171564-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>
fault->map_writable is currently a pure output of __kvm_faultin_pfn(),
which is the only thing that restricts it. This will no longer hold once
memory protections derived from memory attributes are applied: those
compute their own access permissions that combine with those from
__kvm_faultin_pfn().
Applying them *before* faulting in the pfn lets a fault that violates
the attributes exit to userspace without the cost of gup and/or an
async #PF; but it means that permissions will then be restricted in two
independent steps, first by memory attributes and then by __kvm_faultin_pfn().
Switch fault->map_writable to that model by letting kvm_mmu_faultin_pfn()
only clear bits rather than assign them.
No functional change intended: nothing writes fault->map_writable between
the initializer and __kvm_mmu_faultin_pfn() yet, so the AND is equivalent
to the assignment it replaces.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 064ecc33b926..5996468b7120 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4634,7 +4634,7 @@ static int kvm_mmu_faultin_pfn_gmem(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
return r;
}
- fault->map_writable = !(fault->slot->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY);
+ fault->map_writable &= !(fault->slot->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY);
fault->max_level = kvm_max_level_for_order(max_order);
return RET_PF_CONTINUE;
@@ -4644,13 +4644,14 @@ static int __kvm_mmu_faultin_pfn(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
{
unsigned int foll = fault->write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0;
+ bool writable;
if (fault->is_private || kvm_memslot_is_gmem_only(fault->slot))
return kvm_mmu_faultin_pfn_gmem(vcpu, fault);
foll |= FOLL_NOWAIT;
fault->pfn = __kvm_faultin_pfn(fault->slot, fault->gfn, foll,
- &fault->map_writable, &fault->refcounted_page);
+ &writable, &fault->refcounted_page);
/*
* If resolving the page failed because I/O is needed to fault-in the
@@ -4659,7 +4660,7 @@ static int __kvm_mmu_faultin_pfn(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
* other failures are terminal, i.e. retrying won't help.
*/
if (fault->pfn != KVM_PFN_ERR_NEEDS_IO)
- return RET_PF_CONTINUE;
+ goto out_pf_continue;
if (!fault->prefetch && kvm_can_do_async_pf(vcpu)) {
trace_kvm_try_async_get_page(fault->addr, fault->gfn);
@@ -4680,8 +4681,10 @@ static int __kvm_mmu_faultin_pfn(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
foll |= FOLL_INTERRUPTIBLE;
foll &= ~FOLL_NOWAIT;
fault->pfn = __kvm_faultin_pfn(fault->slot, fault->gfn, foll,
- &fault->map_writable, &fault->refcounted_page);
+ &writable, &fault->refcounted_page);
+out_pf_continue:
+ fault->map_writable &= writable;
return RET_PF_CONTINUE;
}
@@ -5000,6 +5003,7 @@ static int kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
.is_private = err & PFERR_PRIVATE_ACCESS,
.pfn = KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT,
+ .map_writable = true,
};
int r;
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 13:49 [PATCH v3 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 01/31] KVM: x86/hyperv: do not overwrite hc->ingpa for slow SIGNAL_EVENT hypercall Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 02/31] KVM: selftests: Take into account mixed memory fault flags Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 03/31] KVM: Define and communicate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT RWX flags to userspace Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 04/31] KVM: selftests: Test address translation for Hyper-V direct L2 hypercalls Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 05/31] KVM: apply nGPA->GPA translation to KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 06/31] KVM: x86: Introduce memory fault on invalid hypercalls reads/writes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 07/31] KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 09/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend map_writable to a full ACC_* mask Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 10/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Init memslot hugepage information for non-private_mem VMs too Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 11/31] KVM: pass kvm == NULL case to kvm_arch_has_private_mem Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 12/31] KVM: adjust for presence of more than one attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 13/31] KVM: Introduce NR/NW/NX memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 14/31] KVM: Include memory protections in result of gfn->hva conversion Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 15/31] KVM: Introduce kvm_fetch_guest_page() and use it for x86 Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 16/31] KVM: Take memory protections into account for memory read/write/fetch Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 17/31] KVM: Take memory protections into account for __kvm_vcpu_map Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 18/31] KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 19/31] KVM: loongarch: do full validity check on the gfn-to-hva cache Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 20/31] KVM: Introduce kvm_check_gen()/kvm_memslots_check_gen() Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 21/31] KVM: Introduce a generation number for memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 22/31] KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached gfn->hva Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 23/31] KVM: pfncache: Fail to refresh if it contains memory protections Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 24/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not prefetch sptes on gfns backed by memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 25/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Take memory protection attributes into account during faults Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 26/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Issue memory fault exit if walk failed due to memory attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 27/31] KVM: let kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes drop mmu_lock Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 28/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 29/31] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory protection attributes test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 30/31] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes PTE test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 31/31] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes side-channel tests Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes Paolo Bonzini
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