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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
	Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@amazon.co.uk>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
	Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@linux.dev>,
	Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+208f7f3e5f59c11aeb90@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH v2 04/20] KVM: x86/xen: Explicitly tag "shared info" page as never being dirty tracked
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 2026 02:00:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105020104.2507083-5-dwmw2@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105020104.2507083-1-dwmw2@infradead.org>

From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

Explicitly mark the Xen shared info page as never being dirty tracked so
that higher-level gpc APIs can be added to automatically take care of
things like dirty tracking, without reintroducing the bug fixed by
commit 55749769fe60 ("KVM: x86: Fix wall clock writes in Xen shared_info
not to mark page dirty").  And because the code _looks_ buggy.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/xen.c        |  2 +-
 include/linux/kvm_host.h  | 15 +++++++++++----
 include/linux/kvm_types.h |  1 +
 virt/kvm/pfncache.c       |  4 +++-
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
index 4517eeb24909..d3773416cd44 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ void kvm_xen_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	mutex_init(&kvm->arch.xen.xen_lock);
 	xa_init(&kvm->arch.xen.evtchn_ports);
-	kvm_gpc_init(&kvm->arch.xen.shinfo_cache, kvm);
+	__kvm_gpc_init(&kvm->arch.xen.shinfo_cache, kvm, true);
 }
 
 void kvm_xen_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index e7fc94e2910a..cadd0318400e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1459,16 +1459,23 @@ int kvm_vcpu_write_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, const void *data,
 			 unsigned long len);
 
 /**
- * kvm_gpc_init - initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache.
+ * __kvm_gpc_init - initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache.
  *
  * @gpc:	   struct gfn_to_pfn_cache object.
  * @kvm:	   pointer to kvm instance.
+ * @never_dirty:   the cache never needs to mark its page dirty in its memslot.
  *
  * This sets up a gfn_to_pfn_cache by initializing locks and assigning the
  * immutable attributes.  Note, the cache must be zero-allocated (or zeroed by
- * the caller before init).
+ * the caller before init).  Most callers want the kvm_gpc_init() wrapper.
  */
-void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm);
+void __kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm,
+		    bool never_dirty);
+
+static inline void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	__kvm_gpc_init(gpc, kvm, false);
+}
 
 /**
  * kvm_gpc_activate - prepare a cached kernel mapping and HPA for a given guest
@@ -1979,7 +1986,7 @@ static inline void kvm_gpc_mark_dirty_in_slot(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&gpc->lock);
 
-	if (!gpc->memslot)
+	if (!gpc->memslot || gpc->never_dirty)
 		return;
 
 	mark_page_dirty_in_slot(gpc->kvm, gpc->memslot, gpa_to_gfn(gpc->gpa));
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
index a568d8e6f4e8..e850adc3f47e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct gfn_to_pfn_cache {
 	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
 	bool active;
 	bool valid;
+	bool never_dirty;
 };
 
 #ifdef KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE
diff --git a/virt/kvm/pfncache.c b/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
index 3659686b97c2..17a30da00d40 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ int kvm_gpc_refresh(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, unsigned long len)
 	return __kvm_gpc_refresh(gpc, gpc->gpa, uhva);
 }
 
-void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm)
+void __kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm,
+		    bool never_dirty)
 {
 	rwlock_init(&gpc->lock);
 	mutex_init(&gpc->refresh_lock);
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm)
 	gpc->gpa = INVALID_GPA;
 	gpc->uhva = KVM_HVA_ERR_BAD;
 	gpc->active = gpc->valid = false;
+	gpc->never_dirty = never_dirty;
 }
 
 static int __kvm_gpc_activate(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, gpa_t gpa, unsigned long uhva,
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-05  2:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-05  2:00 [PATCH v2 00/20] KVM: Use atomic SRCU for gfn-to-pfn cache, reinstate guest mode for x86 nesting David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 01/20] KVM: x86/xen: Fill the hypercall page with a single guest write David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 02/20] KVM: x86/xen: Add KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_WRITE_HYPERCALL_PAGE David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 03/20] KVM: x86/xen: Extract delivery of event to vCPU into a separate helper David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 05/20] KVM: x86/xen: Don't dirty track "vCPU info" page David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 06/20] KVM: x86: Request the guest TLB flush from record_steal_time() David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 07/20] KVM: selftests: Actually deactivate the HVA-based shared_info cache in xen_shinfo_test David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 08/20] KVM: pfncache: Use atomic SRCU for readers instead of a rwlock David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 09/20] KVM: x86: Use gfn_to_pfn_cache for steal time / preempted status David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 10/20] KVM: pfncache: Add guest-mode pinning (GUEST_USES_PFN successor) David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:29   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 11/20] KVM: nVMX: Implement cache for L1 MSR bitmap David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 12/20] KVM: nVMX: Use pinned pfncache for L1 APIC virtualization pages David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:33   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 13/20] KVM: x86: Post KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES on memslot updates David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 14/20] KVM: selftests: Add nested VMX APIC cache invalidation test David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:25   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 15/20] KVM: nSVM: Use a gfn_to_pfn_cache for the vmcb12 page David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 16/20] KVM: nSVM: Cache L1's MSR permissions map pages David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 17/20] KVM: nSVM: Cache L1's IO " David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:01 ` [PATCH v2 18/20] KVM: selftests: Add nested transition benchmark David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:01 ` [PATCH v2 19/20] KVM: selftests: Add Xen evtchn vs memslot-update race test David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:01 ` [PATCH v2 20/20] KVM: selftests: Add Xen evtchn vs mmu_notifier race test for HVA caches David Woodhouse
2026-11-05  2:28   ` sashiko-bot

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