From: "Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, seanjc@google.com,
pbonzini@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org,
peterx@redhat.com, ljs@kernel.org, imbrenda@linux.ibm.com,
borntraeger@linux.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com,
"Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
"Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@kernel.org>,
"Mike Rapoport" <rppt@kernel.org>,
"Suren Baghdasaryan" <surenb@google.com>,
"Michal Hocko" <mhocko@suse.com>,
"Muchun Song" <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
"Oscar Salvador" <osalvador@suse.de>,
"Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>,
"Pedro Falcato" <pfalcato@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/9] mm/mmu_notifier: add MMU_NOTIFIER_RANGE_PERM_UPGRADE
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:20:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261112142039.907090-8-clopez@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112142039.907090-2-clopez@suse.de>
Add a range flag for invalidations that only upgrade permissions, so
that secondary MMUs can keep their mappings rather than zap them.
change_protection() sets it for MM_CP_PERM_UPGRADE and for the
userfaultfd resolves, which only restore access.
Now that change_protection() keeps writable entries writable on these
changes, no present entry loses access. Writable migration and
device-private entries are still made read-only, which does not affect
secondary MMUs. Migration entries are only installed after secondary
MMUs are invalidated, and device-private pages are migrated back, with
an invalidation, before the CPU can access them.
hugetlb_change_protection() never sets the flag, as hugetlb does not
restore the write bit and may unshare page tables.
Signed-off-by: Carlos López <clopez@suse.de>
---
include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 5 +++++
mm/hugetlb.c | 4 ++++
mm/internal.h | 7 +++++++
mm/mprotect.c | 5 +++--
4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
index 5db78e5761c5..b2f186ebacf9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ enum mmu_notifier_event {
};
#define MMU_NOTIFIER_RANGE_BLOCKABLE (1 << 0)
+/*
+ * Set on an invalidation that only expands permissions without
+ * revoking any existing access, nor freeing/moving the underlying page.
+ */
+#define MMU_NOTIFIER_RANGE_PERM_UPGRADE (1 << 1)
struct mmu_notifier_ops {
/*
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ce9c8e57b8e5..06fd31b8fbc4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6632,6 +6632,10 @@ long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* In the case of shared PMDs, the area to flush could be beyond
* start/end. Set range.start/range.end to cover the maximum possible
* range if PMD sharing is possible.
+ *
+ * MMU_NOTIFIER_RANGE_PERM_UPGRADE is never set here. hugetlb does not
+ * restore the write bit, and huge_pmd_unshare() may drop the mapping,
+ * so this is not a strict permission upgrade.
*/
mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA,
0, mm, start, end);
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index e3f92883bf23..b74ea18c6103 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -1453,6 +1453,13 @@ static inline bool pte_needs_soft_dirty_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t pte
return vma_soft_dirty_enabled(vma) && !pte_soft_dirty(pte);
}
+/* Whether a change_protection() only adds permissions. */
+static inline bool mm_cp_is_perm_upgrade(unsigned long cp_flags)
+{
+ return cp_flags & (MM_CP_PERM_UPGRADE | MM_CP_UFFD_WP_RESOLVE |
+ MM_CP_UFFD_RWP_RESOLVE);
+}
+
/* shrinker related functions */
unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
int priority);
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 8c0fcd10f5a3..b7accf60c3d4 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -608,8 +608,9 @@ static inline long change_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
continue;
if (!range.start) {
- mmu_notifier_range_init(&range,
- MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA, 0,
+ mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA,
+ mm_cp_is_perm_upgrade(cp_flags) ?
+ MMU_NOTIFIER_RANGE_PERM_UPGRADE : 0,
vma->vm_mm, addr, end);
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
}
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-12 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-12 14:20 [PATCH v3 0/9] KVM: don't zap secondary MMU on permission upgrade Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] mm: fix eager write-bit restore for write-notified shared mappings Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] riscv: mm: add pud_soft_dirty() Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] mm/huge_memory: honor MM_CP_TRY_CHANGE_WRITABLE in change_huge_pud() Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] mm: keep writable entries writable on protection changes Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] mm/mprotect: add MM_CP_PERM_UPGRADE Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` Carlos López [this message]
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] KVM: pass the mmu_notifier event and flags to kvm_gfn_range Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] KVM: x86/mmu: don't zap secondary MMU on permission upgrade Carlos López
2026-11-12 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] KVM: s390: don't unmap the gmap " Carlos López
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