From: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: 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>,
Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-coco@lists.linux.dev>,
<kvm@vger.kernel.org>, Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
"Vishal Annapurve" <vannapurve@google.com>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
Sagi Shahar <sagis@google.com>,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>,
Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 20/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Allocate/free S-EPT pages using tdx_{alloc,free}_control_page()
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 17:48:57 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aYW5CbUvZrLogsWF@yzhao56-desk.sh.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260129011517.3545883-21-seanjc@google.com>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> index 18764dbc97ea..01e3e4f4baa5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ void kvm_mmu_uninit_tdp_mmu(struct kvm *kvm)
>
> static void tdp_mmu_free_sp(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
> {
> - free_page((unsigned long)sp->external_spt);
> + if (sp->external_spt)
> + kvm_x86_call(free_external_sp)((unsigned long)sp->external_spt);
> free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
> kmem_cache_free(mmu_page_header_cache, sp);
> }
Strictly speaking, external_spt is not a control page. Its alloc/free are
different from normal control pages managed by TDX's code.
(1) alloc
tdx_alloc_control_page
__tdx_alloc_control_page
__tdx_pamt_get
spin_lock(&pamt_lock) ==> under process context
spin_unlock(&pamt_lock)
(2) free
tdp_mmu_free_sp_rcu_callback
tdp_mmu_free_sp
kvm_x86_call(free_external_sp)
tdx_free_control_page
__tdx_free_control_page
__tdx_pamt_put
spin_lock(&pamt_lock) ==> under softirq context
spin_unlock(&pamt_lock)
So, invoking __tdx_pamt_put() in the RCU callback triggers deadlock warning
(see the bottom for details).
> + /*
> + * TDX uses the external_spt cache to allocate S-EPT page table pages,
> + * which (a) don't need to be initialized by KVM as the TDX-Module will
> + * initialize the page (using the guest's encryption key), and (b) need
> + * to use a custom allocator to be compatible with Dynamic PAMT.
> + */
> + vt_x86_ops.alloc_external_sp = tdx_alloc_control_page;
> + vt_x86_ops.free_external_sp = tdx_free_control_page;
> +
> vt_x86_ops.set_external_spte = tdx_sept_set_private_spte;
> vt_x86_ops.reclaim_external_sp = tdx_sept_reclaim_private_sp;
> vt_x86_ops.remove_external_spte = tdx_sept_remove_private_spte;
================================
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
6.19.0-rc6-upstream+ #1078 Tainted: G S U
--------------------------------
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
swapper/7/0 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
ffffffff9067b6f8 (pamt_lock){+.?.}-{3:3}, at: __tdx_pamt_put+0x80/0xf0
{SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at:
__lock_acquire+0x405/0xc10
lock_acquire.part.0+0x9c/0x210
lock_acquire+0x5e/0x100
_raw_spin_lock+0x37/0x80
__tdx_pamt_get+0xb8/0x150
__tdx_alloc_control_page+0x2e/0x60
__tdx_td_init+0x65/0x740 [kvm_intel]
tdx_td_init+0x147/0x240 [kvm_intel]
tdx_vm_ioctl+0x125/0x260 [kvm_intel]
vt_mem_enc_ioctl+0x17/0x30 [kvm_intel]
kvm_arch_vm_ioctl+0x4e0/0xb40 [kvm]
kvm_vm_ioctl+0x4f4/0xaf0 [kvm]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x9d/0xf0
x64_sys_call+0xf38/0x1da0
do_syscall_64+0xc5/0xfc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
irq event stamp: 252814
hardirqs last enabled at (252814): [<ffffffff8fa6f41a>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x5a/0x80
hardirqs last disabled at (252813): [<ffffffff8fa6f096>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x76/0x90
softirqs last enabled at (252798): [<ffffffff8e60f139>] handle_softirqs+0x309/0x460
softirqs last disabled at (252805): [<ffffffff8e60f401>] __irq_exit_rcu+0xe1/0x160
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(pamt_lock);
<Interrupt>
lock(pamt_lock);
*** DEADLOCK ***
1 lock held by swapper/7/0:
#0: ffffffff9077d660 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch+0x153/0x620
stack backtrace:
CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Tainted: G S U 6.19.0-rc6-upstream+ #1078 PREEMPT(voluntary) b8f4b38003dc2ca73352cf9d3d544aa826c4f5a9
Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [U]=USER
Hardware name: Intel Corporation ArcherCity/ArcherCity, BIOS EGSDCRB1.SYS.0101.D29.2303301937 03/30/2023
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
show_stack+0x49/0x60
dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0
dump_stack+0x10/0x16
print_usage_bug.part.0+0x264/0x350
mark_lock_irq+0x4d6/0x9e0
? stack_trace_save+0x4a/0x70
? save_trace+0x66/0x2b0
mark_lock+0x1cf/0x6a0
mark_usage+0x4c/0x130
__lock_acquire+0x405/0xc10
? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
lock_acquire.part.0+0x9c/0x210
? __tdx_pamt_put+0x80/0xf0
lock_acquire+0x5e/0x100
? __tdx_pamt_put+0x80/0xf0
_raw_spin_lock+0x37/0x80
? __tdx_pamt_put+0x80/0xf0
__tdx_pamt_put+0x80/0xf0
? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
? sched_clock_noinstr+0x9/0x10
__tdx_free_control_page+0x22/0x40
tdx_free_control_page+0x38/0x50 [kvm_intel c135d3571385e160f086f9f6195fc72e4b6aa2b1]
tdp_mmu_free_sp_rcu_callback+0x24/0x50 [kvm 3932b137c28c130169e7e3615041bcec6cefc090]
? rcu_do_batch+0x1dc/0x620
rcu_do_batch+0x1e1/0x620
? rcu_do_batch+0x153/0x620
rcu_core+0x37d/0x4d0
rcu_core_si+0xe/0x20
handle_softirqs+0xdc/0x460
? hrtimer_interrupt+0x154/0x290
__irq_exit_rcu+0xe1/0x160
irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x30
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xc0/0xf0
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1b/0x20
RIP: 0010:cpuidle_enter_state+0x122/0x7a0
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2026-01-29 1:14 [RFC PATCH v5 00/45] TDX: Dynamic PAMT + S-EPT Hugepage Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 01/45] x86/tdx: Use pg_level in TDX APIs, not the TDX-Module's 0-based level Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 17:37 ` Dave Hansen
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2026-01-29 22:10 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-29 22:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 22:48 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 8:48 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-03 10:30 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-03 20:06 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 21:34 ` Huang, Kai
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2026-01-29 22:15 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 10:36 ` Huang, Kai
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2026-01-29 22:20 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-30 1:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 17:32 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 10:44 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-04 1:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 05/45] KVM: TDX: Drop kvm_x86_ops.link_external_spt(), use .set_external_spte() for all Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 23:55 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 10:19 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-03 20:05 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 6:41 ` Yan Zhao
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2026-02-06 2:27 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-18 19:37 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-20 17:36 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 06/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Fold set_external_spte_present() into its sole caller Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 7:38 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 23:06 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:29 ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 07/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Plumb the SPTE _pointer_ into the TDP MMU's handle_changed_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 08/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Propagate mirror SPTE removal to S-EPT in handle_changed_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 9:06 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 2:23 ` Sean Christopherson
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2026-02-10 19:52 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-11 2:16 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-14 0:36 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 09/45] KVM: x86: Rework .free_external_spt() into .reclaim_external_sp() Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 9:45 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 7:04 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 22:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:30 ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 10/45] x86/tdx: Move all TDX error defines into <asm/shared/tdx_errno.h> Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 18:13 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 11/45] x86/tdx: Add helpers to check return status codes Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 18:58 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-29 20:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 0:36 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 20:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 12/45] x86/virt/tdx: Simplify tdmr_get_pamt_sz() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 13/45] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate page bitmap for Dynamic PAMT Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 14/45] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate reference counters for PAMT memory Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 15/45] x86/virt/tdx: Improve PAMT refcounts allocation for sparse memory Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 16/45] x86/virt/tdx: Add tdx_alloc/free_control_page() helpers Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 1:30 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 6:11 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 22:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:32 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-10 17:44 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 22:15 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-10 22:19 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 22:46 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-10 22:50 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 23:02 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-11 0:50 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 17/45] x86/virt/tdx: Optimize " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 18/45] KVM: TDX: Allocate PAMT memory for TD and vCPU control structures Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 19/45] KVM: Allow owner of kvm_mmu_memory_cache to provide a custom page allocator Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 10:56 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-03 20:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 20:33 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 21:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 21:29 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-04 2:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 6:45 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 20/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Allocate/free S-EPT pages using tdx_{alloc,free}_control_page() Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 11:16 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-03 20:17 ` Sean Christopherson
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2026-02-10 10:54 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-09 23:40 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 0:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 21/45] x86/tdx: Add APIs to support get/put of DPAMT entries from KVM, under spinlock Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 22/45] KVM: TDX: Get/put PAMT pages when (un)mapping private memory Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 10:20 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 16:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:27 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-06 23:18 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 23:19 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-09 10:33 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-09 17:08 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-09 21:05 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 23/45] x86/virt/tdx: Enable Dynamic PAMT Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 24/45] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX's " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 25/45] *** DO NOT MERGE *** x86/virt/tdx: Don't assume guest memory is backed by struct page Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 26/45] x86/virt/tdx: Enhance tdh_mem_page_aug() to support huge pages Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 27/45] x86/virt/tdx: Enhance tdh_phymem_page_wbinvd_hkid() to invalidate " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 28/45] x86/virt/tdx: Extend "reset page" quirk to support " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 29/45] x86/virt/tdx: Get/Put DPAMT page pair if and only if mapping size is 4KB Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 30/45] x86/virt/tdx: Add API to demote a 2MB mapping to 512 4KB mappings Sean Christopherson
2026-06-11 8:44 ` Yan Zhao
2026-06-29 21:07 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-06-30 2:36 ` Yan Zhao
2026-06-30 16:35 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-02 3:34 ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 31/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Prevent hugepage promotion for mirror roots in fault path Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 32/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Plumb the old_spte into kvm_x86_ops.set_external_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 33/45] KVM: TDX: Hoist tdx_sept_remove_private_spte() above set_private_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 34/45] KVM: TDX: Handle removal of leaf SPTEs in .set_private_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 35/45] KVM: TDX: Add helper to handle mapping leaf SPTE into S-EPT Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 36/45] KVM: TDX: Move S-EPT page demotion TODO to tdx_sept_set_private_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 37/45] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Alloc external_spt page for mirror page table splitting Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 10:07 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 16:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-11 9:49 ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 38/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Add Dynamic PAMT support in TDP MMU for vCPU-induced page split Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 39/45] KVM: TDX: Add core support for splitting/demoting 2MiB S-EPT to 4KiB Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 40/45] KVM: x86: Introduce hugepage_set_guest_inhibit() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 41/45] KVM: TDX: Honor the guest's accept level contained in an EPT violation Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 15:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 42/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Add helpers to get start/end gfns give gmem+slot+pgoff Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 43/45] *** DO NOT MERGE *** KVM: guest_memfd: Add pre-zap arch hook for shared<=>private conversion Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 7:23 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 44/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Add support for splitting S-EPT hugepages on conversion Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 15:39 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-11 8:43 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-13 15:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 10:14 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 14:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 45/45] KVM: TDX: Turn on PG_LEVEL_2M Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 17:13 ` [RFC PATCH v5 00/45] TDX: Dynamic PAMT + S-EPT Hugepage Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2026-01-29 17:17 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-04 14:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 15:09 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-05 15:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 16:01 ` Dave Hansen
2026-04-15 21:48 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-04-17 16:59 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-17 20:01 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-05-19 0:40 ` Sean Christopherson
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