Thread (55 messages) 55 messages, 6 authors, 2023-09-06

Re: [PATCH v7 5/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Don't pass FOLL_GET to __kvm_follow_pfn

From: David Stevens <hidden>
Date: 2023-07-11 02:59:34
Also in: kvm, kvmarm, linuxppc-dev, lkml

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 1:34 AM Isaku Yamahata [off-list ref] wrote:
On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 10:35:02AM +0900,
David Stevens [off-list ref] wrote:
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index e44ab512c3a1..b1607e314497 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
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@@ -2937,6 +2943,7 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
      bool host_writable = !fault || fault->map_writable;
      bool prefetch = !fault || fault->prefetch;
      bool write_fault = fault && fault->write;
+     bool is_refcounted = !fault || fault->is_refcounted_page;
Just wonder, what if a non-refcounted page is prefetched?  Or is it possible in
practice?
Prefetching is still done via gfn_to_page_many_atomic, which sets
FOLL_GET. That's fixable, but it's not something this series currently
does.
So if we prefetch a page, REFCOUNTED bit is cleared unconditionally with this
hunk.  kvm_set_page_{dirty, accessed} won't be called as expected for prefetched
spte.  If I read the patch correctly, REFCOUNTED bit in SPTE should represent
whether the corresponding page is ref-countable or not, right?

Because direct_pte_prefetch_many() is for legacy KVM MMU and FNAME(prefetch_pte)
is shadow paging, we need to test it with legacy KVM MMU or shadow paging to hit
the issue, though.
direct_pte_prefetch_many and prefetch_gpte both pass NULL for the
fault parameter, so is_refcounted will evaluate to true. So the spte's
refcounted bit will get set in that case.
Oops, my bad.  My point is "unconditionally".  Is the bit always set for
non-refcountable pages?  Or non-refcountable pages are not prefeched?
The bit is never set for non-refcounted pages, and is always set for
refcounted pages. The current series never prefetches non-refcounted
pages, since it continues to use the gfn_to_page_many_atomic API.

-David

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