[RESEND PATCH 0/3] KVM: PPC: Fixes for Book3S HV HPT locking and paired-single decoding
From: Amit Machhiwal <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-28 12:29:08
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kvm, linux-hardening, lkml, stable
This series addresses a few bug fixes across KVM PPC Book3S HV
locking/synchronization and paired-single instruction decoding:
Patches 1 & 2 fix synchronization and preemption issues introduced in
commit 6165d5dd99db ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: add virtual mode handlers for
HPT hcalls and page faults"):
- Patch 1 adds SRCU read lock protection when walking memslots during
virtual-mode HPT hcalls to prevent use-after-free races with concurrent
memslot updates.
- Patch 2 adds preempt_disable() around virtual-mode HPTE bit-lock holders
and raw spinlock usage to prevent CPU stalls and deadlocks on preemption.
Patch 3 fixes paired-single D-form instruction emulation:
- Patch 3 fixes get_d_signext() to correctly extract the full 12-bit D
displacement field and perform proper two's-complement sign extension.
Testing:
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All test kernel builds were compiled with CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP=y.
The following scenarios were verified:
1. Power9 PowerNV (L0) in Radix mode:
- Booted L0 host with kernel containing all 3 patches.
- Booted KVM guests in both Radix and Hash modes.
- Ran kernel build workload inside guests — no errors observed.
- Booted L1 guest with the same kernel — booted and ran cleanly.
2. Power9 PowerNV (L0) in Hash mode:
- Booted L0 host with kernel containing all 3 patches.
- Booted KVM guest in Hash mode.
- Ran kernel build workload inside guest — no errors observed.
- Booted L1 nested guest with the same kernel — booted and ran cleanly.
3. Power10 LPAR (L1):
- Booted Power10 LPAR with the patched kernel.
- Booted KVM guest and ran workloads — no errors observed.
Amit Machhiwal (3):
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add SRCU protection for virtual-mode HPT hcalls
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add preempt_disable() around virtual-mode HPTE
bit-lock users
KVM: PPC: Fix get_d_signext() 12-bit displacement for paired-single
D-form
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 76 +++++++++++++-----------
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_paired_singles.c | 7 +--
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
base-commit: 72d3fcf802c45d00b300f25b848a93c3a2bd7c7e
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2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)