[PATCH v12 29/84] KVM: Pin (as in FOLL_PIN) pages during kvm_vcpu_map()

Sean Christopherson seanjc at google.com
Fri Jul 26 16:51:38 PDT 2024


Pin, as in FOLL_PIN, pages when mapping them for direct access by KVM.
As per Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst, writing to a page that
was gotten via FOLL_GET is explicitly disallowed.

  Correct (uses FOLL_PIN calls):
      pin_user_pages()
      write to the data within the pages
      unpin_user_pages()

  INCORRECT (uses FOLL_GET calls):
      get_user_pages()
      write to the data within the pages
      put_page()

Unfortunately, FOLL_PIN is a "private" flag, and so kvm_follow_pfn must
use a one-off bool instead of being able to piggyback the "flags" field.

Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/930667
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1683044162.git.lstoakes@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h |  2 +-
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h        |  7 ++++++
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 8b5ac3305b05..3d4094ece479 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ struct kvm_host_map {
 	 * can be used as guest memory but they are not managed by host
 	 * kernel).
 	 */
-	struct page *refcounted_page;
+	struct page *pinned_page;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *hva;
 	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 255cbed83b40..4a9b99c11355 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2824,9 +2824,12 @@ static kvm_pfn_t kvm_resolve_pfn(struct kvm_follow_pfn *kfp, struct page *page,
 	 */
 	if (pte) {
 		pfn = pte_pfn(*pte);
-		page = kvm_pfn_to_refcounted_page(pfn);
-		if (page && !get_page_unless_zero(page))
-			return KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT;
+
+		if (!kfp->pin) {
+			page = kvm_pfn_to_refcounted_page(pfn);
+			if (page && !get_page_unless_zero(page))
+				return KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT;
+		}
 	} else {
 		pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
 	}
@@ -2845,16 +2848,24 @@ static kvm_pfn_t kvm_resolve_pfn(struct kvm_follow_pfn *kfp, struct page *page,
 static bool hva_to_pfn_fast(struct kvm_follow_pfn *kfp, kvm_pfn_t *pfn)
 {
 	struct page *page;
+	bool r;
 
 	/*
-	 * Fast pin a writable pfn only if it is a write fault request
-	 * or the caller allows to map a writable pfn for a read fault
-	 * request.
+	 * Try the fast-only path when the caller wants to pin/get the page for
+	 * writing.  If the caller only wants to read the page, KVM must go
+	 * down the full, slow path in order to avoid racing an operation that
+	 * breaks Copy-on-Write (CoW), e.g. so that KVM doesn't end up pointing
+	 * at the old, read-only page while mm/ points at a new, writable page.
 	 */
 	if (!((kfp->flags & FOLL_WRITE) || kfp->map_writable))
 		return false;
 
-	if (get_user_page_fast_only(kfp->hva, FOLL_WRITE, &page)) {
+	if (kfp->pin)
+		r = pin_user_pages_fast(kfp->hva, 1, FOLL_WRITE, &page) == 1;
+	else
+		r = get_user_page_fast_only(kfp->hva, FOLL_WRITE, &page);
+
+	if (r) {
 		*pfn = kvm_resolve_pfn(kfp, page, NULL, true);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -2883,10 +2894,21 @@ static int hva_to_pfn_slow(struct kvm_follow_pfn *kfp, kvm_pfn_t *pfn)
 	struct page *page, *wpage;
 	int npages;
 
-	npages = get_user_pages_unlocked(kfp->hva, 1, &page, flags);
+	if (kfp->pin)
+		npages = pin_user_pages_unlocked(kfp->hva, 1, &page, flags);
+	else
+		npages = get_user_pages_unlocked(kfp->hva, 1, &page, flags);
 	if (npages != 1)
 		return npages;
 
+	/*
+	 * Pinning is mutually exclusive with opportunistically mapping a read
+	 * fault as writable, as KVM should never pin pages when mapping memory
+	 * into the guest (pinning is only for direct accesses from KVM).
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(kfp->map_writable && kfp->pin))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* map read fault as writable if possible */
 	if (!(flags & FOLL_WRITE) && kfp->map_writable &&
 	    get_user_page_fast_only(kfp->hva, FOLL_WRITE, &wpage)) {
@@ -2895,6 +2917,7 @@ static int hva_to_pfn_slow(struct kvm_follow_pfn *kfp, kvm_pfn_t *pfn)
 		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
 	}
 
+out:
 	*pfn = kvm_resolve_pfn(kfp, page, NULL, flags & FOLL_WRITE);
 	return npages;
 }
@@ -3119,10 +3142,11 @@ int kvm_vcpu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, struct kvm_host_map *map)
 		.slot = gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, gfn),
 		.gfn = gfn,
 		.flags = FOLL_WRITE,
-		.refcounted_page = &map->refcounted_page,
+		.refcounted_page = &map->pinned_page,
+		.pin = true,
 	};
 
-	map->refcounted_page = NULL;
+	map->pinned_page = NULL;
 	map->page = NULL;
 	map->hva = NULL;
 	map->gfn = gfn;
@@ -3159,16 +3183,16 @@ void kvm_vcpu_unmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_host_map *map, bool dirty)
 	if (dirty)
 		kvm_vcpu_mark_page_dirty(vcpu, map->gfn);
 
-	if (map->refcounted_page) {
+	if (map->pinned_page) {
 		if (dirty)
-			kvm_release_page_dirty(map->refcounted_page);
-		else
-			kvm_release_page_clean(map->refcounted_page);
+			kvm_set_page_dirty(map->pinned_page);
+		kvm_set_page_accessed(map->pinned_page);
+		unpin_user_page(map->pinned_page);
 	}
 
 	map->hva = NULL;
 	map->page = NULL;
-	map->refcounted_page = NULL;
+	map->pinned_page = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vcpu_unmap);
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
index d3ac1ba8ba66..acef3f5c582a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ struct kvm_follow_pfn {
 	/* FOLL_* flags modifying lookup behavior, e.g. FOLL_WRITE. */
 	unsigned int flags;
 
+	/*
+	 * Pin the page (effectively FOLL_PIN, which is an mm/ internal flag).
+	 * The page *must* be pinned if KVM will write to the page via a kernel
+	 * mapping, e.g. via kmap(), mremap(), etc.
+	 */
+	bool pin;
+
 	/*
 	 * If non-NULL, try to get a writable mapping even for a read fault.
 	 * Set to true if a writable mapping was obtained.
-- 
2.46.0.rc1.232.g9752f9e123-goog




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