[PATCH v3 1/7] ARM: KVM: be more thorough when invalidating TLBs

Christoffer Dall cdall at cs.columbia.edu
Mon May 27 21:53:46 EDT 2013


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:11:34PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> The KVM/ARM MMU code doesn't take care of invalidating TLBs before
> freeing a {pte,pmd} table. This could cause problems if the page
> is reallocated and then speculated into by another CPU.
> 
> Reported-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
> index 9657065..84ba67b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -43,7 +43,14 @@ static phys_addr_t hyp_idmap_vector;
>  
>  static void kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t ipa)
>  {
> -	kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa, kvm, ipa);
> +	/*
> +	 * This function also gets called when dealing with HYP page
> +	 * tables. As HYP doesn't have an associated struct kvm (and
> +	 * the HYP page tables are fairly static), we don't do
> +	 * anything there.
> +	 */
> +	if (kvm)
> +		kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa, kvm, ipa);
>  }
>  
>  static int mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *cache,
> @@ -78,18 +85,20 @@ static void *mmu_memory_cache_alloc(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc)
>  	return p;
>  }
>  
> -static void clear_pud_entry(pud_t *pud)
> +static void clear_pud_entry(struct kvm *kvm, pud_t *pud, phys_addr_t addr)
>  {
>  	pmd_t *pmd_table = pmd_offset(pud, 0);
>  	pud_clear(pud);
> +	kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(kvm, addr);
>  	pmd_free(NULL, pmd_table);
>  	put_page(virt_to_page(pud));
>  }
>  
> -static void clear_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd)
> +static void clear_pmd_entry(struct kvm *kvm, pmd_t *pmd, phys_addr_t addr)
>  {
>  	pte_t *pte_table = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0);
>  	pmd_clear(pmd);
> +	kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(kvm, addr);
>  	pte_free_kernel(NULL, pte_table);
>  	put_page(virt_to_page(pmd));
>  }
> @@ -100,11 +109,12 @@ static bool pmd_empty(pmd_t *pmd)
>  	return page_count(pmd_page) == 1;
>  }
>  
> -static void clear_pte_entry(pte_t *pte)
> +static void clear_pte_entry(struct kvm *kvm, pte_t *pte, phys_addr_t addr)
>  {
>  	if (pte_present(*pte)) {
>  		kvm_set_pte(pte, __pte(0));
>  		put_page(virt_to_page(pte));
> +		kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(kvm, addr);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> @@ -114,7 +124,8 @@ static bool pte_empty(pte_t *pte)
>  	return page_count(pte_page) == 1;
>  }
>  
> -static void unmap_range(pgd_t *pgdp, unsigned long long start, u64 size)
> +static void unmap_range(struct kvm *kvm, pgd_t *pgdp,
> +			unsigned long long start, u64 size)
>  {
>  	pgd_t *pgd;
>  	pud_t *pud;
> @@ -138,15 +149,15 @@ static void unmap_range(pgd_t *pgdp, unsigned long long start, u64 size)
>  		}
>  
>  		pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
> -		clear_pte_entry(pte);
> +		clear_pte_entry(kvm, pte, addr);
>  		range = PAGE_SIZE;
>  
>  		/* If we emptied the pte, walk back up the ladder */
>  		if (pte_empty(pte)) {
> -			clear_pmd_entry(pmd);
> +			clear_pmd_entry(kvm, pmd, addr);
>  			range = PMD_SIZE;
>  			if (pmd_empty(pmd)) {
> -				clear_pud_entry(pud);
> +				clear_pud_entry(kvm, pud, addr);
>  				range = PUD_SIZE;
>  			}
>  		}
> @@ -165,14 +176,14 @@ void free_boot_hyp_pgd(void)
>  	mutex_lock(&kvm_hyp_pgd_mutex);
>  
>  	if (boot_hyp_pgd) {
> -		unmap_range(boot_hyp_pgd, hyp_idmap_start, PAGE_SIZE);
> -		unmap_range(boot_hyp_pgd, TRAMPOLINE_VA, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		unmap_range(NULL, boot_hyp_pgd, hyp_idmap_start, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		unmap_range(NULL, boot_hyp_pgd, TRAMPOLINE_VA, PAGE_SIZE);
>  		kfree(boot_hyp_pgd);
>  		boot_hyp_pgd = NULL;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (hyp_pgd)
> -		unmap_range(hyp_pgd, TRAMPOLINE_VA, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		unmap_range(NULL, hyp_pgd, TRAMPOLINE_VA, PAGE_SIZE);
>  
>  	kfree(init_bounce_page);
>  	init_bounce_page = NULL;
> @@ -200,9 +211,10 @@ void free_hyp_pgds(void)
>  
>  	if (hyp_pgd) {
>  		for (addr = PAGE_OFFSET; virt_addr_valid(addr); addr += PGDIR_SIZE)
> -			unmap_range(hyp_pgd, KERN_TO_HYP(addr), PGDIR_SIZE);
> +			unmap_range(NULL, hyp_pgd, KERN_TO_HYP(addr), PGDIR_SIZE);
>  		for (addr = VMALLOC_START; is_vmalloc_addr((void*)addr); addr += PGDIR_SIZE)
> -			unmap_range(hyp_pgd, KERN_TO_HYP(addr), PGDIR_SIZE);
> +			unmap_range(NULL, hyp_pgd, KERN_TO_HYP(addr), PGDIR_SIZE);
> +
>  		kfree(hyp_pgd);
>  		hyp_pgd = NULL;
>  	}
> @@ -393,7 +405,7 @@ int kvm_alloc_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm)
>   */
>  static void unmap_stage2_range(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t start, u64 size)
>  {
> -	unmap_range(kvm->arch.pgd, start, size);
> +	unmap_range(kvm, kvm->arch.pgd, start, size);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -675,7 +687,6 @@ static void handle_hva_to_gpa(struct kvm *kvm,
>  static void kvm_unmap_hva_handler(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, void *data)
>  {
>  	unmap_stage2_range(kvm, gpa, PAGE_SIZE);
> -	kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(kvm, gpa);
>  }
>  
>  int kvm_unmap_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva)
> -- 
> 1.8.2.3
> 
> 
I think this could optimized by rewriting the handle_hva_to_gpa function
to use unmap_stage2_range for an actual range, but that funciton should
be rewritten to be generic for KVM anyhow.  I'll add it to my todo list.

I'll apply this patch and send it further upstream for an -rc release.

Thanks,
-Chritoffer



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