[PATCH v4 01/14] KVM: Allow architectures to disallow pre-fault
Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
ljs at kernel.org
Wed Sep 23 08:15:44 PDT 2026
All existing architectures which implement KVM pre-fault (x86, s390) have
mechanisms for disallowing pre-faulting.
Currently these are open coded as part of kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory().
Formalise this by moving them into a new kvm_arch_pre_fault_allowed() hook,
which every architecture selecting CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY must
implement, returning an error code if the operation is disallowed or 0
otherwise.
The hook is called early in the generic code, allowing architectures to
disallow the operation prior to vCPU load.
This is important, as kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory() is the only place where
generic code can call vcpu_load() on a vCPU that has not yet been
initialised.
This lays the foundation for a future change which implements pre-faulting
for arm64 which needs to disallow the mechanism for uninitialised vCPUs.
Suggested-by: Oliver Upton <oupton at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs at kernel.org>
---
arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c | 11 ++++++++---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 11 ++++++++---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 10 +++++++++-
4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c
index 5c73f43782a7..47fe032444f4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c
@@ -5784,6 +5784,14 @@ void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *old,
s390_kvm_mmu_commit_memory_region(kvm, old, new, change);
}
+int kvm_arch_pre_fault_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ if (kvm_is_ucontrol(vcpu->kvm))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory() -- pre-fault and link gmap dat tables
* @vcpu: the vcpu that shall appear to have generated the fault-in.
@@ -5810,9 +5818,6 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_pre_fault_
gpa_t end;
int rc;
- if (kvm_is_ucontrol(vcpu->kvm))
- return -EINVAL;
-
rc = kvm_s390_faultin_gfn(vcpu, NULL, &f);
if (rc == PGM_ADDRESSING)
return -ENOENT;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 064ecc33b926..c35fd2868c20 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -5086,6 +5086,14 @@ static int kvm_tdp_page_prefault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
}
}
+int kvm_arch_pre_fault_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.pre_fault_allowed)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
long kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct kvm_pre_fault_memory *range)
{
@@ -5095,9 +5103,6 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
u64 end;
int r;
- if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.pre_fault_allowed)
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
if (kvm_is_gfn_alias(vcpu->kvm, gpa_to_gfn(range->gpa)))
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 03bfc92864b6..39a4d345aeca 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2643,6 +2643,7 @@ void kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY
+int kvm_arch_pre_fault_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
long kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct kvm_pre_fault_memory *range);
#endif
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 65eb26a0520d..41356577bee7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -4353,7 +4353,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_get_stats_fd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static int kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct kvm_pre_fault_memory *range)
{
- int idx;
+ int idx, err;
long r;
u64 full_size;
@@ -4365,6 +4365,14 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
range->gpa + range->size <= range->gpa)
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Certain architectures (e.g. arm64) need to reject the ioctl 'early'
+ * before vcpu_load().
+ */
+ err = kvm_arch_pre_fault_allowed(vcpu);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
vcpu_load(vcpu);
idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
--
2.55.0
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