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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c27
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h21
5 files changed, 28 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst
index c56d5f26c750..ae8bce7fecbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ writable between reading spte and updating spte. Like below case:
The Dirty bit is lost in this case.
In order to avoid this kind of issue, we always treat the spte as "volatile"
-if it can be updated out of mmu-lock [see spte_has_volatile_bits()]; it means
+if it can be updated out of mmu-lock [see spte_needs_atomic_update()]; it means
the spte is always atomically updated in this case.
3) flush tlbs due to spte updated
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function to update spte (present -> present).
Since the spte is "volatile" if it can be updated out of mmu-lock, we always
atomically update the spte and the race caused by fast page fault can be avoided.
-See the comments in spte_has_volatile_bits() and mmu_spte_update().
+See the comments in spte_needs_atomic_update() and mmu_spte_update().
Lockless Access Tracking:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 74c20dbb92da..5b9ef3535f50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static bool mmu_spte_update(u64 *sptep, u64 new_spte)
return false;
}
- if (!spte_has_volatile_bits(old_spte))
+ if (!spte_needs_atomic_update(old_spte))
__update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, new_spte);
else
old_spte = __update_clear_spte_slow(sptep, new_spte);
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static u64 mmu_spte_clear_track_bits(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep)
int level = sptep_to_sp(sptep)->role.level;
if (!is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte) ||
- !spte_has_volatile_bits(old_spte))
+ !spte_needs_atomic_update(old_spte))
__update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
else
old_spte = __update_clear_spte_slow(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
index 22551e2f1d00..9663ba867178 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
@@ -129,25 +129,30 @@ static bool kvm_is_mmio_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn)
}
/*
- * Returns true if the SPTE has bits that may be set without holding mmu_lock.
- * The caller is responsible for checking if the SPTE is shadow-present, and
- * for determining whether or not the caller cares about non-leaf SPTEs.
+ * Returns true if the SPTE needs to be updated atomically due to having bits
+ * that may be changed without holding mmu_lock, and for which KVM must not
+ * lose information. E.g. KVM must not drop Dirty bit information. The caller
+ * is responsible for checking if the SPTE is shadow-present, and for
+ * determining whether or not the caller cares about non-leaf SPTEs.
*/
-bool spte_has_volatile_bits(u64 spte)
+bool spte_needs_atomic_update(u64 spte)
{
+ /* SPTEs can be made Writable bit by KVM's fast page fault handler. */
if (!is_writable_pte(spte) && is_mmu_writable_spte(spte))
return true;
+ /* Access-tracked SPTEs can be restored by KVM's fast page fault handler. */
if (is_access_track_spte(spte))
return true;
- if (spte_ad_enabled(spte)) {
- if (!(spte & shadow_accessed_mask) ||
- (is_writable_pte(spte) && !(spte & shadow_dirty_mask)))
- return true;
- }
-
- return false;
+ /*
+ * Dirty and Accessed bits can be set by the CPU. Ignore the Accessed
+ * bit, as KVM tolerates false negatives/positives, e.g. KVM doesn't
+ * invalidate TLBs when aging SPTEs, and so it's safe to clobber the
+ * Accessed bit (and rare in practice).
+ */
+ return spte_ad_enabled(spte) && is_writable_pte(spte) &&
+ !(spte & shadow_dirty_mask);
}
bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
index 59746854c0af..79cdceba9857 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static inline u64 get_mmio_spte_generation(u64 spte)
return gen;
}
-bool spte_has_volatile_bits(u64 spte);
+bool spte_needs_atomic_update(u64 spte);
bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
const struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h
index 9135b035fa40..364c5da6c499 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h
@@ -39,28 +39,21 @@ static inline void __kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(tdp_ptep_t sptep, u64 new_spte)
}
/*
- * SPTEs must be modified atomically if they are shadow-present, leaf
- * SPTEs, and have volatile bits, i.e. has bits that can be set outside
- * of mmu_lock. The Writable bit can be set by KVM's fast page fault
- * handler, and Accessed and Dirty bits can be set by the CPU.
- *
- * Note, non-leaf SPTEs do have Accessed bits and those bits are
- * technically volatile, but KVM doesn't consume the Accessed bit of
- * non-leaf SPTEs, i.e. KVM doesn't care if it clobbers the bit. This
- * logic needs to be reassessed if KVM were to use non-leaf Accessed
- * bits, e.g. to skip stepping down into child SPTEs when aging SPTEs.
+ * SPTEs must be modified atomically if they are shadow-present, leaf SPTEs,
+ * and have volatile bits (bits that can be set outside of mmu_lock) that
+ * must not be clobbered.
*/
-static inline bool kvm_tdp_mmu_spte_need_atomic_write(u64 old_spte, int level)
+static inline bool kvm_tdp_mmu_spte_need_atomic_update(u64 old_spte, int level)
{
return is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte) &&
is_last_spte(old_spte, level) &&
- spte_has_volatile_bits(old_spte);
+ spte_needs_atomic_update(old_spte);
}
static inline u64 kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(tdp_ptep_t sptep, u64 old_spte,
u64 new_spte, int level)
{
- if (kvm_tdp_mmu_spte_need_atomic_write(old_spte, level))
+ if (kvm_tdp_mmu_spte_need_atomic_update(old_spte, level))
return kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte_atomic(sptep, new_spte);
__kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(sptep, new_spte);
@@ -70,7 +63,7 @@ static inline u64 kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(tdp_ptep_t sptep, u64 old_spte,
static inline u64 tdp_mmu_clear_spte_bits(tdp_ptep_t sptep, u64 old_spte,
u64 mask, int level)
{
- if (kvm_tdp_mmu_spte_need_atomic_write(old_spte, level))
+ if (kvm_tdp_mmu_spte_need_atomic_update(old_spte, level))
return tdp_mmu_clear_spte_bits_atomic(sptep, mask);
__kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(sptep, old_spte & ~mask);