linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 174/185] KVM: perform an invalid memslot step for gpa base change

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Date:	Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:08:44 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Avi Kivity" <avi@...hat.com>,
	"Marcelo Tosatti" <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 174/185] KVM: perform an invalid memslot step for gpa
 base change

3.2.54-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>

commit 12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8 upstream.

PPC must flush all translations before the new memory slot
is visible.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ skip_lpage:
 		new.userspace_addr = mem->userspace_addr;
 #endif /* not defined CONFIG_S390 */
 
-	if (!npages) {
+	if (!npages || base_gfn != old.base_gfn) {
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		slots = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_memslots), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!slots)
@@ -788,8 +788,8 @@ skip_lpage:
 		old_memslots = kvm->memslots;
 		rcu_assign_pointer(kvm->memslots, slots);
 		synchronize_srcu_expedited(&kvm->srcu);
-		/* From this point no new shadow pages pointing to a deleted
-		 * memslot will be created.
+		/* From this point no new shadow pages pointing to a deleted,
+		 * or moved, memslot will be created.
 		 *
 		 * validation of sp->gfn happens in:
 		 * 	- gfn_to_hva (kvm_read_guest, gfn_to_pfn)

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