linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] KVM: MMU: avoid pte_list_desc running out in kvm_mmu_pte

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Message-ID: <4E6F3589.1090107@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:50:49 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] KVM: MMU: avoid pte_list_desc running out in
 kvm_mmu_pte_write

On 09/13/2011 01:24 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> On 09/13/2011 05:51 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >  On 08/30/2011 05:34 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> >>  kvm_mmu_pte_write is unsafe since we need to alloc pte_list_desc in the
> >>  function when spte is prefetched, unfortunately, we can not know how many
> >>  spte need to be prefetched on this path, that means we can use out of the
> >>  free  pte_list_desc object in the cache, and BUG_ON() is triggered, also some
> >>  path does not fill the cache, such as INS instruction emulated that does not
> >>  trigger page fault
> >>
> >>  @@ -3716,10 +3735,6 @@ int kvm_mmu_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t cr2, u32 error_code,
> >>            goto out;
> >>        }
> >>
> >>  -    r = mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu);
> >>  -    if (r)
> >>  -        goto out;
> >>  -
> >>        er = x86_emulate_instruction(vcpu, cr2, 0, insn, insn_len);
> >>
> >
> >  Suppose we are out of memory, can't this get us in an endless loop?
> >
> >  return -ENOMEM breaks as out (and kills the guest, likely).
> >
>
> If memory is not enough, we just clear sptes on pte_write path(not prefetch spte),
> the later page fault path can return -1 to let guest crash. Hmm?
>

Yes.

btw, is rmap_can_add() sufficent?  We allocate more than just rmaps in 
mmu_topup_memory_caches().  I guess it is, but this is getting tricky.


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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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