linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.4 55/60] KVM: perform an invalid memslot step for gpa base change

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Message-Id: <20131202190342.319816544@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Mon,  2 Dec 2013 11:06:36 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.4 55/60] KVM: perform an invalid memslot step for gpa base change

3.4-stable 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>
Cc: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 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 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *
 		/* destroy any largepage mappings for dirty tracking */
 	}
 
-	if (!npages) {
+	if (!npages || base_gfn != old.base_gfn) {
 		struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
 
 		r = -ENOMEM;
@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *
 		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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