linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 43/43] KVM: x86: Drop pointless @reset_roots from kvm_init

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Date:   Thu, 27 May 2021 19:25:10 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 43/43] KVM: x86: Drop pointless @reset_roots from
 kvm_init_mmu()

On Thu, May 27, 2021, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Remove the @reset_roots param from kvm_init_mmu(), the one user,
> > kvm_mmu_reset_context() has already unloaded the MMU and thus freed and
> > invalidated all roots.  This also happens to be why the reset_roots=true
> > paths doesn't leak roots; they're already invalid.
> > 
> > No functional change intended.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h        |  2 +-
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c    | 13 ++-----------
> >  arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c |  2 +-
> >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c |  2 +-
> >  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> > index 88d0ed5225a4..63b49725fb24 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> > @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_set_ept_masks(bool has_ad_bits, bool has_exec_only);
> >  void
> >  reset_shadow_zero_bits_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *context);
> >  
> > -void kvm_init_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool reset_roots);
> > +void kvm_init_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> >  void kvm_init_shadow_npt_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 cr0, u32 cr4, u32 efer,
> >  			     gpa_t nested_cr3);
> >  void kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool execonly,
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > index 930ac8a7e7c9..ff3e200b32dd 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > @@ -4793,17 +4793,8 @@ static void init_kvm_nested_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	update_last_nonleaf_level(vcpu, g_context);
> >  }
> >  
> > -void kvm_init_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool reset_roots)
> > +void kvm_init_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  {
> > -	if (reset_roots) {
> > -		uint i;
> > -
> > -		vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa = INVALID_PAGE;
> > -
> > -		for (i = 0; i < KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS; i++)
> > -			vcpu->arch.mmu->prev_roots[i] = KVM_MMU_ROOT_INFO_INVALID;
> 
> Egad!  This is wrong.  mmu->root_hpa is guaranteed to be INVALID_PAGE, but the
> prev_roots are not!  I'll drop this patch and do cleanup of this code in a
> separate series.

*sigh*  Jumped the gun, I was right the first time.  kvm_mmu_free_roots() does
invalidate prev_roots[*] via mmu_free_root_page().  I still think I'll drop this
patch from this series, I don't think there's anything in this series that is
needed to purge @reset_roots.

	for (i = 0; i < KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS; i++)
		if (roots_to_free & KVM_MMU_ROOT_PREVIOUS(i))
			mmu_free_root_page(kvm, &mmu->prev_roots[i].hpa,  <-- tricky little devil
					   &invalid_list);


> 
> > -	}
> > -
> >  	if (mmu_is_nested(vcpu))
> >  		init_kvm_nested_mmu(vcpu);
> >  	else if (tdp_enabled)