linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86/mmu: Register page-tracker on first shadow root allocation

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Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:48:21 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86/mmu: Register page-tracker on first shadow root allocation

Defer registering KVM's shadow page tracker until the first shadow root
allocation now that KVM doesn't rely on the tracker to zap+flush SPTEs
when a memslot is moved or deleted.

Cc: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 0a5ae07a190e..d35a86a60d4f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -3678,11 +3678,14 @@ static int mmu_first_shadow_root_alloc(struct kvm *kvm)
 		}
 	}
 
+out_success:
+	/* Register KVM's page-tracker to react to guest writes to gPTEs. */
+	kvm_page_track_register_notifier(kvm, &kvm->arch.mmu_sp_tracker);
+
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that shadow_root_allocated becomes true strictly after
 	 * all the related pointers are set.
 	 */
-out_success:
 	smp_store_release(&kvm->arch.shadow_root_allocated, true);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -6001,7 +6004,6 @@ static bool kvm_has_zapped_obsolete_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 int kvm_mmu_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	struct kvm_page_track_notifier_node *node = &kvm->arch.mmu_sp_tracker;
 	int r;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages);
@@ -6013,8 +6015,7 @@ int kvm_mmu_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	if (r < 0)
 		return r;
 
-	node->track_write = kvm_mmu_pte_write;
-	kvm_page_track_register_notifier(kvm, node);
+	kvm->arch.mmu_sp_tracker.track_write = kvm_mmu_pte_write;
 
 	kvm->arch.split_page_header_cache.kmem_cache = mmu_page_header_cache;
 	kvm->arch.split_page_header_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
@@ -6036,9 +6037,8 @@ static void mmu_free_vm_memory_caches(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 void kvm_mmu_uninit_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	struct kvm_page_track_notifier_node *node = &kvm->arch.mmu_sp_tracker;
-
-	kvm_page_track_unregister_notifier(kvm, node);
+	if (kvm_shadow_root_allocated(kvm))
+		kvm_page_track_unregister_notifier(kvm, &kvm->arch.mmu_sp_tracker);
 
 	kvm_mmu_uninit_tdp_mmu(kvm);
 
-- 
2.38.1.431.g37b22c650d-goog