linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/8] KVM: Add KVM_MAP_MEMORY vcpu ioctl to pre-populate guest memory

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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:23:28 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: isaku.yamahata@...el.com
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, isaku.yamahata@...il.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>, David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>, 
	Federico Parola <federico.parola@...ito.it>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/8] KVM: Add KVM_MAP_MEMORY vcpu ioctl to
 pre-populate guest memory

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index d1fd9cb5d037..d77c9b79d76b 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -4419,6 +4419,69 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_get_stats_fd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	return fd;
>  }
>  
> +__weak int kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_map_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> +	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +}
> +
> +__weak int kvm_arch_vcpu_map_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +				    struct kvm_memory_mapping *mapping)
> +{
> +	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +}
> +
> +static int kvm_vcpu_map_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +			       struct kvm_memory_mapping *mapping)
> +{
> +	bool added = false;
> +	int idx, r = 0;

Pointless initialization of 'r'.

> +
> +	if (mapping->flags & ~(KVM_MEMORY_MAPPING_FLAG_WRITE |
> +			       KVM_MEMORY_MAPPING_FLAG_EXEC |
> +			       KVM_MEMORY_MAPPING_FLAG_USER |
> +			       KVM_MEMORY_MAPPING_FLAG_PRIVATE))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	if ((mapping->flags & KVM_MEMORY_MAPPING_FLAG_PRIVATE) &&
> +	    !kvm_arch_has_private_mem(vcpu->kvm))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/* Sanity check */

Pointless comment.

> +	if (!IS_ALIGNED(mapping->source, PAGE_SIZE) ||
> +	    !mapping->nr_pages ||

> +	    mapping->base_gfn + mapping->nr_pages <= mapping->base_gfn)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	vcpu_load(vcpu);
> +	idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
> +	r = kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_map_memory(vcpu);

This hooks is unnecessary, x86's kvm_mmu_reload() is optimized for the happy path
where the MMU is already loaded.  Just make the call from kvm_arch_vcpu_map_memory().

> +	if (r)
> +		return r;

Which is a good thing, because this leaks the SRCU lock.

> +
> +	while (mapping->nr_pages) {
> +		if (signal_pending(current)) {
> +			r = -ERESTARTSYS;

Why -ERESTARTSYS instead of -EINTR?  The latter is KVM's typical response to a
pending signal.

> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (need_resched())

No need to manually check need_resched(), the below is a _conditional_ resched.
The reason KVM explicitly checks need_resched() in MMU flows is because KVM needs
to drop mmu_lock before rescheduling, i.e. calling cond_resched() directly would
try to schedule() while holding a spinlock.

> +			cond_resched();
> +
> +		r = kvm_arch_vcpu_map_memory(vcpu, mapping);
> +		if (r)
> +			break;
> +
> +		added = true;
> +	}
> +
> +	srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, idx);
> +	vcpu_put(vcpu);
> +
> +	if (added && mapping->nr_pages > 0)
> +		r = -EAGAIN;

No, this clobbers 'r', which might hold a fatal error code.  I don't see any
reason for common code to ever force -EAGAIN, it can't possibly know if trying
again is reasonable.

> +
> +	return r;
> +}