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Message-ID: <aCwUO7cQkPzIe0ZA@yzhao56-desk.sh.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 13:33:47 +0800
From: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@...el.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
CC: Rick P Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, "kvm@...r.kernel.org"
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>, "Reinette
 Chatre" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86/mmu: Add RET_PF_RETRY_INVALID_SLOT for
 fault retry on invalid slot

On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 10:06:22AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2025, Rick P Edgecombe wrote:
> > On Mon, 2025-05-19 at 06:33 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > Was this hit by a real VMM?  If so, why is a TDX VMM removing a memslot without
> > > kicking vCPUs out of KVM?
> > > 
> > > Regardless, I would prefer not to add a new RET_PF_* flag for this.  At a glance,
> > > KVM can simply drop and reacquire SRCU in the relevant paths.
> > 
> > During the initial debugging and kicking around stage, this is the first
> > direction we looked. But kvm_gmem_populate() doesn't have scru locked, so then
> > kvm_tdp_map_page() tries to unlock without it being held. (although that version
> > didn't check r == RET_PF_RETRY like you had). Yan had the following concerns and
> > came up with the version in this series, which we held review on for the list:
> 
> Ah, I missed the kvm_gmem_populate() => kvm_tdp_map_page() chain.
> 
> > > However, upon further consideration, I am reluctant to implement this fix for
> 
> Which fix?
> 
> > > the following reasons:
> > > - kvm_gmem_populate() already holds the kvm->slots_lock.
> > > - While retrying with srcu unlock and lock can workaround the
> > >   KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID deadlock, it results in each kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory()
> > >   and tdx_handle_ept_violation() faulting with different memslot layouts.
> 
> This behavior has existed since pretty much the beginning of KVM time.  TDX is the
> oddball that doesn't re-enter the guest.  All other flavors re-enter the guest on
> RET_PF_RETRY, which means dropping and reacquiring SRCU.  Which is why I don't like
> RET_PF_RETRY_INVALID_SLOT; it's simply handling the case we know about.
> 
> Arguably, _TDX_ is buggy by not providing this behavior.
> 
> > I'm not sure why the second one is really a problem. For the first one I think
> > that path could just take the scru lock in the proper order with kvm-
> > >slots_lock?
> 
> Acquiring SRCU inside slots_lock should be fine.  The reserve order would be
> problematic, as KVM synchronizes SRCU while holding slots_lock.
> 
> That said, I don't love the idea of grabbing SRCU, because it's so obviously a
> hack.  What about something like this?
So you want to avoid acquiring SRCU in the kvm_gmem_populate() path?

Generally I think it's good, except that it missed a kvm_mmu_reload() (please
refer to my comment below) and the kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_{un}lock() pair in
tdx_handle_ept_violation() path (So, Reinette reported it failed the TDX stress
tests at [1]).

As this is not a bug met in real VMM, could I play with this fix for a while and
come back to you later?


> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h     |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c |  7 ++++--
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c    |  5 ++---
>  4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> index b4b6860ab971..0fc68f0fe80e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> @@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ extern bool tdp_mmu_enabled;
>  
>  bool kvm_tdp_mmu_gpa_is_mapped(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 gpa);
>  int kvm_tdp_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code, u8 *level);
> +int kvm_tdp_prefault_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code,
> +			  u8 *level);
>  
>  static inline bool kvm_memslots_have_rmaps(struct kvm *kvm)
>  {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index cbc84c6abc2e..4f16fe95173c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -4851,24 +4851,15 @@ int kvm_tdp_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code, u8 *level
>  {
>  	int r;
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Restrict to TDP page fault, since that's the only case where the MMU
> -	 * is indexed by GPA.
> -	 */
> -	if (vcpu->arch.mmu->page_fault != kvm_tdp_page_fault)
> -		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	if (signal_pending(current))
> +		return -EINTR;
>  
> -	do {
> -		if (signal_pending(current))
> -			return -EINTR;
> +	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD, vcpu))
> +		return -EIO;
>  
> -		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD, vcpu))
> -			return -EIO;
> -
> -		cond_resched();
> -		r = kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, error_code, true, NULL, level);
> -	} while (r == RET_PF_RETRY);
> +	cond_resched();
>  
> +	r = kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, error_code, true, NULL, level);
>  	if (r < 0)
>  		return r;
>  
> @@ -4878,10 +4869,12 @@ int kvm_tdp_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code, u8 *level
>  	case RET_PF_WRITE_PROTECTED:
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	case RET_PF_RETRY:
> +		return -EAGAIN;
> +
>  	case RET_PF_EMULATE:
>  		return -ENOENT;
>  
> -	case RET_PF_RETRY:
>  	case RET_PF_CONTINUE:
>  	case RET_PF_INVALID:
>  	default:
> @@ -4891,6 +4884,28 @@ int kvm_tdp_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code, u8 *level
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_tdp_map_page);
>  
> +int kvm_tdp_prefault_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code, u8 *level)
> +{
> +	int r;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Restrict to TDP page fault, since that's the only case where the MMU
> +	 * is indexed by GPA.
> +	 */
> +	if (vcpu->arch.mmu->page_fault != kvm_tdp_page_fault)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> +	for (;;) {
> +		r = kvm_tdp_map_page(vcpu, gpa, error_code, level);
> +		if (r != -EAGAIN)
> +			break;
> +
> +		/* Comment goes here. */
> +		kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_unlock(vcpu);
> +		kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_lock(vcpu);
For the hang in the pre_fault_memory_test reported by Reinette [1], it's because
the memslot removal succeeds after releasing the SRCU, then the old root is
stale. So kvm_mmu_reload() is required here to prevent is_page_fault_stale()
from being always true.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/dcdb3551-d95c-4724-84ee-d0a6611ca1bf@intel.com/

> +	}
> +}
> +
>  long kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  				    struct kvm_pre_fault_memory *range)
>  {
> @@ -4918,7 +4933,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  	 * Shadow paging uses GVA for kvm page fault, so restrict to
>  	 * two-dimensional paging.
>  	 */
> -	r = kvm_tdp_map_page(vcpu, range->gpa, error_code, &level);
> +	r = kvm_tdp_prefault_page(vcpu, range->gpa, error_code, &level);
>  	if (r < 0)
>  		return r;
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> index b952bc673271..1a232562080d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> @@ -3075,8 +3075,11 @@ static int tdx_gmem_post_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
>  	if (ret != 1)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	ret = kvm_tdp_map_page(vcpu, gpa, error_code, &level);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> +	do {
> +		ret = kvm_tdp_map_page(vcpu, gpa, error_code, &level);
> +	while (ret == -EAGAIN);
> +
> +	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	/*
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index b24db92e98f3..21a3fa7476dd 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -4266,7 +4266,6 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_get_stats_fd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  static int kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  				     struct kvm_pre_fault_memory *range)
>  {
> -	int idx;
>  	long r;
>  	u64 full_size;
>  
> @@ -4279,7 +4278,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	vcpu_load(vcpu);
> -	idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
> +	kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_lock(vcpu);
>  
>  	full_size = range->size;
>  	do {
> @@ -4300,7 +4299,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  		cond_resched();
>  	} while (range->size);
>  
> -	srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, idx);
> +	kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_unlock(vcpu);
>  	vcpu_put(vcpu);
>  
>  	/* Return success if at least one page was mapped successfully.  */
> 
> base-commit: 12ca5c63556bbfcd77fe890fcdd1cd1adfb31fdd
> --
> 

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