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Message-ID: <8ee16fbf254115b0fd72cc2b5c06d2ccef66eca9.1760731772.git.ackerleytng@google.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:11:48 -0700
From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>
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Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 07/37] KVM: Introduce KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2

Introduce a "version 2" of KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES to support returning
information back to userspace.

This new ioctl and structure will, in a later patch, be shared as a
guest_memfd ioctl, where the padding in the new kvm_memory_attributes2
structure will be for writing the response from the guest_memfd ioctl to
userspace.

A new ioctl is necessary for these reasons:

1. KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES is currently a write-only ioctl and does not
   allow userspace to read fields. There's nothing in code (yet?) that
   validates this, but using _IOWR for consistency would be prudent.

2. KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES, when used as a guest_memfd ioctl, will need
   an additional field to provide userspace with more error details.

Alternatively, a completely new ioctl could be defined, unrelated to
KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES, but using the same ioctl number and struct for
the vm and guest_memfd ioctls streamlines the interface for userspace. In
addition, any memory attributes, implemented on the vm or guest_memfd
ioctl, can be easily shared with the other.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h       | 12 ++++++++++++
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c            | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 3 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 754b662a453c3..a812769d79bf6 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6355,6 +6355,8 @@ S390:
 Returns -EINVAL if the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL flag set.
 Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM.
 
+.. _KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES:
+
 4.141 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
 -------------------------------
 
@@ -6512,6 +6514,36 @@ the capability to be present.
 
 `flags` must currently be zero.
 
+4.144 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2
+---------------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2
+:Architectures: x86
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_memory_attributes2 (in/out)
+:Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error
+
+KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2 is an extension to
+KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES that supports returning (writing) values to
+userspace.  The original (pre-extension) fields are shared with
+KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES identically.
+
+Attribute values are shared with KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES.
+
+::
+
+  struct kvm_memory_attributes2 {
+	__u64 address;
+	__u64 size;
+	__u64 attributes;
+	__u64 flags;
+	__u64 reserved[4];
+  };
+
+  #define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE           (1ULL << 3)
+
+See also: :ref: `KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES`.
+
 
 .. _kvm_run:
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 52f6000ab0208..c300e38c7c9cd 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ struct kvm_enable_cap {
 #define KVM_CAP_RISCV_MP_STATE_RESET 242
 #define KVM_CAP_ARM_CACHEABLE_PFNMAP_SUPPORTED 243
 #define KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS 244
+#define KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2 245
 
 struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip {
 	__u32 irqchip;
@@ -1617,4 +1618,15 @@ struct kvm_pre_fault_memory {
 	__u64 padding[5];
 };
 
+/* Available with KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2 */
+#define KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2              _IOWR(KVMIO,  0xd6, struct kvm_memory_attributes2)
+
+struct kvm_memory_attributes2 {
+	__u64 address;
+	__u64 size;
+	__u64 attributes;
+	__u64 flags;
+	__u64 reserved[4];
+};
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_KVM_H */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 35166754a22b4..dd84b377e46db 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2621,7 +2621,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
 	return r;
 }
 static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
-					   struct kvm_memory_attributes *attrs)
+					   struct kvm_memory_attributes2 *attrs)
 {
 	gfn_t start, end;
 
@@ -4959,6 +4959,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension_generic(struct kvm *kvm, long arg)
 	case KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL:
 		return 1;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
+	case KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2:
 	case KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES:
 		if (!vm_memory_attributes)
 			return 0;
@@ -5184,6 +5185,14 @@ do {										\
 		     sizeof_field(struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2, field));	\
 } while (0)
 
+#define SANITY_CHECK_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD(field)					\
+do {										\
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct kvm_set_memory_attributes, field) !=		\
+		     offsetof(struct kvm_set_memory_attributes2, field));	\
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof_field(struct kvm_set_memory_attributes, field) !=		\
+		     sizeof_field(struct kvm_set_memory_attributes2, field));	\
+} while (0)
+
 static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			   unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -5366,15 +5375,35 @@ static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING */
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
+	case KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2:
 	case KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES: {
-		struct kvm_memory_attributes attrs;
+		struct kvm_memory_attributes2 attrs;
+		unsigned long size;
+
+		if (ioctl == KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES) {
+			/*
+			 * Fields beyond struct kvm_userspace_memory_region shouldn't be
+			 * accessed, but avoid leaking kernel memory in case of a bug.
+			 */
+			memset(&mem, 0, sizeof(mem));
+			size = sizeof(struct kvm_set_memory_attributes);
+		} else {
+			size = sizeof(struct kvm_set_memory_attributes2);
+		}
+
+		/* Ensure the common parts of the two structs are identical. */
+		SANITY_CHECK_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD(slot);
+		SANITY_CHECK_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD(flags);
+		SANITY_CHECK_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD(guest_phys_addr);
+		SANITY_CHECK_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD(memory_size);
+		SANITY_CHECK_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD(userspace_addr);
 
 		r = -ENOTTY;
 		if (!vm_memory_attributes)
 			goto out;
 
 		r = -EFAULT;
-		if (copy_from_user(&attrs, argp, sizeof(attrs)))
+		if (copy_from_user(&attrs, argp, size))
 			goto out;
 
 		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(kvm, &attrs);
-- 
2.51.0.858.gf9c4a03a3a-goog


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