From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Stefan Teodorescu <fane@google.com>,
Dennis Tighe <dtighe@google.com>,
Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 0/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Fix binding bugs
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:13:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260922001332.1121266-1-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
Sorry for the spam, I am hoping to get this applied before the in-place
conversion series, and I really want to get that series applied this week.
I finally gave up and split bind() into prepare()+commit(), and I actually
like the end result. The only really ugly part is an extra #ifdef, but
otherwise gifting the gmem file reference back to kvm_set_memory_region()
avoids the TOCTOU issues and weird juggling that led me to initially reject
a prepare()+commit() solution.
Fix guest_memfd bugs related to binding to a memslot:
- Handle errors when inserting into guest_memfd's binding xarray, e.g. to
do the right thing on ENOMEM.
- Bind a memslot only once the memslot is fully prepared (because it becomes
reachable/visible once its inserted into gmem's bindings arraxy).
v5:
- Split bind() into prepare()+commit() so that the memslot has all the gmem
goodies before calling kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(). [Sashiko]
v4:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260921210616.1024168-1-seanjc@google.com
- Drop intermediate xar variable. [David, Ackerley]
- Collect reviews. [David, Ackerley]
- Restrict kvm_gmem_bind() to CREATE as calling kvm_arch_free_memslot() on
FLAGS_ONLY changes is unsafe, and doing the right thing for dirty bitmaps
is tricky for similar reasons. As a bonus, this eliminates the ugly
almost-duplicate code that David pointed out.
- Explain why KVM must deal with the unwind during bind(). [Ackerley]
v3:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260904004342.3162959-1-seanjc@google.com
- Nullify bindings on error before dropping invalidat lock. [Sashiko x3]
v2:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260902182020.2615443-1-seanjc@google.com
- Fix the binding-too-early bug. [Sashiko]
- Explicitly zero the bindings entry on failure to ensure there are no
partial entries. [Sashiko]
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260826165154.766699-2-seanjc@google.com
Sean Christopherson (6):
KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a
memslot
KVM: Use goto to handle errors during memslot preparation
KVM: Only bind memslot to guest_memfd instance for CREATE operations
KVM: guest_memfd: Split bind() into prepare()+commit() phases
KVM: guest_memfd: Establish memslot<=>guest_memfd bindings *after*
memslot is ready
KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h | 19 ++++++++----
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
base-commit: 70c944caf570fda2d79baa71435589a8db39f048
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 0:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 0:13 Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-09-22 0:13 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a memslot Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 0:13 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] KVM: Use goto to handle errors during memslot preparation Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 0:13 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] KVM: Only bind memslot to guest_memfd instance for CREATE operations Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 8:15 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-22 0:13 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Split bind() into prepare()+commit() phases Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 12:01 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-24 16:52 ` Ackerley Tng
2026-09-24 19:21 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-24 19:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-24 19:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-24 20:18 ` Ackerley Tng
2026-09-22 0:13 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Establish memslot<=>guest_memfd bindings *after* memslot is ready Sean Christopherson
2026-09-24 16:54 ` Ackerley Tng
2026-09-22 0:13 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 11:53 ` Yan Zhao
2026-09-22 13:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-23 4:51 ` Yan Zhao
2026-09-23 14:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-24 9:21 ` Yan Zhao
2026-09-24 21:51 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Fix binding bugs Sean Christopherson
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