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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 syzbot+bc0e18379a290e5edfe4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	 Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
	Ethan Yang <ethan.yang.kernel@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] KVM: x86: Drop superfluous caching of KVM_ASYNC_PF_SEND_ALWAYS
Date: Mon,  6 Apr 2026 15:53:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260406225359.1245490-4-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260406225359.1245490-1-seanjc@google.com>

Drop kvm_vcpu_arch.send_always and instead use msr_en_val as the source of
truth to reduce the probability of operating on stale data.  This fixes
flaws where KVM fails to update send_always when APF is explicitly
disabled by the guest or implicitly disabled by KVM on INIT.  Absent other
bugs, the flaws are benign as KVM *shouldn't* consume send_always when PV
APF support is disabled.

Simply delete the field, as there's zero benefit to maintaining a separate
"cache" of the state.

Opportunistically turn the enabled vs. disabled logic at the end of
kvm_pv_enable_async_pf() into an if-else instead of using an early return,
e.g. so that it's more obvious that both paths are "success" paths.

Fixes: 6adba5274206 ("KVM: Let host know whether the guest can handle async PF in non-userspace context.")
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  1 -
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 12 ++++--------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index fae1f4aeca5a..2a6906597637 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1038,7 +1038,6 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 		u16 vec;
 		u32 id;
 		u32 host_apf_flags;
-		bool send_always;
 		bool pageready_pending;
 	} apf;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 4632222a5d1c..e24877353f17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3659,16 +3659,12 @@ static int kvm_pv_enable_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data)
 
 	vcpu->arch.apf.msr_en_val = data;
 
-	if (!__kvm_pv_async_pf_enabled(data)) {
+	if (__kvm_pv_async_pf_enabled(data)) {
+		kvm_async_pf_wakeup_all(vcpu);
+	} else {
 		kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(vcpu);
 		kvm_async_pf_hash_reset(vcpu);
-		return 0;
 	}
-
-	vcpu->arch.apf.send_always = (data & KVM_ASYNC_PF_SEND_ALWAYS);
-
-	kvm_async_pf_wakeup_all(vcpu);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -14025,7 +14021,7 @@ static bool kvm_can_deliver_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!kvm_pv_async_pf_enabled(vcpu))
 		return false;
 
-	if (!vcpu->arch.apf.send_always &&
+	if (!(vcpu->arch.apf.msr_en_val & KVM_ASYNC_PF_SEND_ALWAYS) &&
 	    (vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected || !kvm_x86_call(get_cpl)(vcpu)))
 		return false;
 
-- 
2.53.0.1213.gd9a14994de-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-06 22:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-06 22:53 [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: x86: Async #PF MSR fix and cleanups Sean Christopherson
2026-04-06 22:53 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: x86: Don't leave APF half-enabled on bad APF data GPA Sean Christopherson
2026-04-09  7:18   ` Binbin Wu
2026-04-06 22:53 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] KVM: x86: Drop superfluous caching of KVM_ASYNC_PF_DELIVERY_AS_PF_VMEXIT Sean Christopherson
2026-04-07 14:00   ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-04-09  7:25   ` Binbin Wu
2026-04-06 22:53 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-04-07 14:06   ` [PATCH v3 3/3] KVM: x86: Drop superfluous caching of KVM_ASYNC_PF_SEND_ALWAYS Xiaoyao Li
2026-04-09  7:42   ` Binbin Wu
2026-04-09  3:14 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: x86: Async #PF MSR fix and cleanups ethan_yang_kernel

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