From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nsaenz@amazon.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, snambakam@linux.microsoft.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:15:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918081543.139871-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
This series introduces a mechanism to let userspace block read,
write or execute access to individual GFNs via KVM's memory
attribute mechanism, and have them reported via KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT.
It is mostly the work of Nicolas Saenz Julienne, with my working
consisting in reorganization, code cleanup, and using the recently
revamped MMU code (ACC_* masks and kvm_page_format).
KVM needs to check the attributes anytime KVM takes GPAs as input for any
action initiated by the guest; if the memory attributes are incompatible
with such action, it should be stopped. This means that there are quite
a lot of cases to handle. While some families of functions can be
handled in one step, there are simply many places that do memory access.
Along the way, the patches fix some issues in the memory attributes code,
that surfaced due to having more than one attribute.
Paolo
v1->v2:
- fixed sashiko reports
- fixed and cleanup up test
- hypercall fault exit KVM_CAP not Hyper-V specific anymore
- completed/rewritten Hyper-V hypercall handling
- added KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING handling
- use NX attribute for emulation
- properly split front/back halves of kvm_zap_all_fast
Anish Moorthy (1):
KVM: Define and communicate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT RWX flags to
userspace
Nicolas Saenz Julienne (13):
KVM: selftests: Take into account mixed memory fault flags
KVM: x86/mmu: Init memslot hugepage information for non-private_mem
VMs too
KVM: Introduce NR/NW/NX memory attributes
KVM: Include memory protections in result of gfn->hva conversion
KVM: Take memory protections into account for memory read/write/fetch
KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct
KVM: Introduce a generation number for memory attributes
KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached
gfn->hva
KVM: pfncache: Fail to refresh if it contains memory protections
KVM: x86/mmu: Take memory protection attributes into account during
faults
KVM: x86/mmu: Issue memory fault exit if walk failed due to memory
attribute
KVM: x86/mmu: Do not update accessed/dirty if guest PTE is read-only
KVM: x86/mmu: Do not prefetch sptes on gfns backed by memory
attributes
Paolo Bonzini (14):
KVM: selftests: Test address translation for Hyper-V direct L2
hypercalls
KVM: apply nGPA->GPA translation to KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING
KVM: x86: Introduce memory fault on invalid hypercalls reads/writes
KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits
KVM: x86/mmu: intersect writability from __kvm_faultin_pfn with
fault->map_writable
KVM: x86/mmu: Extend map_writable to a full ACC_* mask
KVM: pass kvm == NULL case to kvm_arch_has_private_mem
KVM: adjust for presence of more than one attribute
KVM: Introduce kvm_fetch_guest_page() and use it for x86
KVM: Introduce kvm_check_gen()/kvm_memslots_check_gen()
KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs
KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory protection attributes test
KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes PTE test
KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes side-channel tests
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 38 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 +-
arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 4 +-
arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 157 ++++--
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 169 +++++--
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h | 21 +-
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmutrace.h | 36 ++
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h | 25 +-
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c | 12 +-
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h | 13 +-
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 57 ++-
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 128 ++++-
include/linux/kvm_types.h | 6 +-
include/trace/events/kvm.h | 14 +-
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 7 +
tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 3 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 2 +
.../testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h | 32 +-
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h | 1 +
.../testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c | 5 +
.../testing/selftests/kvm/memory_attributes.c | 453 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hcall_fault.c | 236 +++++++++
.../testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_evmcs.c | 17 +-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_svm_test.c | 15 +-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/memory_attributes.c | 415 ++++++++++++++++
.../kvm/x86/private_mem_kvm_exits_test.c | 6 +-
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 252 ++++++++--
virt/kvm/pfncache.c | 30 +-
29 files changed, 1973 insertions(+), 187 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memory_attributes.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hcall_fault.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/memory_attributes.c
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2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 8:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 8:15 Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 01/28] KVM: selftests: Take into account mixed memory fault flags Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 02/28] KVM: Define and communicate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT RWX flags to userspace Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 03/28] KVM: selftests: Test address translation for Hyper-V direct L2 hypercalls Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 04/28] KVM: apply nGPA->GPA translation to KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 05/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory fault on invalid hypercalls reads/writes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:33 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 06/28] KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 07/28] KVM: x86/mmu: intersect writability from __kvm_faultin_pfn with fault->map_writable Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 08/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend map_writable to a full ACC_* mask Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 09/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Init memslot hugepage information for non-private_mem VMs too Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 10/28] KVM: pass kvm == NULL case to kvm_arch_has_private_mem Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 11/28] KVM: adjust for presence of more than one attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 12/28] KVM: Introduce NR/NW/NX memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 13/28] KVM: Include memory protections in result of gfn->hva conversion Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 14/28] KVM: Introduce kvm_fetch_guest_page() and use it for x86 Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 15/28] KVM: Take memory protections into account for memory read/write/fetch Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 16/28] KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 17/28] KVM: Introduce kvm_check_gen()/kvm_memslots_check_gen() Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 18/28] KVM: Introduce a generation number for memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:39 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 19/28] KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached gfn->hva Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:38 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 20/28] KVM: pfncache: Fail to refresh if it contains memory protections Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 21/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Take memory protection attributes into account during faults Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 22/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Issue memory fault exit if walk failed due to memory attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 23/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not update accessed/dirty if guest PTE is read-only Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 24/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not prefetch sptes on gfns backed by memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 25/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 26/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory protection attributes test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:39 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 27/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes PTE test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 28/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes side-channel tests Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:43 ` sashiko-bot
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