Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Embed direct bits into gpa for KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY

[Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2025, Rick P Edgecombe wrote:
> On Wed, 2025-06-11 at 12:37 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Ugh, and the whole tdp_mmu_get_root_for_fault() handling is broken.
> > is_page_fault_stale() only looks at mmu->root.hpa, i.e. could theoretically blow
> > up if the shared root is somehow valid but the mirror root is not.  Probably can't
> > happen in practice, but it's ugly.
> 
> We had some discussion on this root valid/invalid pattern:
> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/d33d00b88707961126a24b19f940de43ba6e6c56.camel@intel.com/
> 
> It's brittle though.

Hmm, yeah, the is_page_fault_stale() thing is definitely benign, just odd.

> > Oof, and I've no idea what kvm_tdp_mmu_fast_pf_get_last_sptep() is doing.  It
> > says:
> > 
> > 	/* Fast pf is not supported for mirrored roots  */
> > 
> > but I don't see anything that actually enforces that.
> 
> Functionally, page_fault_can_be_fast() should prevented this with the check of
> kvm->arch.has_private_mem.

No?  I see this:

	if (kvm->arch.has_private_mem &&
	    fault->is_private != kvm_mem_is_private(kvm, fault->gfn))
		return false;

I.e. a private fault can be fast, so long as the page is already in the correct
shared vs. private state.  I can imagine that it's impossible for TDX to generate
protection violations, but I think kvm_tdp_mmu_fast_pf_get_last_sptep() could be
reached with a mirror root if kvm_ad_enabled=false.

	if (!fault->present)
		return !kvm_ad_enabled;

	/*
	 * Note, instruction fetches and writes are mutually exclusive, ignore
	 * the "exec" flag.
	 */
	return fault->write;

> But, yea it's not correct for being readable. The mirror/external concepts
> only work if they make sense as independent concepts.  Otherwise it's just
> naming obfuscation.