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From: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
To: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] KVM: guest_memfd: Stop returning struct page from PFN lookup
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:34:30 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aoQZFtSd671ti4sr@yzhao56-desk.sh.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260818-gmem-no-return-page-v1-4-4f8d939efdbc@google.com>

Hi Ackerley,

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> index 6c941aaa10c63..e5d637a5ec558 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ static int gmem_abort(const struct kvm_s2_fault_desc *s2fd)
>  	enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot = KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R;
>  	struct kvm_pgtable *pgt = s2fd->vcpu->arch.hw_mmu->pgt;
>  	unsigned long mmu_seq;
> -	struct page *page;
Just drop the page should be ok, since
> +	struct page *page = NULL;
>  	struct kvm *kvm = s2fd->vcpu->kvm;
>  	void *memcache = NULL;
>  	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
> @@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ static int gmem_abort(const struct kvm_s2_fault_desc *s2fd)
>  	/* Pairs with the smp_wmb() in kvm_mmu_invalidate_end(). */
>  	smp_rmb();
>  
> -	ret = kvm_gmem_get_pfn(kvm, s2fd->memslot, gfn, &pfn, &page, NULL);
> +	ret = kvm_gmem_get_pfn(kvm, s2fd->memslot, gfn, &pfn, NULL);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		kvm_prepare_memory_fault_exit(s2fd->vcpu, s2fd->fault_ipa, PAGE_SIZE,
>  					      write_fault, exec_fault, false);
here missed a hunk:
 out_unlock:
-       kvm_release_faultin_page(kvm, page, !!ret, prot & KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W);
        kvm_fault_unlock(kvm);

I will fully test this series tomorrow.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-18  9:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-18  8:12 [PATCH 0/4] Stop returning struct page from guest_memfd PFN lookup Ackerley Tng
2026-08-18  8:12 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: SEV: Treat unassigned RMP entry as benign race on PSMASH failure Ackerley Tng
2026-08-18  8:23   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-18  8:12 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: SEV: Drop page refcount early during RMP fault handling Ackerley Tng
2026-08-18  8:12   ` Yan Zhao
2026-08-18  9:04     ` Ackerley Tng
2026-08-18  8:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-18  8:12 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: SEV: Drop page refcount early in VMSA reload Ackerley Tng
2026-08-18  8:12 ` [PATCH 4/4] KVM: guest_memfd: Stop returning struct page from PFN lookup Ackerley Tng
2026-08-18  8:34   ` Yan Zhao [this message]
2026-08-18  9:44     ` Ackerley Tng

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