From: Keir Fraser <keirf@google.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Keir Fraser <keirf@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/4] KVM: Implement barriers before accessing kvm->buses[] on SRCU read paths
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 10:00:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250909100007.3136249-4-keirf@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250909100007.3136249-1-keirf@google.com>
This ensures that, if a VCPU has "observed" that an IO registration has
occurred, the instruction currently being trapped or emulated will also
observe the IO registration.
At the same time, enforce that kvm_get_bus() is used only on the
update side, ensuring that a long-term reference cannot be obtained by
an SRCU reader.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keirf@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 7 +++++++
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 10 +++++++---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index aa157fe5b7b3..0bdf9405969a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -5785,6 +5785,13 @@ static int handle_invalid_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (kvm_test_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu))
return 1;
+ /*
+ * Ensure that any updates to kvm->buses[] observed by the
+ * previous instruction (emulated or otherwise) are also
+ * visible to the instruction KVM is about to emulate.
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+
if (!kvm_emulate_instruction(vcpu, 0))
return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 15656b7fba6c..e7d6111cf254 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -966,11 +966,15 @@ static inline bool kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(struct kvm *kvm)
return !!(kvm->manual_dirty_log_protect & KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET);
}
+/*
+ * Get a bus reference under the update-side lock. No long-term SRCU reader
+ * references are permitted, to avoid stale reads vs concurrent IO
+ * registrations.
+ */
static inline struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus idx)
{
- return srcu_dereference_check(kvm->buses[idx], &kvm->srcu,
- lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock) ||
- !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
+ return rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[idx],
+ lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock));
}
static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 6c07dd423458..870ad8ea93a7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1103,6 +1103,14 @@ void __weak kvm_arch_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm)
{
}
+/* Called only on cleanup and destruction paths when there are no users. */
+static inline struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(struct kvm *kvm,
+ enum kvm_bus idx)
+{
+ return rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[idx],
+ !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
+}
+
static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
{
struct kvm *kvm = kvm_arch_alloc_vm();
@@ -1228,7 +1236,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm:
WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->users_count));
for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
- kfree(kvm_get_bus(kvm, i));
+ kfree(kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(kvm, i));
kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
out_err_no_irq_routing:
cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu);
@@ -1276,7 +1284,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++) {
- struct kvm_io_bus *bus = kvm_get_bus(kvm, i);
+ struct kvm_io_bus *bus = kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(kvm, i);
if (bus)
kvm_io_bus_destroy(bus);
@@ -5843,6 +5851,18 @@ static int __kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_io_bus *bus,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
+static struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus_srcu(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus idx)
+{
+ /*
+ * Ensure that any updates to kvm_buses[] observed by the previous vCPU
+ * machine instruction are also visible to the vCPU machine instruction
+ * that triggered this call.
+ */
+ smp_mb__after_srcu_read_lock();
+
+ return srcu_dereference(kvm->buses[idx], &kvm->srcu);
+}
+
int kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
int len, const void *val)
{
@@ -5855,7 +5875,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
.len = len,
};
- bus = srcu_dereference(vcpu->kvm->buses[bus_idx], &vcpu->kvm->srcu);
+ bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(vcpu->kvm, bus_idx);
if (!bus)
return -ENOMEM;
r = __kvm_io_bus_write(vcpu, bus, &range, val);
@@ -5874,7 +5894,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_write_cookie(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
.len = len,
};
- bus = srcu_dereference(vcpu->kvm->buses[bus_idx], &vcpu->kvm->srcu);
+ bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(vcpu->kvm, bus_idx);
if (!bus)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -5924,7 +5944,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
.len = len,
};
- bus = srcu_dereference(vcpu->kvm->buses[bus_idx], &vcpu->kvm->srcu);
+ bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(vcpu->kvm, bus_idx);
if (!bus)
return -ENOMEM;
r = __kvm_io_bus_read(vcpu, bus, &range, val);
@@ -6033,7 +6053,7 @@ struct kvm_io_device *kvm_io_bus_get_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
- bus = srcu_dereference(kvm->buses[bus_idx], &kvm->srcu);
+ bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(kvm, bus_idx);
if (!bus)
goto out_unlock;
--
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-09 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-09 10:00 [PATCH v4 0/4] KVM: Speed up MMIO registrations Keir Fraser
2025-09-09 10:00 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] KVM: arm64: vgic-init: Remove vgic_ready() macro Keir Fraser
2025-09-09 10:00 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] KVM: arm64: vgic: Explicitly implement vgic_dist::ready ordering Keir Fraser
2025-09-09 10:00 ` Keir Fraser [this message]
2025-09-09 10:00 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] KVM: Avoid synchronize_srcu() in kvm_io_bus_register_dev() Keir Fraser
2026-02-13 15:42 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-13 23:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-16 17:53 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-17 19:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-18 12:55 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-18 16:02 ` Keir Fraser
2026-02-18 16:15 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-19 7:50 ` Keir Fraser
2026-02-19 11:02 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2025-09-15 9:59 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] KVM: Speed up MMIO registrations Marc Zyngier
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