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* [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 1/7] KVM: s390: Drop unused and unreachable kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() Sean Christopherson
                   ` (6 more replies)
  0 siblings, 7 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Fix a bug in where kvm_make_request_and_kick() won't actually wait if the
kick races without another non-waiting kick.  The issue is that all of the
conditional kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() implementations are missing this code:

	if (req & KVM_REQUEST_WAIT)
		return mode != OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;

Thankfully, kvm_request_needs_ipi() does the right thing, so this doesn't
affect kvm_make_all_cpus_request() or kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask(), i.e. it's
limited to x86 SNP's used of kvm_make_request_and_kick().

To fix, address this TODO:

  /* TODO: merge with kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick */

and purge kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick().  As usual, PPC makes that difficult
because it has wonky code that is poorly documented.  For reasons unknown,
kvm_vcpu_kick() unconditionally returns true on (most flavors of) PPC.  To
preserve that behavior, add a compatibility wrapper in PPC, along with a
@force param to __kvm_vcpu_kick().

This series would ideally go into 7.4, even though it's obviously not small,
as guest_memfd in-place conversion massively widens the window where a missed
kick+wait can lead to the host trying to reclaim an in-use VMSA page, which
is generally fatal to the host.

Sean Christopherson (7):
  KVM: s390: Drop unused and unreachable kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick()
  KVM: Add a @force param to __kvm_vcpu_kick() for PPC backwards
    compatibility
  KVM: PPC: Explicitly force IPIs when directly kicking vCPUs
  KVM: MIPS: Rework kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to use standard
    implementation
  KVM: Move kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to common code as
    kvm_vcpu_should_kick()
  KVM: Plumb the full request into __kvm_vcpu_kick()
  KVM: Drop kvm_vcpu_should_kick() and use kvm_request_needs_ipi()

 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c               |  5 -----
 arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c          |  5 -----
 arch/mips/kvm/mips.c               |  5 -----
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h | 13 ++++++++++++-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c          |  4 ++--
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c       |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c           |  6 +++---
 arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c    |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c         |  7 +------
 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c              |  5 -----
 arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c          |  7 -------
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                 |  5 -----
 include/linux/kvm_host.h           |  7 +++----
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c                | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
 14 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)


base-commit: 7e60162b16f9da0d2fa83da5c1723b6853a0ac1d
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/7] KVM: s390: Drop unused and unreachable kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick()
  2026-10-28 19:02 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 2/7] KVM: Add a @force param to __kvm_vcpu_kick() for PPC backwards compatibility Sean Christopherson
                   ` (5 subsequent siblings)
  6 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Drop s390's kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() stub as the one and only call site
is wrapped with "#ifndef CONFIG_S390".

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c
index 18fb200f854a..9900a1a1c148 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/s390/s390.c
@@ -3922,13 +3922,6 @@ bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	/* kvm common code refers to this, but never calls it */
-	BUG();
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_one_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 					   struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 {
-- 
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* [PATCH 2/7] KVM: Add a @force param to __kvm_vcpu_kick() for PPC backwards compatibility
  2026-10-28 19:02 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 1/7] KVM: s390: Drop unused and unreachable kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 3/7] KVM: PPC: Explicitly force IPIs when directly kicking vCPUs Sean Christopherson
                   ` (4 subsequent siblings)
  6 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Plumb in a @force param to __kvm_vcpu_kick() to force an IPI without
checking kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick().  The param will be used to drop
kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() in favor of kvm_request_needs_ipi() without
regressing PPC, which for unknown reasons unconditionally blasts an IPI
in a variety of kvm_vcpu_kick() flows.

No functional change intended (nothing yet passes in @force=true).

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h |  6 +++---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index e7fc94e2910a..3b9844c3906d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1570,11 +1570,11 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_unblocking(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool kvm_vcpu_wake_up(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_S390
-void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait);
+void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait, bool force);
 
 static inline void kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, false);
+	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, false, false);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ static __always_inline void kvm_make_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static inline void kvm_make_request_and_kick(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	kvm_make_request(req, vcpu);
-	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, req & KVM_REQUEST_WAIT);
+	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, req & KVM_REQUEST_WAIT, false);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index cf4cb586f140..67addb9e48a7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3908,7 +3908,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_vcpu_wake_up);
 /*
  * Kick a sleeping VCPU, or a guest VCPU in guest mode, into host kernel mode.
  */
-void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait)
+void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait, bool force)
 {
 	int me, cpu;
 
@@ -3933,9 +3933,13 @@ void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait)
 	 * after kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(), which could result in sending an
 	 * IPI to the previous pCPU.  But, that's ok because the purpose of the
 	 * IPI is to force the vCPU to leave IN_GUEST_MODE, and migrating the
-	 * vCPU also requires it to leave IN_GUEST_MODE.
+	 * vCPU also requires it to leave IN_GUEST_MODE
+	 *
+	 * Note #2, do NOT check if an IPI is needed if @force is true, as the
+	 * check also modifies vcpu->mode and KVM PPC needs to avoid that side
+	 * effect for unknown historical reasons.
 	 */
-	if (kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(vcpu)) {
+	if (force || kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(vcpu)) {
 		cpu = READ_ONCE(vcpu->cpu);
 		if (cpu != me && (unsigned int)cpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(cpu)) {
 			/*
-- 
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* [PATCH 3/7] KVM: PPC: Explicitly force IPIs when directly kicking vCPUs
  2026-10-28 19:02 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 1/7] KVM: s390: Drop unused and unreachable kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 2/7] KVM: Add a @force param to __kvm_vcpu_kick() for PPC backwards compatibility Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 4/7] KVM: MIPS: Rework kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to use standard implementation Sean Christopherson
                   ` (3 subsequent siblings)
  6 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Explicitly force an IPI when invoking kvm_vcpu_kick() directly instead of
relying on kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to unconditionally return 1/true.
This will allow dropping kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() in favor of
kvm_request_needs_ipi().

No functional change intended (1 || 1 == true).

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h | 13 ++++++++++++-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c          |  4 ++--
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c       |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c           |  6 +++---
 arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c    |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c         |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
index 169ea6a7fbad..bbe7378ad0ef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
 #endif
 #include <asm/inst.h>
 
+/*
+ * TODO: For unknown reasons, KVM PPC has historically ignored vcpu->mode when
+ *       determining if kicking a vCPU needs an IPI.  Either document why that
+ *       behavior is necessary, or drop this helper and the @force param from
+ *       __kvm_vcpu_kick().
+ */
+static inline void kvmppc_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, false, true);
+}
+
 /*
  * KVMPPC_INST_SW_BREAKPOINT is debug Instruction
  * for supporting software breakpoint.
@@ -598,7 +609,7 @@ static inline void kvmppc_clear_host_ipi(int cpu)
 
 static inline void kvmppc_fast_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+	kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 }
 
 static inline bool kvm_hv_mode_active(void)		{ return false; }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c
index 2efbe05caed7..dce53c5a3868 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void kvmppc_core_queue_external(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * external interrupts for the guest just before entering
 	 * the guest.  That is OK even if userspace did do a
 	 * KVM_INTERRUPT_SET on a pseries guest vcpu, because the
-	 * caller (kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt) does a kvm_vcpu_kick()
+	 * caller (kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt) does a kvmppc_vcpu_kick()
 	 * which ends up doing a smp_send_reschedule(), which will
 	 * pull the guest all the way out to the host, meaning that
 	 * we will call kvmppc_core_prepare_to_enter() before entering
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 void kvmppc_decrementer_func(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	kvmppc_core_queue_dec(vcpu);
-	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+	kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 }
 
 int kvmppc_core_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index ecfb88bf6464..1894968f2c25 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -2066,7 +2066,7 @@ static struct kvmppc_ops kvm_ops_pr = {
 	.emulate_op = kvmppc_core_emulate_op_pr,
 	.emulate_mtspr = kvmppc_core_emulate_mtspr_pr,
 	.emulate_mfspr = kvmppc_core_emulate_mfspr_pr,
-	.fast_vcpu_kick = kvm_vcpu_kick,
+	.fast_vcpu_kick = kvmppc_vcpu_kick,
 	.arch_vm_ioctl  = kvm_arch_vm_ioctl_pr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	.hcall_implemented = kvmppc_hcall_impl_pr,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
index 13ad4cf5fa71..fd7f24a68b31 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void kvmppc_watchdog_func(struct timer_list *t)
 	if (new_tsr & TSR_WIS) {
 		smp_wmb();
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, vcpu);
-		kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+		kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static void kvmppc_watchdog_func(struct timer_list *t)
 	    vcpu->arch.watchdog_enabled) {
 		smp_wmb();
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_WATCHDOG, vcpu);
-		kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+		kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ void kvmppc_set_tsr_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 tsr_bits)
 	set_bits(tsr_bits, &vcpu->arch.tsr);
 	smp_wmb();
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, vcpu);
-	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+	kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 }
 
 void kvmppc_clr_tsr_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 tsr_bits)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
index 051102d50c31..10cd6b4ab456 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int kvmppc_e500_emul_msgsnd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int rb)
 		int cpir = cvcpu->arch.shared->pir;
 		if ((param & PPC_DBELL_MSG_BRDCAST) || (cpir == pir)) {
 			set_bit(prio, &cvcpu->arch.pending_exceptions);
-			kvm_vcpu_kick(cvcpu);
+			kvmppc_vcpu_kick(cvcpu);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 9194cf492d1c..09c94b849185 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_interrupt *irq)
 
 	kvmppc_core_queue_external(vcpu, irq);
 
-	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+	kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
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* [PATCH 4/7] KVM: MIPS: Rework kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to use standard implementation
  2026-10-28 19:02 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait Sean Christopherson
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 3/7] KVM: PPC: Explicitly force IPIs when directly kicking vCPUs Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 5/7] KVM: Move kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to common code as kvm_vcpu_should_kick() Sean Christopherson
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  6 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Rework MIPS' kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to use the "standard" arch
implementation so that the arch hook can be dropped (MIPS is the only
arch other than PPC that implements a non-standard hook, and PPC uses the
recently added @force param when invoking __kvm_vcpu_kick() instead of
relying on kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick()).

Convert MIPS to the standard implementation even though the code should be
unreachable (neither kvm_vcpu_kick() nor kvm_make_request_and_kick() are
used by MIPS or common KVM), so that there is a bisection point if the
code is somehow reachable.

No functional change intended (because the code is currently unreachable).

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/mips/kvm/mips.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index a53abbba43ea..c37e212bc0a3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ bool kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	return 1;
+	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
 }
 
 int kvm_arch_enable_virtualization_cpu(void)
-- 
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* [PATCH 5/7] KVM: Move kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to common code as kvm_vcpu_should_kick()
  2026-10-28 19:02 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait Sean Christopherson
                   ` (3 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 4/7] KVM: MIPS: Rework kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to use standard implementation Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 6/7] KVM: Plumb the full request into __kvm_vcpu_kick() Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 7/7] KVM: Drop kvm_vcpu_should_kick() and use kvm_request_needs_ipi() Sean Christopherson
  6 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Dedup kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() now that all architectures except for PPC
have identical implementations.  PPC's implementation is unreachable as PPC
always invokes __kvm_vcpu_kick() with @force=true.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c       |  5 -----
 arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c  |  5 -----
 arch/mips/kvm/mips.c       |  5 -----
 arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c |  5 -----
 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c      |  5 -----
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c         |  5 -----
 include/linux/kvm_host.h   |  1 -
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c        | 11 ++++++++---
 8 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 775d11f96813..99d540d67b5b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -128,11 +128,6 @@ bool is_kvm_arm_initialised(void)
 	return kvm_arm_initialised;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
-}
-
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
 			    struct kvm_enable_cap *cap)
 {
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
index 4026b9bf9f2d..76afd386abd2 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -379,11 +379,6 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vcpu->arch.mp_state.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
-}
-
 bool kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index c37e212bc0a3..273dd932d119 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ bool kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
-}
-
 int kvm_arch_enable_virtualization_cpu(void)
 {
 	return kvm_mips_callbacks->enable_virtualization_cpu();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 09c94b849185..ac259fcd85c2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ bool kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 /*
  * Common checks before entering the guest world.  Call with interrupts
  * enabled.
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
index dd786f758eb7..3981ba39ffc2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		!kvm_riscv_vcpu_stopped(vcpu) && !vcpu->arch.pause);
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
-}
-
 bool kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return (vcpu->arch.guest_context.sstatus & SR_SPP) ? true : false;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 32563a91fba9..d9fa2690153a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -10472,11 +10472,6 @@ unsigned long kvm_arch_vcpu_get_ip(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return kvm_rip_read(vcpu);
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
-}
-
 static inline u32 kvm_async_pf_hash_fn(gfn_t gfn)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(ASYNC_PF_PER_VCPU));
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 3b9844c3906d..9db42f58c561 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1694,7 +1694,6 @@ void kvm_arch_disable_virtualization_cpu(void);
 bool kvm_vcpu_has_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool kvm_arch_dy_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool kvm_arch_dy_has_pending_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool kvm_arch_vcpu_preempted_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 67addb9e48a7..e1a9da8b43d7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(vcpu_put);
 
-/* TODO: merge with kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick */
+/* TODO: merge with kvm_vcpu_should_kick */
 static bool kvm_request_needs_ipi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned req)
 {
 	int mode = kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu);
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ static bool kvm_request_needs_ipi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned req)
 	return mode == IN_GUEST_MODE;
 }
 
+static int kvm_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
+}
+
 static void ack_kick(void *_completed)
 {
 }
@@ -3930,7 +3935,7 @@ void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait, bool force)
 
 	/*
 	 * Note, the vCPU could get migrated to a different pCPU at any point
-	 * after kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(), which could result in sending an
+	 * after kvm_vcpu_should_kick(), which could result in sending an
 	 * IPI to the previous pCPU.  But, that's ok because the purpose of the
 	 * IPI is to force the vCPU to leave IN_GUEST_MODE, and migrating the
 	 * vCPU also requires it to leave IN_GUEST_MODE
@@ -3939,7 +3944,7 @@ void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait, bool force)
 	 * check also modifies vcpu->mode and KVM PPC needs to avoid that side
 	 * effect for unknown historical reasons.
 	 */
-	if (force || kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(vcpu)) {
+	if (force || kvm_vcpu_should_kick(vcpu)) {
 		cpu = READ_ONCE(vcpu->cpu);
 		if (cpu != me && (unsigned int)cpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(cpu)) {
 			/*
-- 
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* [PATCH 6/7] KVM: Plumb the full request into __kvm_vcpu_kick()
  2026-10-28 19:02 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait Sean Christopherson
                   ` (4 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 5/7] KVM: Move kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to common code as kvm_vcpu_should_kick() Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 7/7] KVM: Drop kvm_vcpu_should_kick() and use kvm_request_needs_ipi() Sean Christopherson
  6 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Plumb the full request instead of just a "wait" boolean into
__kvm_vcpu_kick() so that it can use kvm_request_needs_ipi() instead of
the flawed kvm_vcpu_should_kick().

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h |  2 +-
 include/linux/kvm_host.h           |  6 +++---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c                | 17 +++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
index bbe7378ad0ef..011dc422af78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  */
 static inline void kvmppc_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, false, true);
+	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, 0, true);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 9db42f58c561..035b1bdd8c09 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1570,11 +1570,11 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_unblocking(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool kvm_vcpu_wake_up(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_S390
-void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait, bool force);
+void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int request, bool force);
 
 static inline void kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, false, false);
+	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, 0, false);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ static __always_inline void kvm_make_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static inline void kvm_make_request_and_kick(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	kvm_make_request(req, vcpu);
-	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, req & KVM_REQUEST_WAIT, false);
+	__kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, req, false);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index e1a9da8b43d7..f1792256576b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3913,7 +3913,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_vcpu_wake_up);
 /*
  * Kick a sleeping VCPU, or a guest VCPU in guest mode, into host kernel mode.
  */
-void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait, bool force)
+void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int req, bool force)
 {
 	int me, cpu;
 
@@ -3948,14 +3948,15 @@ void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool wait, bool force)
 		cpu = READ_ONCE(vcpu->cpu);
 		if (cpu != me && (unsigned int)cpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(cpu)) {
 			/*
-			 * Use a reschedule IPI to kick the vCPU if the caller
-			 * doesn't need to wait for a response, as KVM allows
-			 * kicking vCPUs while IRQs are disabled, but using the
-			 * SMP function call framework with IRQs disabled can
-			 * deadlock due to taking cross-CPU locks.
+			 * Use a reschedule IPI to kick the vCPU if the request
+			 * doesn't need to wait for a response (or there is no
+			 * request), as KVM allows kicking vCPUs while IRQs are
+			 * disabled, but using the SMP function call framework
+			 * with IRQs disabled can deadlock due to taking cross-
+			 * CPU locks.
 			 */
-			if (wait)
-				smp_call_function_single(cpu, ack_kick, NULL, wait);
+			if (req & KVM_REQUEST_WAIT)
+				smp_call_function_single(cpu, ack_kick, NULL, true);
 			else
 				smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
 		}
-- 
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* [PATCH 7/7] KVM: Drop kvm_vcpu_should_kick() and use kvm_request_needs_ipi()
  2026-10-28 19:02 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Ensure WAIT requests actually wait Sean Christopherson
                   ` (5 preceding siblings ...)
  2026-10-28 19:02 ` [PATCH 6/7] KVM: Plumb the full request into __kvm_vcpu_kick() Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-10-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
  6 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-10-28 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Zyngier, Oliver Upton, Tianrui Zhao, Bibo Mao, Huacai Chen,
	Madhavan Srinivasan, Anup Patel, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt,
	Albert Ou, Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Fuad Tabba, Joey Gouly, Steffen Eiden, Suzuki K Poulose,
	Zenghui Yu, Nicholas Piggin, Atish Patra, Alexandre Ghiti,
	linux-arm-kernel, kvmarm, kvm, loongarch, linux-mips,
	linuxppc-dev, kvm-riscv, linux-riscv, linux-kernel,
	Stefan Teodorescu

Drop kvm_vcpu_should_kick() in favor of kvm_request_needs_ipi() to fix a
bug where KVM will fail to wait for a vCPU to exit guest mode if the vCPU
was already marked as EXITING_GUEST_MODE by a concurrent non-waiting kick.
Because kvm_vcpu_should_kick() (was kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick()) only waits
(and sends an IPI to do so) if the target vCPU is fully IN_GUEST_MODE, the
sending task will proceed even though it hasn't actually guaranteed the
vCPU as fully exited the guest.

The flaw is most problematic for SNP VMSA invalidation with in-place gmem
conversion, as KVM invokes kvm_gmem_invalidate_start() => rmp_make_shared()
(via kvm_gmem_make_shared() in quick succession when in-place conversion is
enabled.  I.e. if the target has been marked as EXITING_GUEST_MODE but has
not yet received the other kicker's IPI, then updating the RMP will fail as
the VMSA is still in-use and subsequent accesses to the page will encounter
unexpected RMP #PFs.

Note, the bug exists and affects VMSA invalidation even without in-place
conversion, but is significantly more difficult to hit as PUNCH_HOLE and
.release() have to wade through a lot more code and several locks to get
from invalidation to kvm_gmem_free_folio().

Note #2, currently only x86 uses kvm_make_request_and_kick(), i.e. this is
a glorified nop for all other architectures as the KVM_REQUEST_WAIT path is
never taken.

Fixes: 309d28576f0a ("KVM: SVM: Fix SNP AP destroy race with VMRUN")
Fixes: d1a3c2162334 ("KVM: SEV: Forcefully invalidate SNP VMSA if its backing gmem page is zapped")
Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu <fane@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index f1792256576b..f99a714698e3 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ void vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(vcpu_put);
 
-/* TODO: merge with kvm_vcpu_should_kick */
 static bool kvm_request_needs_ipi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned req)
 {
 	int mode = kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu);
@@ -209,11 +208,6 @@ static bool kvm_request_needs_ipi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned req)
 	return mode == IN_GUEST_MODE;
 }
 
-static int kvm_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(vcpu) == IN_GUEST_MODE;
-}
-
 static void ack_kick(void *_completed)
 {
 }
@@ -3935,7 +3929,7 @@ void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int req, bool force)
 
 	/*
 	 * Note, the vCPU could get migrated to a different pCPU at any point
-	 * after kvm_vcpu_should_kick(), which could result in sending an
+	 * after kvm_request_needs_ipi(), which could result in sending an
 	 * IPI to the previous pCPU.  But, that's ok because the purpose of the
 	 * IPI is to force the vCPU to leave IN_GUEST_MODE, and migrating the
 	 * vCPU also requires it to leave IN_GUEST_MODE
@@ -3944,7 +3938,7 @@ void __kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int req, bool force)
 	 * check also modifies vcpu->mode and KVM PPC needs to avoid that side
 	 * effect for unknown historical reasons.
 	 */
-	if (force || kvm_vcpu_should_kick(vcpu)) {
+	if (force || kvm_request_needs_ipi(vcpu, req)) {
 		cpu = READ_ONCE(vcpu->cpu);
 		if (cpu != me && (unsigned int)cpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(cpu)) {
 			/*
-- 
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