Re: [PATCH kvm-next V11 6/7] KVM: guest_memfd: Enforce NUMA mempolicy using shared policy

Sean Christopherson
2025-09-26T19:36:29Z

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2025, Shivank Garg wrote:
> > @@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ static inline struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *KVM_GMEM_I(struct inode *inode)
> > return container_of(inode, struct kvm_gmem_inode_info, vfs_inode);
> > }
> >
> > +static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_pgoff_policy(struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *info,
> > + pgoff_t index);
> > +
> > /**
> > * folio_file_pfn - like folio_file_page, but return a pfn.
> > * @folio: The folio which contains this index.
> > @@ -112,7 +117,25 @@ static int kvm_gmem_prepare_folio(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
> > static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
> > {
> > /* TODO: Support huge pages. */
> > - return filemap_grab_folio(inode->i_mapping, index);
> > + struct mempolicy *policy;
> > + struct folio *folio;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Fast-path: See if folio is already present in mapping to avoid
> > + * policy_lookup.
> > + */
> > + folio = __filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping, index,
> > + FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED, 0);
> > + if (!IS_ERR(folio))
> > + return folio;
> > +
> > + policy = kvm_gmem_get_pgoff_policy(KVM_GMEM_I(inode), index);
> > + folio = __filemap_get_folio_mpol(inode->i_mapping, index,
> > + FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED | FGP_CREAT,
> > + mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping), policy);
> > + mpol_cond_put(policy);
> > +
> > + return folio;
> > }
> >
> > static void kvm_gmem_invalidate_begin(struct kvm_gmem *gmem, pgoff_t start,
> > @@ -372,8 +395,45 @@ static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> > +static int kvm_gmem_set_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *mpol)
> > +{
> > + struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
> > +
> > + return mpol_set_shared_policy(&KVM_GMEM_I(inode)->policy, vma, mpol);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > + unsigned long addr, pgoff_t *pgoff)
> > +{
> > + struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
> > +
> > + *pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> > + return mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&KVM_GMEM_I(inode)->policy, *pgoff);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_pgoff_policy(struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *info,
> > + pgoff_t index)
>
> I keep reading this is "page offset policy", as opposed to "policy given a page
> offset". Another oddity that is confusing is that this helper explicitly does
> get_task_policy(current), while kvm_gmem_get_policy() lets the caller do that.
> The end result is the same, but I think it would be helpful for gmem to be
> internally consistent.
>
> If we have kvm_gmem_get_policy() use this helper, then we can kill two birds with
> one stone:
>
> static struct mempolicy *__kvm_gmem_get_policy(struct gmem_inode *gi,
> pgoff_t index)
> {
> struct mempolicy *mpol;
>
> mpol = mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&gi->policy, index);
> return mpol ? mpol : get_task_policy(current);
> }
>
> static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> unsigned long addr, pgoff_t *pgoff)
> {
> *pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>
> return __kvm_gmem_get_policy(GMEM_I(file_inode(vma->vm_file)), *pgoff);

Argh!!!!! This breaks the selftest because do_get_mempolicy() very specifically
falls back to the default_policy, NOT to the current task's policy. That is
*exactly* the type of subtle detail that needs to be commented, because there's
no way some random KVM developer is going to know that returning NULL here is
important with respect to get_mempolicy() ABI.

On a happier note, I'm very glad you wrote a testcase :-)

I've got this as fixup-to-the-fixup:

diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index e796cc552a96..61130a52553f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ static int kvm_gmem_prepare_folio(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
return r;
}

-static struct mempolicy *__kvm_gmem_get_policy(struct gmem_inode *gi,
- pgoff_t index)
+static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_folio_policy(struct gmem_inode *gi,
+ pgoff_t index)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
struct mempolicy *mpol;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
if (!IS_ERR(folio))
return folio;

- policy = __kvm_gmem_get_policy(GMEM_I(inode), index);
+ policy = kvm_gmem_get_folio_policy(GMEM_I(inode), index);
folio = __filemap_get_folio_mpol(inode->i_mapping, index,
FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED | FGP_CREAT,
mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping), policy);
@@ -431,9 +431,18 @@ static int kvm_gmem_set_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *mpo
static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pgoff_t *pgoff)
{
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
+
*pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);

- return __kvm_gmem_get_policy(GMEM_I(file_inode(vma->vm_file)), *pgoff);
+ /*
+ * Note! Directly return whatever the lookup returns, do NOT return
+ * the current task's policy as is done when looking up the policy for
+ * a specific folio. Kernel ABI for get_mempolicy() is to return
+ * MPOL_DEFAULT when there is no defined policy, not whatever the
+ * default policy resolves to.
+ */
+ return mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&GMEM_I(inode)->policy, *pgoff);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */