From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>,
Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
Sagi Shahar <sagis@google.com>,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>,
Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v5 09/45] KVM: x86: Rework .free_external_spt() into .reclaim_external_sp()
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:14:41 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260129011517.3545883-10-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260129011517.3545883-1-seanjc@google.com>
Massage .free_external_spt() into .reclaim_external_sp() to free up (pun
intended) "free" for actually freeing memory, and to allow TDX to do more
than just "free" the S-EPT entry. Specifically, nullify external_spt to
leak the S-EPT page if reclaiming the page fails, as that detail and
implementation choice has no business living in the TDP MMU.
Use "sp" instead of "spt" even though "spt" is arguably more accurate, as
"spte" and "spt" are dangerously close in name, and because the key
parameter is a kvm_mmu_page, not a pointer to an S-EPT page table.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 13 ++-----------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 27 ++++++++++++---------------
4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
index 57eb1f4832ae..c17cedc485c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(set_identity_map_addr)
KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(get_mt_mask)
KVM_X86_OP(load_mmu_pgd)
KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(set_external_spte)
-KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(free_external_spt)
KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(remove_external_spte)
+KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(reclaim_external_sp)
KVM_X86_OP(has_wbinvd_exit)
KVM_X86_OP(get_l2_tsc_offset)
KVM_X86_OP(get_l2_tsc_multiplier)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index d12ca0f8a348..b35a07ed11fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1858,8 +1858,8 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops {
u64 mirror_spte);
/* Update external page tables for page table about to be freed. */
- int (*free_external_spt)(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, enum pg_level level,
- void *external_spt);
+ void (*reclaim_external_sp)(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
+ struct kvm_mmu_page *sp);
/* Update external page table from spte getting removed, and flush TLB. */
void (*remove_external_spte)(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, enum pg_level level,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index 27ac520f2a89..18764dbc97ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -456,17 +456,8 @@ static void handle_removed_pt(struct kvm *kvm, tdp_ptep_t pt, bool shared)
old_spte, FROZEN_SPTE, level, shared);
}
- if (is_mirror_sp(sp) &&
- WARN_ON(kvm_x86_call(free_external_spt)(kvm, base_gfn, sp->role.level,
- sp->external_spt))) {
- /*
- * Failed to free page table page in mirror page table and
- * there is nothing to do further.
- * Intentionally leak the page to prevent the kernel from
- * accessing the encrypted page.
- */
- sp->external_spt = NULL;
- }
+ if (is_mirror_sp(sp))
+ kvm_x86_call(reclaim_external_sp)(kvm, base_gfn, sp);
call_rcu(&sp->rcu_head, tdp_mmu_free_sp_rcu_callback);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
index 30494f9ceb31..66bc3ceb5e17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
@@ -1783,27 +1783,24 @@ static void tdx_track(struct kvm *kvm)
kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE);
}
-static int tdx_sept_free_private_spt(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
- enum pg_level level, void *private_spt)
+static void tdx_sept_reclaim_private_sp(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
+ struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
{
- struct kvm_tdx *kvm_tdx = to_kvm_tdx(kvm);
-
/*
- * free_external_spt() is only called after hkid is freed when TD is
- * tearing down.
* KVM doesn't (yet) zap page table pages in mirror page table while
* TD is active, though guest pages mapped in mirror page table could be
* zapped during TD is active, e.g. for shared <-> private conversion
* and slot move/deletion.
+ *
+ * In other words, KVM should only free mirror page tables after the
+ * TD's hkid is freed, when the TD is being torn down.
+ *
+ * If the S-EPT PTE can't be removed for any reason, intentionally leak
+ * the page to prevent the kernel from accessing the encrypted page.
*/
- if (KVM_BUG_ON(is_hkid_assigned(kvm_tdx), kvm))
- return -EIO;
-
- /*
- * The HKID assigned to this TD was already freed and cache was
- * already flushed. We don't have to flush again.
- */
- return tdx_reclaim_page(virt_to_page(private_spt));
+ if (KVM_BUG_ON(is_hkid_assigned(to_kvm_tdx(kvm)), kvm) ||
+ tdx_reclaim_page(virt_to_page(sp->external_spt)))
+ sp->external_spt = NULL;
}
static void tdx_sept_remove_private_spte(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
@@ -3617,7 +3614,7 @@ void __init tdx_hardware_setup(void)
vt_x86_ops.vm_size = max_t(unsigned int, vt_x86_ops.vm_size, sizeof(struct kvm_tdx));
vt_x86_ops.set_external_spte = tdx_sept_set_private_spte;
- vt_x86_ops.free_external_spt = tdx_sept_free_private_spt;
+ vt_x86_ops.reclaim_external_sp = tdx_sept_reclaim_private_sp;
vt_x86_ops.remove_external_spte = tdx_sept_remove_private_spte;
vt_x86_ops.protected_apic_has_interrupt = tdx_protected_apic_has_interrupt;
}
--
2.53.0.rc1.217.geba53bf80e-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-29 1:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 148+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-29 1:14 [RFC PATCH v5 00/45] TDX: Dynamic PAMT + S-EPT Hugepage Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 01/45] x86/tdx: Use pg_level in TDX APIs, not the TDX-Module's 0-based level Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 17:37 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 02/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Update iter->old_spte if cmpxchg64 on mirror SPTE "fails" Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 22:10 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-29 22:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 22:48 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 8:48 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-03 10:30 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-03 20:06 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 21:34 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 03/45] KVM: TDX: Account all non-transient page allocations for per-TD structures Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 22:15 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 10:36 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 04/45] KVM: x86: Make "external SPTE" ops that can fail RET0 static calls Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 22:20 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-30 1:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 17:32 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 10:44 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-04 1:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 05/45] KVM: TDX: Drop kvm_x86_ops.link_external_spt(), use .set_external_spte() for all Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 23:55 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 10:19 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-03 20:05 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 6:41 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 23:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:27 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-18 19:37 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-20 17:36 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 06/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Fold set_external_spte_present() into its sole caller Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 7:38 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 23:06 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:29 ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 07/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Plumb the SPTE _pointer_ into the TDP MMU's handle_changed_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 08/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Propagate mirror SPTE removal to S-EPT in handle_changed_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 9:06 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 2:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 5:39 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 22:33 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:17 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 17:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-10 10:54 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-10 19:52 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-11 2:16 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-14 0:36 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-02-04 9:45 ` [RFC PATCH v5 09/45] KVM: x86: Rework .free_external_spt() into .reclaim_external_sp() Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 7:04 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 22:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:30 ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 10/45] x86/tdx: Move all TDX error defines into <asm/shared/tdx_errno.h> Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 18:13 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 11/45] x86/tdx: Add helpers to check return status codes Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 18:58 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-29 20:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 0:36 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 20:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 12/45] x86/virt/tdx: Simplify tdmr_get_pamt_sz() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 13/45] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate page bitmap for Dynamic PAMT Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 14/45] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate reference counters for PAMT memory Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 15/45] x86/virt/tdx: Improve PAMT refcounts allocation for sparse memory Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 16/45] x86/virt/tdx: Add tdx_alloc/free_control_page() helpers Sean Christopherson
2026-01-30 1:30 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 6:11 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-05 22:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 2:32 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-10 17:44 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 22:15 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-10 22:19 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 22:46 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-10 22:50 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 23:02 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-11 0:50 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 17/45] x86/virt/tdx: Optimize " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 18/45] KVM: TDX: Allocate PAMT memory for TD and vCPU control structures Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 19/45] KVM: Allow owner of kvm_mmu_memory_cache to provide a custom page allocator Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 10:56 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-03 20:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 20:33 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-03 21:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 21:29 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-04 2:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 6:45 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 20/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Allocate/free S-EPT pages using tdx_{alloc,free}_control_page() Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 11:16 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-03 20:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-03 21:18 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-06 9:48 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 15:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-09 9:25 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-09 23:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-10 8:30 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-10 0:07 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 1:40 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-09 10:41 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-09 22:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-10 10:54 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-09 23:40 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-10 0:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 21/45] x86/tdx: Add APIs to support get/put of DPAMT entries from KVM, under spinlock Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 22/45] KVM: TDX: Get/put PAMT pages when (un)mapping private memory Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 10:20 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 16:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:27 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-06 23:18 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 23:19 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-09 10:33 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-09 17:08 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-09 21:05 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 23/45] x86/virt/tdx: Enable Dynamic PAMT Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 24/45] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX's " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 25/45] *** DO NOT MERGE *** x86/virt/tdx: Don't assume guest memory is backed by struct page Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 26/45] x86/virt/tdx: Enhance tdh_mem_page_aug() to support huge pages Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:14 ` [RFC PATCH v5 27/45] x86/virt/tdx: Enhance tdh_phymem_page_wbinvd_hkid() to invalidate " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 28/45] x86/virt/tdx: Extend "reset page" quirk to support " Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 29/45] x86/virt/tdx: Get/Put DPAMT page pair if and only if mapping size is 4KB Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 30/45] x86/virt/tdx: Add API to demote a 2MB mapping to 512 4KB mappings Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 31/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Prevent hugepage promotion for mirror roots in fault path Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 32/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Plumb the old_spte into kvm_x86_ops.set_external_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 33/45] KVM: TDX: Hoist tdx_sept_remove_private_spte() above set_private_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 34/45] KVM: TDX: Handle removal of leaf SPTEs in .set_private_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 35/45] KVM: TDX: Add helper to handle mapping leaf SPTE into S-EPT Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 36/45] KVM: TDX: Move S-EPT page demotion TODO to tdx_sept_set_private_spte() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 37/45] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Alloc external_spt page for mirror page table splitting Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 10:07 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 16:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-11 9:49 ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 38/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Add Dynamic PAMT support in TDP MMU for vCPU-induced page split Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 39/45] KVM: TDX: Add core support for splitting/demoting 2MiB S-EPT to 4KiB Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 40/45] KVM: x86: Introduce hugepage_set_guest_inhibit() Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 41/45] KVM: TDX: Honor the guest's accept level contained in an EPT violation Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 15:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 42/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Add helpers to get start/end gfns give gmem+slot+pgoff Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 43/45] *** DO NOT MERGE *** KVM: guest_memfd: Add pre-zap arch hook for shared<=>private conversion Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 7:23 ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 44/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Add support for splitting S-EPT hugepages on conversion Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 15:39 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-11 8:43 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-13 15:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 10:14 ` Yan Zhao
2026-02-06 14:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 1:15 ` [RFC PATCH v5 45/45] KVM: TDX: Turn on PG_LEVEL_2M Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 17:13 ` [RFC PATCH v5 00/45] TDX: Dynamic PAMT + S-EPT Hugepage Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2026-01-29 17:17 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-04 14:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-04 15:09 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-05 15:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 16:01 ` Dave Hansen
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