[PATCH v5 0/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Fix binding bugs

Sean Christopherson posted 6 patches 2 days, 16 hours ago
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h | 19 ++++++++----
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c    | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
[PATCH v5 0/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Fix binding bugs
Posted by Sean Christopherson 2 days, 16 hours ago
Sorry for the spam, I am hoping to get this applied before the in-place
conversion series, and I really want to get that series applied this week.
I finally gave up and split bind() into prepare()+commit(), and I actually
like the end result.  The only really ugly part is an extra #ifdef, but
otherwise gifting the gmem file reference back to kvm_set_memory_region()
avoids the TOCTOU issues and weird juggling that led me to initially reject
a prepare()+commit() solution.

Fix guest_memfd bugs related to binding to a memslot:

 - Handle errors when inserting into guest_memfd's binding xarray, e.g. to
   do the right thing on ENOMEM.

 - Bind a memslot only once the memslot is fully prepared (because it becomes
   reachable/visible once its inserted into gmem's bindings arraxy).

v5:
 - Split bind() into prepare()+commit() so that the memslot has all the gmem
   goodies before calling kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(). [Sashiko]

v4:
 - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260921210616.1024168-1-seanjc@google.com
 - Drop intermediate xar variable. [David, Ackerley]
 - Collect reviews. [David, Ackerley]
 - Restrict kvm_gmem_bind() to CREATE as calling kvm_arch_free_memslot() on
   FLAGS_ONLY changes is unsafe, and doing the right thing for dirty bitmaps
   is tricky for similar reasons.  As a bonus, this eliminates the ugly
   almost-duplicate code that David pointed out.
 - Explain why KVM must deal with the unwind during bind(). [Ackerley]

v3:
 - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260904004342.3162959-1-seanjc@google.com
 - Nullify bindings on error before dropping invalidat lock. [Sashiko x3]

v2:
 - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260902182020.2615443-1-seanjc@google.com
 - Fix the binding-too-early bug. [Sashiko]
 - Explicitly zero the bindings entry on failure to ensure there are no
   partial entries. [Sashiko]

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260826165154.766699-2-seanjc@google.com

Sean Christopherson (6):
  KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a
    memslot
  KVM: Use goto to handle errors during memslot preparation
  KVM: Only bind memslot to guest_memfd instance for CREATE operations
  KVM: guest_memfd: Split bind() into prepare()+commit() phases
  KVM: guest_memfd: Establish memslot<=>guest_memfd bindings *after*
    memslot is ready
  KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot

 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h | 19 ++++++++----
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c    | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)


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