From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nsaenz@amazon.com, vkuznets@redhat.com,
snambakam@linux.microsoft.com,
Anish Moorthy <amoorthy@google.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/28] KVM: Define and communicate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT RWX flags to userspace
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:15:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918081543.139871-3-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918081543.139871-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>
From: Anish Moorthy <amoorthy@google.com>
kvm_prepare_memory_fault_exit() already takes parameters describing the
RWX-ness of the relevant access but doesn't actually do anything with
them. Define and use the flags necessary to pass this information on to
userspace.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/ZR4N8cwzTMDanPUY@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Anish Moorthy <amoorthy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 5 +++++
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 9 ++++++++-
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 4eb7e75a7473..37028ce019e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -7279,6 +7279,9 @@ spec refer, https://github.com/riscv/riscv-sbi-doc.
/* KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT */
struct {
+ #define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_READ (1ULL << 0)
+ #define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_WRITE (1ULL << 1)
+ #define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_EXEC (1ULL << 2)
#define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_PRIVATE (1ULL << 3)
__u64 flags;
__u64 gpa;
@@ -7290,6 +7293,8 @@ could not be resolved by KVM. The 'gpa' and 'size' (in bytes) describe the
guest physical address range [gpa, gpa + size) of the fault. The 'flags' field
describes properties of the faulting access that are likely pertinent:
+ - KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_READ/WRITE/EXEC - When set, indicates that the memory
+ fault occurred on a read/write/exec access respectively.
- KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_PRIVATE - When set, indicates the memory fault occurred
on a private memory access. When clear, indicates the fault occurred on a
shared access.
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 03bfc92864b6..ce5757e85ae3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2546,8 +2546,15 @@ static inline void kvm_prepare_memory_fault_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
vcpu->run->memory_fault.gpa = gpa;
vcpu->run->memory_fault.size = size;
- /* RWX flags are not (yet) defined or communicated to userspace. */
vcpu->run->memory_fault.flags = 0;
+
+ if (is_write)
+ vcpu->run->memory_fault.flags |= KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_WRITE;
+ else if (is_exec)
+ vcpu->run->memory_fault.flags |= KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_EXEC;
+ else
+ vcpu->run->memory_fault.flags |= KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_READ;
+
if (is_private)
vcpu->run->memory_fault.flags |= KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_PRIVATE;
}
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index ac2d77d14963..15a3090f067e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ struct kvm_run {
} notify;
/* KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT */
struct {
+#define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_READ (1ULL << 0)
+#define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_WRITE (1ULL << 1)
+#define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_EXEC (1ULL << 2)
#define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_PRIVATE (1ULL << 3)
__u64 flags;
__u64 gpa;
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 8:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 8:15 [PATCH v2 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 01/28] KVM: selftests: Take into account mixed memory fault flags Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 03/28] KVM: selftests: Test address translation for Hyper-V direct L2 hypercalls Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 04/28] KVM: apply nGPA->GPA translation to KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 05/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory fault on invalid hypercalls reads/writes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 06/28] KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 07/28] KVM: x86/mmu: intersect writability from __kvm_faultin_pfn with fault->map_writable Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 08/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend map_writable to a full ACC_* mask Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 09/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Init memslot hugepage information for non-private_mem VMs too Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 10/28] KVM: pass kvm == NULL case to kvm_arch_has_private_mem Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 11/28] KVM: adjust for presence of more than one attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 12/28] KVM: Introduce NR/NW/NX memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 13/28] KVM: Include memory protections in result of gfn->hva conversion Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 14/28] KVM: Introduce kvm_fetch_guest_page() and use it for x86 Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 15/28] KVM: Take memory protections into account for memory read/write/fetch Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 16/28] KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 17/28] KVM: Introduce kvm_check_gen()/kvm_memslots_check_gen() Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 18/28] KVM: Introduce a generation number for memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 19/28] KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached gfn->hva Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 20/28] KVM: pfncache: Fail to refresh if it contains memory protections Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 21/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Take memory protection attributes into account during faults Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 22/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Issue memory fault exit if walk failed due to memory attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 23/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not update accessed/dirty if guest PTE is read-only Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 24/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not prefetch sptes on gfns backed by memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 25/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 26/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory protection attributes test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 27/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes PTE test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 8:15 ` [PATCH v2 28/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes side-channel tests Paolo Bonzini
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