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From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	 Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	 Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
	Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
	 Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
	 Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	 Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	 Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	 Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	Jack Thomson <jackabt@amazon.com>,
	 Jack Thomson <jackabt.amazon@gmail.com>,
	 Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
	 Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>,
	 "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>,
	 Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	 Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
	 Leo Soares Passos <Leo.Bras@arm.com>,
	Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@arm.com>,
	 "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 01/14] KVM: Allow architectures to disallow pre-fault
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:17:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260922-kvm-arm-prefault-v3-1-787bd3bc7e3f@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260922-kvm-arm-prefault-v3-0-787bd3bc7e3f@kernel.org>

Currently kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory() is the only place where generic code
can call vcpu_load() on a vCPU that has not yet been initialised.

This can be problematic, as being uninitialised, a vCPU might not be in a
state where it is correct to do so.

Provide kvm_arch_vcpu_allow_pre_fault_memory() to allow architectures to
override this behaviour before the load is attempted.

Implement it as a __weak symbol defaulting to the current state where it is
always permitted.

This lays the foundation for a future change which implements pre-faulting
for arm64 which will wish to disallow this for uninitialised vCPUs.

As no architecture currently overrides it, no functional change intended.

Suggested-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 03bfc92864b6..c11fda8704a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1693,6 +1693,7 @@ 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);
+bool kvm_arch_vcpu_allow_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_arch_pre_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_arch_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm);
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 65eb26a0520d..9662baf2bfca 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3961,6 +3961,11 @@ bool __weak kvm_arch_dy_has_pending_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool __weak kvm_arch_vcpu_allow_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 void kvm_vcpu_on_spin(struct kvm_vcpu *me, bool yield_to_kernel_mode)
 {
 	int nr_vcpus, start, i, idx, yielded;
@@ -4365,6 +4370,9 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	    range->gpa + range->size <= range->gpa)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!kvm_arch_vcpu_allow_pre_fault_memory(vcpu))
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
 

-- 
2.55.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-22 14:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-22 14:17 [PATCH v3 00/14] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY support Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:17 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-09-22 16:49   ` [PATCH v3 01/14] KVM: Allow architectures to disallow pre-fault Oliver Upton
2026-09-22 17:23     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 17:30       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 17:36         ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 18:01           ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 18:40             ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 18:52               ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 18:07           ` Oliver Upton
2026-09-22 18:35             ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 18:46               ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-22 18:54                 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 10:54             ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-23 13:26               ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 17:31     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:17 ` [PATCH v3 02/14] arm64: Add ESR fault helpers Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 17:00   ` Oliver Upton
2026-09-22 17:45     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 18:13       ` Oliver Upton
2026-09-22 14:17 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] KVM: arm64: Use ESR helpers in guest abort handling Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:17 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] KVM: arm64: Propagate and use esr in s2fd when handling guest aborts Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:17 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] KVM: arm64: Propagate and use mmu " Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] KVM: arm64: Propagate and use kvm_s2_fault_result on S2 fault Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] KVM: arm64: Size the stage-2 memcache from the fault MMU Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] KVM: arm64: Propagate EHWPOISON in kvm_s2_fault_pin_pfn() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 11:05   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] KVM: arm64: Pass walk flags to kvm_pgtable_get_leaf() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 11:07   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] KVM: arm64: Implement KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 11:18   ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-23 13:28     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 13:32       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 13:33         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] Documentation: KVM: document arm64 KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] KVM: selftests: Enable pre_fault_memory_test for arm64 Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] KVM: selftests: Add option for different backing in pre-fault tests Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 14:18 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] KVM: selftests: Add nested pre-fault test for arm64 Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-22 20:42 ` [PATCH v3 00/14] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY support Oliver Upton
2026-09-23 10:03 ` Fuad Tabba

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