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From: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
To: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
	"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
	Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
	kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com>,
	Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>,
	R Nageswara Sastry <rnsastry@linux.ibm.com>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add preempt_disable() around virtual-mode HPTE bit-lock users
Date: Tue,  6 Oct 2026 17:54:03 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261006122404.99358-3-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261006122404.99358-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>

kvmppc_hv_find_lock_hpte() requires virtual-mode callers to run with
preemption disabled, because it can return with HPTE_V_HVLOCK still held
until the caller later unlocks the HPTE.  Existing virtual-mode callers
in book3s_64_mmu_hv.c already follow that rule, but several paths do
not.

kvmppc_handle_exit_hv() calls kvmppc_hpte_hv_fault() for hash-mode
data-side and instruction-side faults after guest exit with preemption
enabled.  kvmppc_pseries_do_hcall() executes virtual-mode HPT hcall
handlers via kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall() with preemption enabled; the
handlers for H_ENTER, H_REMOVE, H_READ, H_CLEAR_MOD, H_CLEAR_REF,
H_PROTECT, and H_BULK_REMOVE all spin on try_lock_hpte() or lock_rmap().
H_ENTER also reaches kvmppc_do_h_enter(), which uses arch_spin_lock() on
kvm->mmu_lock.  That raw lock choice is intentional because
kvmppc_do_h_enter() is also called from real-mode paths, so the correct
fix is to establish the proper preemption context at the virtual-mode
caller boundary.

On the host side, kvm_unmap_rmapp(), kvm_age_rmapp(),
kvm_test_clear_dirty_npages(), and resize_hpt_rehash_hpte() also acquire
HPTE_V_HVLOCK via try_lock_hpte() in process context with preemption
enabled, serving MMU notifier callbacks, dirty-log harvesting, and HPT
resize respectively.

If any of these threads is preempted while holding HPTE_V_HVLOCK, any
other thread on the same CPU spinning on the same bit-lock can never
make progress, as the lock owner cannot be rescheduled to release it.
This is particularly acute when the spinning thread has preemption
disabled: it will never yield, causing a permanent CPU hang.

Fix this by adding preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() pairs around the
two kvmppc_hpte_hv_fault() call sites in kvmppc_handle_exit_hv() and
around the kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall() invocation in
kvmppc_pseries_do_hcall().

For kvm_unmap_rmapp() and kvm_age_rmapp(), place preempt_disable() before
lock_rmap() so that both the rmap chain lock and the subsequent
HPTE_V_HVLOCK bit-lock are held under a single non-preemptible window.
There is an ABBA ordering constraint between the two locks: the rmap chain
lock must be dropped before spinning on the HPTE bit-lock (documented in
the comment above the try_lock_hpte() call in kvm_unmap_rmapp()).  To
preserve this, preempt_enable() is called after unlock_rmap() on the
failed try_lock_hpte() retry path and on any early-exit path, before the
cpu_relax() spin, so the HPTE lock owner can be scheduled.

For kvm_test_clear_dirty_npages(), remove the per-iteration
preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() pairs: this function has a single call
site, kvmppc_hv_get_dirty_log_hpt(), which already holds preempt_disable()
across the entire loop, making the inner guards redundant.

For resize_hpt_rehash_hpte(), place preempt_disable() before the
unconditional try_lock_hpte() spin loop and preempt_enable() after
unlock_hpte() at the single exit point.  This function is called from
kvm_vm_ioctl_resize_hpt_commit(), which first quiesces all vCPUs by
clearing kvm->arch.mmu_ready and calling on_each_cpu() to flush any vCPU
currently running in guest mode back to host.  With all vCPUs out of the
guest, no vCPU thread can hold HPTE_V_HVLOCK; any remaining lock holder
(an MMU notifier callback or dirty-log walker) runs on a separate CPU
and is not preempted, so the spin always makes forward progress.

Fixes: 6165d5dd99db ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: add virtual mode handlers for HPT hcalls and page faults")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- In kvm_unmap_rmapp() and kvm_age_rmapp(), moved preempt_disable() before
  lock_rmap() so both rmap and HPTE locks are held under a single
  non-preemptible section; added preempt_enable() on early-exit and retry paths.
- Removed redundant per-iteration preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() from
  kvm_test_clear_dirty_npages() as kvmppc_hv_get_dirty_log_hpt() already holds
  it.
- Updated commit log to explain the locking design per function.
- Picked up Reviewed-by tag from Shrikanth Hegde.

Changes in v2:
- Extended preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() to also cover four
  host-side virtual-mode HPTE bit-lock users in book3s_64_mmu_hv.c.
- Added warning comment above kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall().
- Dropped Reviewed-by as the patch was materially extended.

 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c | 10 ++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c        | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
index 2ccb3d138f46..908495f2b001 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
@@ -810,9 +810,11 @@ static void kvm_unmap_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 
 	rmapp = &memslot->arch.rmap[gfn - memslot->base_gfn];
 	for (;;) {
+		preempt_disable();
 		lock_rmap(rmapp);
 		if (!(*rmapp & KVMPPC_RMAP_PRESENT)) {
 			unlock_rmap(rmapp);
+			preempt_enable();
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -826,6 +828,7 @@ static void kvm_unmap_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 		if (!try_lock_hpte(hptep, HPTE_V_HVLOCK)) {
 			/* unlock rmap before spinning on the HPTE lock */
 			unlock_rmap(rmapp);
+			preempt_enable();
 			while (be64_to_cpu(hptep[0]) & HPTE_V_HVLOCK)
 				cpu_relax();
 			continue;
@@ -834,6 +837,7 @@ static void kvm_unmap_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 		kvmppc_unmap_hpte(kvm, i, memslot, rmapp, gfn);
 		unlock_rmap(rmapp);
 		__unlock_hpte(hptep, be64_to_cpu(hptep[0]));
+		preempt_enable();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -890,6 +894,7 @@ static bool kvm_age_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 
 	rmapp = &memslot->arch.rmap[gfn - memslot->base_gfn];
  retry:
+	preempt_disable();
 	lock_rmap(rmapp);
 	if (*rmapp & KVMPPC_RMAP_REFERENCED) {
 		*rmapp &= ~KVMPPC_RMAP_REFERENCED;
@@ -897,6 +902,7 @@ static bool kvm_age_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 	}
 	if (!(*rmapp & KVMPPC_RMAP_PRESENT)) {
 		unlock_rmap(rmapp);
+		preempt_enable();
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -912,6 +918,7 @@ static bool kvm_age_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 		if (!try_lock_hpte(hptep, HPTE_V_HVLOCK)) {
 			/* unlock rmap before spinning on the HPTE lock */
 			unlock_rmap(rmapp);
+			preempt_enable();
 			while (be64_to_cpu(hptep[0]) & HPTE_V_HVLOCK)
 				cpu_relax();
 			goto retry;
@@ -931,6 +938,7 @@ static bool kvm_age_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 	} while ((i = j) != head);
 
 	unlock_rmap(rmapp);
+	preempt_enable();
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1219,6 +1227,7 @@ static unsigned long resize_hpt_rehash_hpte(struct kvm_resize_hpt *resize,
 	if (!(vpte & HPTE_V_VALID) && !(vpte & HPTE_V_ABSENT))
 		return 0; /* nothing to do */
 
+	preempt_disable();
 	while (!try_lock_hpte(hptep, HPTE_V_HVLOCK))
 		cpu_relax();
 
@@ -1346,6 +1355,7 @@ static unsigned long resize_hpt_rehash_hpte(struct kvm_resize_hpt *resize,
 
 out:
 	unlock_hpte(hptep, vpte);
+	preempt_enable();
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 46dd550115a4..56083b415a29 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,10 @@ static long kvmppc_h_rpt_invalidate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return H_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Must be called with preemption disabled. The HPT hcall handlers spin
+ * on HPTE bit-locks and cannot make any blocking/sleeping calls.
+ */
 static long kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long req)
 {
 	switch (req) {
@@ -1212,9 +1216,11 @@ int kvmppc_pseries_do_hcall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	case H_CLEAR_REF:
 	case H_PROTECT:
 	case H_BULK_REMOVE:
+		preempt_disable();
 		idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
 		ret = kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall(vcpu, req);
 		srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx);
+		preempt_enable();
 		if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
 			return RESUME_HOST;
 		break;
@@ -1834,8 +1840,10 @@ static int kvmppc_handle_exit_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		else
 			vsid = vcpu->arch.fault_gpa;
 
+		preempt_disable();
 		err = kvmppc_hpte_hv_fault(vcpu, vcpu->arch.fault_dar,
 				vsid, vcpu->arch.fault_dsisr, true);
+		preempt_enable();
 		if (err == 0) {
 			r = RESUME_GUEST;
 		} else if (err == -1 || err == -2) {
@@ -1881,8 +1889,10 @@ static int kvmppc_handle_exit_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		else
 			vsid = vcpu->arch.fault_gpa;
 
+		preempt_disable();
 		err = kvmppc_hpte_hv_fault(vcpu, vcpu->arch.fault_dar,
 				vsid, vcpu->arch.fault_dsisr, false);
+		preempt_enable();
 		if (err == 0) {
 			r = RESUME_GUEST;
 		} else if (err == -1) {
-- 
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-06 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-06 12:24 [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: PPC: Fixes for Book3S HV HPT locking and paired-single decoding Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-06 12:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add SRCU protection for virtual-mode HPT hcalls Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-06 12:24 ` Amit Machhiwal [this message]
2026-10-07  6:18   ` [PATCH v3 2/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add preempt_disable() around virtual-mode HPTE bit-lock users Ritesh Harjani
2026-10-07 11:45     ` Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-06 12:24 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] KVM: PPC: Fix get_d_signext() 12-bit displacement for paired-single D-form Amit Machhiwal

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