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2022-11-30KVM: Skip unnecessary "unmap" if gpc is already valid during refreshSean Christopherson1-2/+1
When refreshing a gfn=>pfn cache, skip straight to unlocking if the cache already valid instead of stuffing the "old" variables to turn the unmapping outro into a nop. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: Drop @gpa from exported gfn=>pfn cache check() and refresh() helpersSean Christopherson1-6/+11
Drop the @gpa param from the exported check()+refresh() helpers and limit changing the cache's GPA to the activate path. All external users just feed in gpc->gpa, i.e. this is a fancy nop. Allowing users to change the GPA at check()+refresh() is dangerous as those helpers explicitly allow concurrent calls, e.g. KVM could get into a livelock scenario. It's also unclear as to what the expected behavior should be if multiple tasks attempt to refresh with different GPAs. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: Do not partially reinitialize gfn=>pfn cache during activationSean Christopherson1-4/+4
Don't partially reinitialize a gfn=>pfn cache when activating the cache, and instead assert that the cache is not valid during activation. Bug the VM if the assertion fails, as use-after-free and/or data corruption is all but guaranteed if KVM ends up with a valid-but-inactive cache. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: Drop KVM's API to allow temporarily unmapping gfn=>pfn cacheSean Christopherson1-28/+16
Drop kvm_gpc_unmap() as it has no users and unclear requirements. The API was added as part of the original gfn_to_pfn_cache support, but its sole usage[*] was never merged. Fold the guts of kvm_gpc_unmap() into the deactivate path and drop the API. Omit acquiring refresh_lock as as concurrent calls to kvm_gpc_deactivate() are not allowed (this is not enforced, e.g. via lockdep. due to it being called during vCPU destruction). If/when temporary unmapping makes a comeback, the desirable behavior is likely to restrict temporary unmapping to vCPU-exclusive mappings and require the vcpu->mutex be held to serialize unmap. Use of the refresh_lock to protect unmapping was somewhat specuatively added by commit 93984f19e7bc ("KVM: Fully serialize gfn=>pfn cache refresh via mutex") to guard against concurrent unmaps, but the primary use case of the temporary unmap, nested virtualization[*], doesn't actually need or want concurrent unmaps. [*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211210163625.2886-7-dwmw2@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: Use gfn_to_pfn_cache's immutable "kvm" in kvm_gpc_refresh()Michal Luczaj1-4/+3
Make kvm_gpc_refresh() use kvm instance cached in gfn_to_pfn_cache. No functional change intended. Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> [sean: leave kvm_gpc_unmap() as-is] Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: Clean up hva_to_pfn_retry()Michal Luczaj1-4/+4
Make hva_to_pfn_retry() use kvm instance cached in gfn_to_pfn_cache. Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: Use gfn_to_pfn_cache's immutable "kvm" in kvm_gpc_check()Michal Luczaj1-3/+2
Make kvm_gpc_check() use kvm instance cached in gfn_to_pfn_cache. Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: Store immutable gfn_to_pfn_cache propertiesMichal Luczaj1-8/+14
Move the assignment of immutable properties @kvm, @vcpu, and @usage to the initializer. Make _activate() and _deactivate() use stored values. Note, @len is also effectively immutable for most cases, but not in the case of the Xen runstate cache, which may be split across two pages and the length of the first segment will depend on its address. Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> [sean: handle @len in a separate patch] Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> [dwmw2: acknowledge that @len can actually change for some use cases] Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
2022-11-30KVM: x86: Remove unused argument in gpc_unmap_khva()Michal Luczaj1-4/+4
Remove the unused @kvm argument from gpc_unmap_khva(). Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-11-30KVM: Shorten gfn_to_pfn_cache function namesMichal Luczaj1-10/+10
Formalize "gpc" as the acronym and use it in function names. No functional change intended. Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-11-24Merge branch 'kvm-dwmw2-fixes' into HEADPaolo Bonzini1-1/+6
This brings in a few important fixes for Xen emulation. While nobody should be enabling it, the bug effectively allows userspace to read arbitrary memory. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-11-24KVM: Update gfn_to_pfn_cache khva when it moves within the same pageDavid Woodhouse1-1/+6
In the case where a GPC is refreshed to a different location within the same page, we didn't bother to update it. Mostly we don't need to, but since the ->khva field also includes the offset within the page, that does have to be updated. Fixes: 3ba2c95ea180 ("KVM: Do not incorporate page offset into gfn=>pfn cache user address") Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-11-09kvm: Add interruptible flag to __gfn_to_pfn_memslot()Peter Xu1-1/+1
Add a new "interruptible" flag showing that the caller is willing to be interrupted by signals during the __gfn_to_pfn_memslot() request. Wire it up with a FOLL_INTERRUPTIBLE flag that we've just introduced. This prepares KVM to be able to respond to SIGUSR1 (for QEMU that's the SIGIPI) even during e.g. handling an userfaultfd page fault. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20221011195809.557016-4-peterx@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-10-27KVM: Reject attempts to consume or refresh inactive gfn_to_pfn_cacheSean Christopherson1-7/+34
Reject kvm_gpc_check() and kvm_gpc_refresh() if the cache is inactive. Not checking the active flag during refresh is particularly egregious, as KVM can end up with a valid, inactive cache, which can lead to a variety of use-after-free bugs, e.g. consuming a NULL kernel pointer or missing an mmu_notifier invalidation due to the cache not being on the list of gfns to invalidate. Note, "active" needs to be set if and only if the cache is on the list of caches, i.e. is reachable via mmu_notifier events. If a relevant mmu_notifier event occurs while the cache is "active" but not on the list, KVM will not acquire the cache's lock and so will not serailize the mmu_notifier event with active users and/or kvm_gpc_refresh(). A race between KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO and KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND can be exploited to trigger the bug. 1. Deactivate shinfo cache: kvm_xen_hvm_set_attr case KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO kvm_gpc_deactivate kvm_gpc_unmap gpc->valid = false gpc->khva = NULL gpc->active = false Result: active = false, valid = false 2. Cause cache refresh: kvm_arch_vm_ioctl case KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND kvm_xen_hvm_evtchn_send kvm_xen_set_evtchn kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast kvm_gpc_check return -EWOULDBLOCK because !gpc->valid kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast return -EWOULDBLOCK kvm_gpc_refresh hva_to_pfn_retry gpc->valid = true gpc->khva = not NULL Result: active = false, valid = true 3. Race ioctl KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND against ioctl KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO: kvm_arch_vm_ioctl case KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND kvm_xen_hvm_evtchn_send kvm_xen_set_evtchn kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast read_lock gpc->lock kvm_xen_hvm_set_attr case KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO mutex_lock kvm->lock kvm_xen_shared_info_init kvm_gpc_activate gpc->khva = NULL kvm_gpc_check [ Check passes because gpc->valid is still true, even though gpc->khva is already NULL. ] shinfo = gpc->khva pending_bits = shinfo->evtchn_pending CRASH: test_and_set_bit(..., pending_bits) Fixes: 982ed0de4753 ("KVM: Reinstate gfn_to_pfn_cache with invalidation support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: : Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20221013211234.1318131-3-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-10-27KVM: Initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache locks in dedicated helperMichal Luczaj1-9/+12
Move the gfn_to_pfn_cache lock initialization to another helper and call the new helper during VM/vCPU creation. There are race conditions possible due to kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init()'s ability to re-initialize the cache's locks. For example: a race between ioctl(KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND) and kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init() leads to a corrupted shinfo gpc lock. (thread 1) | (thread 2) | kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast | read_lock_irqsave(&gpc->lock, ...) | | kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init | rwlock_init(&gpc->lock) read_unlock_irqrestore(&gpc->lock, ...) | Rename "cache_init" and "cache_destroy" to activate+deactivate to avoid implying that the cache really is destroyed/freed. Note, there more races in the newly named kvm_gpc_activate() that will be addressed separately. Fixes: 982ed0de4753 ("KVM: Reinstate gfn_to_pfn_cache with invalidation support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co> [sean: call out that this is a bug fix] Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20221013211234.1318131-2-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-08-19KVM: Rename mmu_notifier_* to mmu_invalidate_*Chao Peng1-8/+9
The motivation of this renaming is to make these variables and related helper functions less mmu_notifier bound and can also be used for non mmu_notifier based page invalidation. mmu_invalidate_* was chosen to better describe the purpose of 'invalidating' a page that those variables are used for. - mmu_notifier_seq/range_start/range_end are renamed to mmu_invalidate_seq/range_start/range_end. - mmu_notifier_retry{_hva} helper functions are renamed to mmu_invalidate_retry{_hva}. - mmu_notifier_count is renamed to mmu_invalidate_in_progress to avoid confusion with mn_active_invalidate_count. - While here, also update kvm_inc/dec_notifier_count() to kvm_mmu_invalidate_begin/end() to match the change for mmu_notifier_count. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com> Message-Id: <20220816125322.1110439-3-chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-05-25KVM: Do not pin pages tracked by gfn=>pfn cachesSean Christopherson1-16/+20
Put the reference to any struct page mapped/tracked by a gfn=>pfn cache upon inserting the pfn into its associated cache, as opposed to putting the reference only when the cache is done using the pfn. In other words, don't pin pages while they're in the cache. One of the major roles of the gfn=>pfn cache is to play nicely with invalidation events, i.e. it exists in large part so that KVM doesn't rely on pinning pages. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220429210025.3293691-9-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-05-25KVM: Fix multiple races in gfn=>pfn cache refreshSean Christopherson1-71/+122
Rework the gfn=>pfn cache (gpc) refresh logic to address multiple races between the cache itself, and between the cache and mmu_notifier events. The existing refresh code attempts to guard against races with the mmu_notifier by speculatively marking the cache valid, and then marking it invalid if a mmu_notifier invalidation occurs. That handles the case where an invalidation occurs between dropping and re-acquiring gpc->lock, but it doesn't handle the scenario where the cache is refreshed after the cache was invalidated by the notifier, but before the notifier elevates mmu_notifier_count. The gpc refresh can't use the "retry" helper as its invalidation occurs _before_ mmu_notifier_count is elevated and before mmu_notifier_range_start is set/updated. CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start() | -> gpc->valid = false; kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_refresh() | |-> gpc->valid = true; hva_to_pfn_retry() | -> acquire kvm->mmu_lock kvm->mmu_notifier_count == 0 mmu_seq == kvm->mmu_notifier_seq drop kvm->mmu_lock return pfn 'X' acquire kvm->mmu_lock kvm_inc_notifier_count() drop kvm->mmu_lock() kernel frees pfn 'X' kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_check() | |-> gpc->valid == true caller accesses freed pfn 'X' Key off of mn_active_invalidate_count to detect that a pfncache refresh needs to wait for an in-progress mmu_notifier invalidation. While mn_active_invalidate_count is not guaranteed to be stable, it is guaranteed to be elevated prior to an invalidation acquiring gpc->lock, so either the refresh will see an active invalidation and wait, or the invalidation will run after the refresh completes. Speculatively marking the cache valid is itself flawed, as a concurrent kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_check() would see a valid cache with stale pfn/khva values. The KVM Xen use case explicitly allows/wants multiple users; even though the caches are allocated per vCPU, __kvm_xen_has_interrupt() can read a different vCPU (or vCPUs). Address this race by invalidating the cache prior to dropping gpc->lock (this is made possible by fixing the above mmu_notifier race). Complicating all of this is the fact that both the hva=>pfn resolution and mapping of the kernel address can sleep, i.e. must be done outside of gpc->lock. Fix the above races in one fell swoop, trying to fix each individual race is largely pointless and essentially impossible to test, e.g. closing one hole just shifts the focus to the other hole. Fixes: 982ed0de4753 ("KVM: Reinstate gfn_to_pfn_cache with invalidation support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Cc: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220429210025.3293691-8-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-05-25KVM: Fully serialize gfn=>pfn cache refresh via mutexSean Christopherson1-0/+12
Protect gfn=>pfn cache refresh with a mutex to fully serialize refreshes. The refresh logic doesn't protect against - concurrent unmaps, or refreshes with different GPAs (which may or may not happen in practice, for example if a cache is only used under vcpu->mutex; but it's allowed in the code) - a false negative on the memslot generation. If the first refresh sees a stale memslot generation, it will refresh the hva and generation before moving on to the hva=>pfn translation. If it then drops gpc->lock, a different user of the cache can come along, acquire gpc->lock, see that the memslot generation is fresh, and skip the hva=>pfn update due to the userspace address also matching (because it too was updated). The refresh path can already sleep during hva=>pfn resolution, so wrap the refresh with a mutex to ensure that any given refresh runs to completion before other callers can start their refresh. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220429210025.3293691-7-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-05-25KVM: Do not incorporate page offset into gfn=>pfn cache user addressSean Christopherson1-2/+0
Don't adjust the userspace address in the gfn=>pfn cache by the page offset from the gpa. KVM should never use the user address directly, and all KVM operations that translate a user address to something else require the user address to be page aligned. Ignoring the offset will allow the cache to reuse a gfn=>hva translation in the unlikely event that the page offset of the gpa changes, but the gfn does not. And more importantly, not having to (un)adjust the user address will simplify a future bug fix. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220429210025.3293691-6-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-05-25KVM: Put the extra pfn reference when reusing a pfn in the gpc cacheSean Christopherson1-0/+8
Put the struct page reference to pfn acquired by hva_to_pfn() when the old and new pfns for a gfn=>pfn cache match. The cache already has a reference via the old/current pfn, and will only put one reference when the cache is done with the pfn. Fixes: 982ed0de4753 ("KVM: Reinstate gfn_to_pfn_cache with invalidation support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220429210025.3293691-5-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-05-25KVM: Drop unused @gpa param from gfn=>pfn cache's __release_gpc() helperSean Christopherson1-7/+3
Drop the @pga param from __release_gpc() and rename the helper to make it more obvious that the cache itself is not being released. The helper will be reused by a future commit to release a pfn+khva combination that is _never_ associated with the cache, at which point the current name would go from slightly misleading to blatantly wrong. No functional change intended. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220429210025.3293691-4-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-04-02KVM: Remove dirty handling from gfn_to_pfn_cache completelyDavid Woodhouse1-33/+8
It isn't OK to cache the dirty status of a page in internal structures for an indefinite period of time. Any time a vCPU exits the run loop to userspace might be its last; the VMM might do its final check of the dirty log, flush the last remaining dirty pages to the destination and complete a live migration. If we have internal 'dirty' state which doesn't get flushed until the vCPU is finally destroyed on the source after migration is complete, then we have lost data because that will escape the final copy. This problem already exists with the use of kvm_vcpu_unmap() to mark pages dirty in e.g. VMX nesting. Note that the actual Linux MM already considers the page to be dirty since we have a writeable mapping of it. This is just about the KVM dirty logging. For the nesting-style use cases (KVM_GUEST_USES_PFN) we will need to track which gfn_to_pfn_caches have been used and explicitly mark the corresponding pages dirty before returning to userspace. But we would have needed external tracking of that anyway, rather than walking the full list of GPCs to find those belonging to this vCPU which are dirty. So let's rely *solely* on that external tracking, and keep it simple rather than laying a tempting trap for callers to fall into. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20220303154127.202856-3-dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-04-02KVM: Use enum to track if cached PFN will be used in guest and/or hostSean Christopherson1-7/+7
Replace the guest_uses_pa and kernel_map booleans in the PFN cache code with a unified enum/bitmask. Using explicit names makes it easier to review and audit call sites. Opportunistically add a WARN to prevent passing garbage; instantating a cache without declaring its usage is either buggy or pointless. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20220303154127.202856-2-dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-04-02KVM: Don't actually set a request when evicting vCPUs for GFN cache invdSean Christopherson1-7/+11
Don't actually set a request bit in vcpu->requests when making a request purely to force a vCPU to exit the guest. Logging a request but not actually consuming it would cause the vCPU to get stuck in an infinite loop during KVM_RUN because KVM would see the pending request and bail from VM-Enter to service the request. Note, it's currently impossible for KVM to set KVM_REQ_GPC_INVALIDATE as nothing in KVM is wired up to set guest_uses_pa=true. But, it'd be all too easy for arch code to introduce use of kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init() without implementing handling of the request, especially since getting test coverage of MMU notifier interaction with specific KVM features usually requires a directed test. Opportunistically rename gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start()'s wake_vcpus to evict_vcpus. The purpose of the request is to get vCPUs out of guest mode, it's supposed to _avoid_ waking vCPUs that are blocking. Opportunistically rename KVM_REQ_GPC_INVALIDATE to be more specific as to what it wants to accomplish, and to genericize the name so that it can used for similar but unrelated scenarios, should they arise in the future. Add a comment and documentation to explain why the "no action" request exists. Add compile-time assertions to help detect improper usage. Use the inner assertless helper in the one s390 path that makes requests without a hardcoded request. Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220223165302.3205276-1-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-04-02KVM: avoid double put_page with gfn-to-pfn cacheDavid Woodhouse1-0/+1
If the cache's user host virtual address becomes invalid, there is still a path from kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_refresh() where __release_gpc() could release the pfn but the gpc->pfn field has not been overwritten with an error value. If this happens, kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_unmap will call put_page again on the same page. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 982ed0de4753 ("KVM: Reinstate gfn_to_pfn_cache with invalidation support") Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-01-07KVM: Reinstate gfn_to_pfn_cache with invalidation supportDavid Woodhouse1-0/+337
This can be used in two modes. There is an atomic mode where the cached mapping is accessed while holding the rwlock, and a mode where the physical address is used by a vCPU in guest mode. For the latter case, an invalidation will wake the vCPU with the new KVM_REQ_GPC_INVALIDATE, and the architecture will need to refresh any caches it still needs to access before entering guest mode again. Only one vCPU can be targeted by the wake requests; it's simple enough to make it wake all vCPUs or even a mask but I don't see a use case for that additional complexity right now. Invalidation happens from the invalidate_range_start MMU notifier, which needs to be able to sleep in order to wake the vCPU and wait for it. This means that revalidation potentially needs to "wait" for the MMU operation to complete and the invalidate_range_end notifier to be invoked. Like the vCPU when it takes a page fault in that period, we just spin — fixing that in a future patch by implementing an actual *wait* may be another part of shaving this particularly hirsute yak. As noted in the comments in the function itself, the only case where the invalidate_range_start notifier is expected to be called *without* being able to sleep is when the OOM reaper is killing the process. In that case, we expect the vCPU threads already to have exited, and thus there will be nothing to wake, and no reason to wait. So we clear the KVM_REQUEST_WAIT bit and send the request anyway, then complain loudly if there actually *was* anything to wake up. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Message-Id: <20211210163625.2886-3-dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>