Re: [PATCH] KVM: No need to retry for hva_to_pfn_remapped()

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On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 06:59:30PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 16/04/20 17:59, Peter Xu wrote:
> > hva_to_pfn_remapped() calls fixup_user_fault(), which has already
> > handled the retry gracefully.  Even if "unlocked" is set to true, it
> > means that we've got a VM_FAULT_RETRY inside fixup_user_fault(),
> > however the page fault has already retried and we should have the pfn
> > set correctly.  No need to do that again.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 5 -----
> >  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > index 2f1f2f56e93d..6aaed69641a5 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > @@ -1824,8 +1824,6 @@ static int hva_to_pfn_remapped(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> >  		r = fixup_user_fault(current, current->mm, addr,
> >  				     (write_fault ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0),
> >  				     &unlocked);
> > -		if (unlocked)
> > -			return -EAGAIN;
> >  		if (r)
> >  			return r;
> >  
> > @@ -1896,15 +1894,12 @@ static kvm_pfn_t hva_to_pfn(unsigned long addr, bool atomic, bool *async,
> >  		goto exit;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -retry:
> >  	vma = find_vma_intersection(current->mm, addr, addr + 1);
> >  
> >  	if (vma == NULL)
> >  		pfn = KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT;
> >  	else if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)) {
> >  		r = hva_to_pfn_remapped(vma, addr, write_fault, writable, &pfn);
> > -		if (r == -EAGAIN)
> > -			goto retry;
> >  		if (r < 0)
> >  			pfn = KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT;
> >  	} else {
> > 
> 
> Queued, thanks.

Paolo, Is it still possible to unqueue this patch?  I overlooked the fact that
if unlocked==true then the vma pointer could be invalidated, so the 2nd
follow_pfn() is potentially racy.  Sorry for the trouble!

-- 
Peter Xu




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