In kvm_tdp_mmu_map(), while iterating TDP MMU page table entries, it is possible SPTE has already been frozen by another thread but the frozen is not done yet, for instance, when another thread is still in middle of zapping large page. In this case, the !is_shadow_present_pte() check for old SPTE in tdp_mmu_for_each_pte() may hit true, and in this case allocating new page table is unnecessary since tdp_mmu_set_spte_atomic() later will return false and page table will need to be freed. Add is_removed_spte() check before allocating new page table to avoid this. Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c index 83cbdbe5de5a..84ee1a76a79d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c @@ -1009,6 +1009,14 @@ int kvm_tdp_mmu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u32 error_code, } if (!is_shadow_present_pte(iter.old_spte)) { + /* + * If SPTE has been forzen by another thread, just + * give up and retry, avoiding unnecessary page table + * allocation and free. + */ + if (is_removed_spte(iter.old_spte)) + break; + sp = alloc_tdp_mmu_page(vcpu, iter.gfn, iter.level); child_pt = sp->spt; -- 2.30.2