[PATCH 1/7] KVM: Write protect the updated slot only when we start dirty logging

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This is needed to make kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access() rmap based:
otherwise we may end up using invalid rmap's.

Signed-off-by: Takuya Yoshikawa <yoshikawa_takuya_b1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c  |    9 ++++++++-
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c |    1 -
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 1c9c834..9451efa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6897,7 +6897,14 @@ void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	if (nr_mmu_pages)
 		kvm_mmu_change_mmu_pages(kvm, nr_mmu_pages);
-	kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(kvm, mem->slot);
+	/*
+	 * Write protect all pages for dirty logging.
+	 * Existing largepage mappings are destroyed here and new ones will
+	 * not be created until the end of the logging.
+	 */
+	if ((mem->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) &&
+	    !(old.flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES))
+		kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(kvm, mem->slot);
 	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	/*
 	 * If memory slot is created, or moved, we need to clear all
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index bd31096..0ef5daa 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -805,7 +805,6 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	if ((new.flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) && !new.dirty_bitmap) {
 		if (kvm_create_dirty_bitmap(&new) < 0)
 			goto out_free;
-		/* destroy any largepage mappings for dirty tracking */
 	}
 
 	if (!npages || base_gfn != old.base_gfn) {
-- 
1.7.5.4

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