Re: [PATCH v11 0/7] KVM: PPC: Driver to manage pages of secure guest

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On Thu, 28 Nov 2019, Bharata B Rao wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:36:24AM +0530, Bharata B Rao wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This is the next version of the patchset that adds required support
> > in the KVM hypervisor to run secure guests on PEF-enabled POWER platforms.
> > 
> 
> Here is a fix for the issue Hugh identified with the usage of ksm_madvise()
> in this patchset. It applies on top of this patchset.

It looks correct to me, and I hope will not spoil your performance in any
way that matters.  But I have to say, the patch would be so much clearer,
if you just named your bool "downgraded" instead of "downgrade".

Hugh

> ----
> 
> From 8a4d769bf4c61f921c79ce68923be3c403bd5862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 09:31:54 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Take write mmap_sem when calling
>  ksm_madvise
> 
> In order to prevent the device private pages (that correspond to
> pages of secure guest) from participating in KSM merging, H_SVM_PAGE_IN
> calls ksm_madvise() under read version of mmap_sem. However ksm_madvise()
> needs to be under write lock, fix this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
> index f24ac3cfb34c..2de264fc3156 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
> @@ -46,11 +46,10 @@
>   *
>   * Locking order
>   *
> - * 1. srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu) - Protects KVM memslots
> - * 2. down_read(&kvm->mm->mmap_sem) - find_vma, migrate_vma_pages and helpers
> - * 3. mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.uvmem_lock) - protects read/writes to uvmem slots
> - *					  thus acting as sync-points
> - *					  for page-in/out
> + * 1. kvm->srcu - Protects KVM memslots
> + * 2. kvm->mm->mmap_sem - find_vma, migrate_vma_pages and helpers, ksm_madvise
> + * 3. kvm->arch.uvmem_lock - protects read/writes to uvmem slots thus acting
> + *			     as sync-points for page-in/out
>   */
>  
>  /*
> @@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ static struct page *kvmppc_uvmem_get_page(unsigned long gpa, struct kvm *kvm)
>  static int
>  kvmppc_svm_page_in(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
>  		   unsigned long end, unsigned long gpa, struct kvm *kvm,
> -		   unsigned long page_shift)
> +		   unsigned long page_shift, bool *downgrade)
>  {
>  	unsigned long src_pfn, dst_pfn = 0;
>  	struct migrate_vma mig;
> @@ -360,8 +359,15 @@ kvmppc_svm_page_in(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
>  	mig.src = &src_pfn;
>  	mig.dst = &dst_pfn;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * We come here with mmap_sem write lock held just for
> +	 * ksm_madvise(), otherwise we only need read mmap_sem.
> +	 * Hence downgrade to read lock once ksm_madvise() is done.
> +	 */
>  	ret = ksm_madvise(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
>  			  MADV_UNMERGEABLE, &vma->vm_flags);
> +	downgrade_write(&kvm->mm->mmap_sem);
> +	*downgrade = true;
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> @@ -456,6 +462,7 @@ unsigned long
>  kvmppc_h_svm_page_in(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long gpa,
>  		     unsigned long flags, unsigned long page_shift)
>  {
> +	bool downgrade = false;
>  	unsigned long start, end;
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>  	int srcu_idx;
> @@ -476,7 +483,7 @@ kvmppc_h_svm_page_in(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long gpa,
>  
>  	ret = H_PARAMETER;
>  	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
> -	down_read(&kvm->mm->mmap_sem);
> +	down_write(&kvm->mm->mmap_sem);
>  
>  	start = gfn_to_hva(kvm, gfn);
>  	if (kvm_is_error_hva(start))
> @@ -492,12 +499,16 @@ kvmppc_h_svm_page_in(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long gpa,
>  	if (!vma || vma->vm_start > start || vma->vm_end < end)
>  		goto out_unlock;
>  
> -	if (!kvmppc_svm_page_in(vma, start, end, gpa, kvm, page_shift))
> +	if (!kvmppc_svm_page_in(vma, start, end, gpa, kvm, page_shift,
> +				&downgrade))
>  		ret = H_SUCCESS;
>  out_unlock:
>  	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.uvmem_lock);
>  out:
> -	up_read(&kvm->mm->mmap_sem);
> +	if (downgrade)
> +		up_read(&kvm->mm->mmap_sem);
> +	else
> +		up_write(&kvm->mm->mmap_sem);
>  	srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, srcu_idx);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.21.0




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