From: Sean Christopherson Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:15:37 +0000 (-0700) Subject: KVM: x86/mmu: WARN on MMIO cache hit when emulating write-protected gfn X-Git-Tag: v6.12-rc1~11^2~4^2~8 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=98a69b96caca3e07aff57ca91fd7cc3a3853871a;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git KVM: x86/mmu: WARN on MMIO cache hit when emulating write-protected gfn WARN if KVM gets an MMIO cache hit on a RET_PF_WRITE_PROTECTED fault, as KVM should return RET_PF_WRITE_PROTECTED if and only if there is a memslot, and creating a memslot is supposed to invalidate the MMIO cache by virtue of changing the memslot generation. Keep the code around mainly to provide a convenient location to document why emulated MMIO should be impossible. Suggested-by: Yuan Yao Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240831001538.336683-23-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c index ebbdc979a0694..330b87a1c80ad 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c @@ -5988,6 +5988,18 @@ static int kvm_mmu_write_protect_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa, vcpu->arch.last_retry_eip = 0; vcpu->arch.last_retry_addr = 0; + /* + * It should be impossible to reach this point with an MMIO cache hit, + * as RET_PF_WRITE_PROTECTED is returned if and only if there's a valid, + * writable memslot, and creating a memslot should invalidate the MMIO + * cache by way of changing the memslot generation. WARN and disallow + * retry if MMIO is detected, as retrying MMIO emulation is pointless + * and could put the vCPU into an infinite loop because the processor + * will keep faulting on the non-existent MMIO address. + */ + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mmio_info_in_cache(vcpu, cr2_or_gpa, direct))) + return RET_PF_EMULATE; + /* * Before emulating the instruction, check to see if the access was due * to a read-only violation while the CPU was walking non-nested NPT @@ -6029,17 +6041,15 @@ static int kvm_mmu_write_protect_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa, return RET_PF_RETRY; /* - * The gfn is write-protected, but if emulation fails we can still - * optimistically try to just unprotect the page and let the processor + * The gfn is write-protected, but if KVM detects its emulating an + * instruction that is unlikely to be used to modify page tables, or if + * emulation fails, KVM can try to unprotect the gfn and let the CPU * re-execute the instruction that caused the page fault. Do not allow - * retrying MMIO emulation, as it's not only pointless but could also - * cause us to enter an infinite loop because the processor will keep - * faulting on the non-existent MMIO address. Retrying an instruction - * from a nested guest is also pointless and dangerous as we are only - * explicitly shadowing L1's page tables, i.e. unprotecting something - * for L1 isn't going to magically fix whatever issue cause L2 to fail. - */ - if (!mmio_info_in_cache(vcpu, cr2_or_gpa, direct) && !is_guest_mode(vcpu)) + * retrying an instruction from a nested guest as KVM is only explicitly + * shadowing L1's page tables, i.e. unprotecting something for L1 isn't + * going to magically fix whatever issue caused L2 to fail. + */ + if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu)) *emulation_type |= EMULTYPE_ALLOW_RETRY_PF; return RET_PF_EMULATE;