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KVM: s390: Fix handle_{sske,pfmf} under memory pressure
authorClaudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:33:26 +0000 (17:33 +0200)
committerClaudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:08:57 +0000 (10:08 +0200)
commit2bd74dce0814acc382cfd6903ec902fdcd7b0fed
tree96085f5e63f617d7385a55c13d898dbf18e8c6fe
parent6e976afdfeafeb48f002b977823f67c6a3dd70a0
KVM: s390: Fix handle_{sske,pfmf} under memory pressure

Under heavy memory pressure, handle_sske() and handle_pfmf() might
cause an endless loop if the mmu cache runs empty, the atomic
allocations fail, and the top-up function also fails. While quite
unlikely, that scenario is not impossible.

Fix the issue by not ignoring the return value of
kvm_s390_mmu_cache_topup(), and appropriately returning an error code
in case of failure.

Fixes: e38c884df921 ("KVM: s390: Switch to new gmap")
Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Message-ID: <20260623153331.233784-6-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
arch/s390/kvm/priv.c