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-rw-r--r--include/linux/kvm_host.h7
-rw-r--r--virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c34
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 401439bb21e3..9df216943eb4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -596,7 +596,12 @@ struct kvm_memory_slot {
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEM
struct {
- struct file __rcu *file;
+ /*
+ * Writes protected by kvm->slots_lock. Acquiring a
+ * reference via kvm_gmem_get_file() is protected by
+ * either kvm->slots_lock or kvm->srcu.
+ */
+ struct file *file;
pgoff_t pgoff;
} gmem;
#endif
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 47a9f68f7b24..18c87feaf68f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -259,15 +259,19 @@ static int kvm_gmem_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
* dereferencing the slot for existing bindings needs to be protected
* against memslot updates, specifically so that unbind doesn't race
* and free the memslot (kvm_gmem_get_file() will return NULL).
+ *
+ * Since .release is called only when the reference count is zero,
+ * after which file_ref_get() and get_file_active() fail,
+ * kvm_gmem_get_pfn() cannot be using the file concurrently.
+ * file_ref_put() provides a full barrier, and get_file_active() the
+ * matching acquire barrier.
*/
mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
xa_for_each(&gmem->bindings, index, slot)
- rcu_assign_pointer(slot->gmem.file, NULL);
-
- synchronize_rcu();
+ WRITE_ONCE(slot->gmem.file, NULL);
/*
* All in-flight operations are gone and new bindings can be created.
@@ -296,8 +300,7 @@ static inline struct file *kvm_gmem_get_file(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
/*
* Do not return slot->gmem.file if it has already been closed;
* there might be some time between the last fput() and when
- * kvm_gmem_release() clears slot->gmem.file, and you do not
- * want to spin in the meanwhile.
+ * kvm_gmem_release() clears slot->gmem.file.
*/
return get_file_active(&slot->gmem.file);
}
@@ -508,11 +511,11 @@ int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
}
/*
- * No synchronize_rcu() needed, any in-flight readers are guaranteed to
- * be see either a NULL file or this new file, no need for them to go
- * away.
+ * memslots of flag KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD are immutable to change, so
+ * kvm_gmem_bind() must occur on a new memslot. Because the memslot
+ * is not visible yet, kvm_gmem_get_pfn() is guaranteed to see the file.
*/
- rcu_assign_pointer(slot->gmem.file, file);
+ WRITE_ONCE(slot->gmem.file, file);
slot->gmem.pgoff = start;
xa_store_range(&gmem->bindings, start, end - 1, slot, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -548,8 +551,12 @@ void kvm_gmem_unbind(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
filemap_invalidate_lock(file->f_mapping);
xa_store_range(&gmem->bindings, start, end - 1, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
- rcu_assign_pointer(slot->gmem.file, NULL);
- synchronize_rcu();
+
+ /*
+ * synchronize_srcu(&kvm->srcu) ensured that kvm_gmem_get_pfn()
+ * cannot see this memslot.
+ */
+ WRITE_ONCE(slot->gmem.file, NULL);
filemap_invalidate_unlock(file->f_mapping);
fput(file);
@@ -561,11 +568,12 @@ static struct folio *__kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct file *file,
pgoff_t index, kvm_pfn_t *pfn,
bool *is_prepared, int *max_order)
{
+ struct file *gmem_file = READ_ONCE(slot->gmem.file);
struct kvm_gmem *gmem = file->private_data;
struct folio *folio;
- if (file != slot->gmem.file) {
- WARN_ON_ONCE(slot->gmem.file);
+ if (file != gmem_file) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(gmem_file);
return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
}