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[16/22] KVM: x86: Remove manual pfn lookup when retrying #PF after failed emulation

Message ID 20240809190319.1710470-17-seanjc@google.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series KVM: x86: Fix multiple #PF RO infinite loop bugs | expand

Commit Message

Sean Christopherson Aug. 9, 2024, 7:03 p.m. UTC
Drop the manual pfn look when retrying an instruction that KVM failed to
emulation in response to a #PF due to a write-protected gfn.  Now that KVM
sets EMULTYPE_PF if and only if the page fault it a write-protected gfn,
i.e. if and only if there's a writable memslot, there's no need to redo
the lookup to avoid retrying an instruction that failed on emulated MMIO
(no slot, or a write to a read-only slot).

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 18 ------------------
 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)

Comments

Paolo Bonzini Aug. 14, 2024, 5:50 p.m. UTC | #1
On 8/9/24 21:03, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Drop the manual pfn look when retrying an instruction that KVM failed to
> emulation in response to a #PF due to a write-protected gfn.  Now that KVM
> sets EMULTYPE_PF if and only if the page fault it a write-protected gfn,

Pointing out where this happened will likely help a few years from now:

With the introduction of RET_PF_WRITE_PROTECTED, KVM sets EMULTYPE_PF if 
and only if the page fault it a write-protected gfn, i.e. if and only if 
there's a writable memslot.  KVM will never try to redo an instruction 
that failed on emulated MMIO (no slot, or a write to a read-only slot), 
so therefore there's no redo the lookup in reexecute_instruction().

Paolo

> i.e. if and only if there's a writable memslot, there's no need to redo
> the lookup to avoid retrying an instruction that failed on emulated MMIO
> (no slot, or a write to a read-only slot).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 18 ------------------
>   1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 771e67381fce..67f9871990fb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -8867,7 +8867,6 @@ static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
>   				  int emulation_type)
>   {
>   	gpa_t gpa = cr2_or_gpa;
> -	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
>   
>   	if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_ALLOW_RETRY_PF))
>   		return false;
> @@ -8887,23 +8886,6 @@ static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
>   			return true;
>   	}
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * Do not retry the unhandleable instruction if it faults on the
> -	 * readonly host memory, otherwise it will goto a infinite loop:
> -	 * retry instruction -> write #PF -> emulation fail -> retry
> -	 * instruction -> ...
> -	 */
> -	pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gpa_to_gfn(gpa));
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * If the instruction failed on the error pfn, it can not be fixed,
> -	 * report the error to userspace.
> -	 */
> -	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn))
> -		return false;
> -
> -	kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
> -
>   	/*
>   	 * If emulation may have been triggered by a write to a shadowed page
>   	 * table, unprotect the gfn (zap any relevant SPTEs) and re-enter the
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 771e67381fce..67f9871990fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8867,7 +8867,6 @@  static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 				  int emulation_type)
 {
 	gpa_t gpa = cr2_or_gpa;
-	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
 
 	if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_ALLOW_RETRY_PF))
 		return false;
@@ -8887,23 +8886,6 @@  static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 			return true;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Do not retry the unhandleable instruction if it faults on the
-	 * readonly host memory, otherwise it will goto a infinite loop:
-	 * retry instruction -> write #PF -> emulation fail -> retry
-	 * instruction -> ...
-	 */
-	pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gpa_to_gfn(gpa));
-
-	/*
-	 * If the instruction failed on the error pfn, it can not be fixed,
-	 * report the error to userspace.
-	 */
-	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn))
-		return false;
-
-	kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
-
 	/*
 	 * If emulation may have been triggered by a write to a shadowed page
 	 * table, unprotect the gfn (zap any relevant SPTEs) and re-enter the