[PATCH v1 6/7] KVM: s390: Lock pte when making page secure

From: Claudio Imbrenda

Date: Thu May 28 2026 - 07:52:40 EST


Make sure _kvm_s390_pv_make_secure() takes the pte lock for the given
address when attempting to make the page secure.

One of the steps in making the page secure is freezing the folio using
folio_ref_freeze(), which temporarily sets the reference count to 0.
Any attempt to get such a folio while frozen will fail and cause a
warning to be printed.

Other users of folio_ref_freeze() make sure that the page is not mapped
while it's being frozen, thus preventing gup functions from being able
to access it. For _kvm_s390_pv_make_secure(), this is not possible,
because the page needs to be mapped in order for the import to succeed.

By taking the pte lock, gup functions will be blocked until the import
operation is done, thus avoiding the race.

Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e38c884df921 ("KVM: s390: Switch to new gmap")
---
arch/s390/kvm/pv.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
index c2dafd812a3b..3a7410f6b609 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/pagewalk.h>
#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
#include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
+#include <asm/gmap_helpers.h>
#include "kvm-s390.h"
#include "dat.h"
#include "gaccess.h"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ static bool should_export_before_import(struct uv_cb_header *uvcb, struct mm_str
struct pv_make_secure {
void *uvcb;
struct folio *folio;
+ struct kvm *kvm;
int rc;
bool needs_export;
};
@@ -103,17 +105,24 @@ static void _kvm_s390_pv_make_secure(struct guest_fault *f)
{
struct pv_make_secure *priv = f->priv;
struct folio *folio;
+ spinlock_t *ptl; /* pte lock from try_get_locked_pte() */
+ pte_t *ptep;

folio = pfn_folio(f->pfn);
priv->rc = -EAGAIN;
- if (folio_trylock(folio)) {
+ if (!folio_trylock(folio))
+ return;
+
+ ptep = try_get_locked_pte(priv->kvm->mm, gfn_to_hva(priv->kvm, f->gfn), &ptl);
+ if (ptep) {
priv->rc = __kvm_s390_pv_make_secure(f, folio);
if (priv->rc == -E2BIG || priv->rc == -EBUSY) {
priv->folio = folio;
folio_get(folio);
}
- folio_unlock(folio);
+ pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
}
+ folio_unlock(folio);
}

/**
@@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ static void _kvm_s390_pv_make_secure(struct guest_fault *f)
*/
int kvm_s390_pv_make_secure(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long gaddr, void *uvcb)
{
- struct pv_make_secure priv = { .uvcb = uvcb };
+ struct pv_make_secure priv = { .uvcb = uvcb, .kvm = kvm, };
struct guest_fault f = {
.write_attempt = true,
.gfn = gpa_to_gfn(gaddr),
--
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