[PATCH v2 08/20] KVM: x86/xen: Explicitly tag "shared info" page as never being dirty tracked
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri May 29 2026 - 13:07:00 EST
Explicitly mark the Xen shared info page as never being dirty tracked so
that higher-level gpc APIs can be added to automatically take care of
things like dirty tracking, without reintroducing the bug fixed by commit
55749769fe60 ("KVM: x86: Fix wall clock writes in Xen shared_info not to
mark page dirty"). And because the code _looks_ buggy.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/xen.c | 2 +-
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 13 ++++++++++---
include/linux/kvm_types.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/pfncache.c | 4 +++-
4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
index 020ef0ddab01..ab8e95647406 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ void kvm_xen_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
{
mutex_init(&kvm->arch.xen.xen_lock);
idr_init(&kvm->arch.xen.evtchn_ports);
- kvm_gpc_init(&kvm->arch.xen.shinfo_cache, kvm);
+ __kvm_gpc_init(&kvm->arch.xen.shinfo_cache, kvm, true);
}
void kvm_xen_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 27498e990dff..0dc4eb78b6d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1427,16 +1427,23 @@ int kvm_vcpu_write_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, const void *data,
unsigned long len);
/**
- * kvm_gpc_init - initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache.
+ * __kvm_gpc_init - initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache.
*
* @gpc: struct gfn_to_pfn_cache object.
* @kvm: pointer to kvm instance.
+ * @never_dirty: %true if the associated gfn should never be marked dirty
*
* This sets up a gfn_to_pfn_cache by initializing locks and assigning the
* immutable attributes. Note, the cache must be zero-allocated (or zeroed by
* the caller before init).
*/
-void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm);
+void __kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm,
+ bool never_dirty);
+
+static inline void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ __kvm_gpc_init(gpc, kvm, false);
+}
/**
* kvm_gpc_activate - prepare a cached kernel mapping and HPA for a given guest
@@ -1942,7 +1949,7 @@ static inline void kvm_gpc_mark_dirty_in_slot(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc)
{
lockdep_assert_held(&gpc->lock);
- if (!gpc->memslot)
+ if (!gpc->memslot || gpc->never_dirty)
return;
mark_page_dirty_in_slot(gpc->kvm, gpc->memslot, gpa_to_gfn(gpc->gpa));
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
index a568d8e6f4e8..e850adc3f47e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct gfn_to_pfn_cache {
kvm_pfn_t pfn;
bool active;
bool valid;
+ bool never_dirty;
};
#ifdef KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE
diff --git a/virt/kvm/pfncache.c b/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
index 70b102095173..9209f06c46b4 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ int kvm_gpc_refresh(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, unsigned long len)
return __kvm_gpc_refresh(gpc, gpc->gpa, uhva);
}
-void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm)
+void __kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm,
+ bool never_dirty)
{
rwlock_init(&gpc->lock);
mutex_init(&gpc->refresh_lock);
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ void kvm_gpc_init(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, struct kvm *kvm)
gpc->gpa = INVALID_GPA;
gpc->uhva = KVM_HVA_ERR_BAD;
gpc->active = gpc->valid = false;
+ gpc->never_dirty = never_dirty;
}
static int __kvm_gpc_activate(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc, gpa_t gpa, unsigned long uhva,
--
2.54.0.823.g6e5bcc1fc9-goog