Re: [PATCH v4 5/7] KVM: s390: Fix handle_{sske,pfmf} under memory pressure

From: Christian Borntraeger

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 07:44:19 EST


Am 19.06.26 um 17:51 schrieb Claudio Imbrenda:
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")
Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/s390/kvm/priv.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
index 447ec7ed423d..9bc6fd02ff77 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@ static int handle_sske(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (rc > 1)
return kvm_s390_inject_program_int(vcpu, PGM_ADDRESSING);
if (rc == -ENOMEM) {
- kvm_s390_mmu_cache_topup(vcpu->arch.mc);
+ rc = kvm_s390_mmu_cache_topup(vcpu->arch.mc);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
continue;
}
if (rc < 0)
@@ -1122,7 +1124,9 @@ static int handle_pfmf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (rc > 1)
return kvm_s390_inject_program_int(vcpu, rc);
if (rc == -ENOMEM) {
- kvm_s390_mmu_cache_topup(vcpu->arch.mc);
+ rc = kvm_s390_mmu_cache_topup(vcpu->arch.mc);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
continue;
}
if (rc < 0)