[PATCH 28/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs

From: Paolo Bonzini

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 10:18:28 EST


Note that the zapping of obsolete roots needs to happen after
mmu_lock is dropped, so introduce a separate kvm_arch callback.
The two map neatly to the "front" and "back" halves of
kvm_mmu_zap_all_fast().

Co-developed-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 6bbecbae2f8c..242cbe65859d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -8271,6 +8271,7 @@ bool kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
{
unsigned long attrs = range->arg.attributes;
struct kvm_memory_slot *slot = range->slot;
+ struct kvm_mmu_page *sp;
int level;

lockdep_assert_held_write(&kvm->mmu_lock);
@@ -8326,9 +8327,38 @@ bool kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
hugepage_set_mixed(slot, gfn, level);
}
}
+
+ /*
+ * There are special considerations when applying an memory protection
+ * attibute against a page containing guest PTEs, because virtual
+ * addresses that requires traversing that page need to fault.
+ *
+ * When using shadow paging, the PTEs that the CPU actually walks
+ * do not have any information about attributes (unlike TDP where
+ * the attributes become part of the TDP permission bits). Since
+ * this should be a rare occasion, just invalidate all the mmu roots
+ * if shadow paging is in use and attributes do cover a guest PTE.
+ */
+ for (gfn_t gfn = range->start; gfn < range->end; gfn++) {
+ for_each_gfn_valid_sp_with_gptes(kvm, sp, gfn) {
+ __kvm_mmu_zap_all_fast_front_half(kvm);
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
return false;
}

+void kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes_unlocked(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ /*
+ * This may also be called if no zap was done in
+ * kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(). It is not an issue because
+ * __kvm_mmu_zap_all_fast_back_half() is cheap when it does not do
+ * anything.
+ */
+ __kvm_mmu_zap_all_fast_back_half(kvm);
+}
+
void kvm_mmu_init_memslot_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index e9c0932f150e..33f3199a855f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2624,6 +2624,7 @@ bool kvm_arch_pre_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
bool kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
+void kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes_unlocked(struct kvm *kvm);
bool kvm_mem_attributes_valid(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long attrs);
u64 kvm_supported_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm);

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index eb4a661cd0f7..653bb85b3cdd 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2658,6 +2658,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
KVM_MMU_LOCK(kvm);
kvm_mmu_invalidate_end(kvm);
KVM_MMU_UNLOCK(kvm);
+ kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes_unlocked(kvm);
}

out_unlock:
--
2.52.0