Re: [RFC PATCH v7 02/13] mm: Add an allocator for CoCo shared memory

[Catalin Marinas]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 08:18:36PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
> +int alloc_cc_shared_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp,
> +		size_t requested, struct cc_shared_pages *mem)
> +{
> +	struct cc_shared_layout layout;
> +	struct page *page;
> +	unsigned int order;
> +	bool zero = gfp & __GFP_ZERO;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!mem)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	ret = cc_shared_calc_layout(requested, &layout);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	order = get_order(layout.shared_size);
> +	if (order > MAX_PAGE_ORDER)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * State transitions require a linear-map address and may modify memory.
> +	 * Allocate from low memory and defer requested zeroing until afterwards.
> +	 */
> +	gfp &= ~(__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO);
> +	if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
> +		page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
> +	else
> +		page = alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp, order);
> +	if (!page)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	ret = cc_make_shared(page_address(page), layout.shared_size);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		if (!cc_make_private(page_address(page), layout.shared_size))
> +			__free_pages(page, order);
> +		else
> +			pr_warn_ratelimited("leaking %zu bytes with uncertain shared state\n",
> +					    layout.shared_size);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (zero)
> +		memset(page_address(page), 0, layout.shared_size);

Does the memset() post sharing logic work for pKVM as well? If nothing
clears it, we have a small window where guest data is leaked to the
host.

Is there a case where we *do not* need the memory cleared? If not, maybe
we can move the logic in the arch set_memory_decrypted().

-- 
Catalin