[PATCH v4 4/7] KVM: mmu: Add slots_arch_lock for memslot arch fields

[Ben Gardon]

Add a new lock to protect the arch-specific fields of memslots if they
need to be modified in a kvm->srcu read critical section. A future
commit will use this lock to lazily allocate memslot rmaps for x86.

Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h |  9 +++++++++
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 8895b95b6a22..2d5e797fbb08 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -472,6 +472,15 @@ struct kvm {
 #endif /* KVM_HAVE_MMU_RWLOCK */
 
 	struct mutex slots_lock;
+
+	/*
+	 * Protects the arch-specific fields of struct kvm_memory_slots in
+	 * use by the VM. To be used under the slots_lock (above) or in a
+	 * kvm->srcu read cirtical section where acquiring the slots_lock
+	 * would lead to deadlock with the synchronize_srcu in
+	 * install_new_memslots.
+	 */
+	struct mutex slots_arch_lock;
 	struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */
 	struct kvm_memslots __rcu *memslots[KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM];
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpus[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 9e106742b388..5c40d83754b1 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	mutex_init(&kvm->lock);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);
 	mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	mutex_init(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->devices);
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM > SHRT_MAX);
@@ -1280,6 +1281,10 @@ static struct kvm_memslots *install_new_memslots(struct kvm *kvm,
 	slots->generation = gen | KVM_MEMSLOT_GEN_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(kvm->memslots[as_id], slots);
+
+	/* Acquired in kvm_set_memslot. */
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
+
 	synchronize_srcu_expedited(&kvm->srcu);
 
 	/*
@@ -1351,6 +1356,9 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 	struct kvm_memslots *slots;
 	int r;
 
+	/* Released in install_new_memslots. */
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
+
 	slots = kvm_dup_memslots(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), change);
 	if (!slots)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1364,10 +1372,9 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 		slot->flags |= KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID;
 
 		/*
-		 * We can re-use the old memslots, the only difference from the
-		 * newly installed memslots is the invalid flag, which will get
-		 * dropped by update_memslots anyway.  We'll also revert to the
-		 * old memslots if preparing the new memory region fails.
+		 * We can re-use the memory from the old memslots.
+		 * It will be overwritten with a copy of the new memslots
+		 * after reacquiring the slots_arch_lock below.
 		 */
 		slots = install_new_memslots(kvm, as_id, slots);
 
@@ -1379,6 +1386,17 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 		 *	- kvm_is_visible_gfn (mmu_check_root)
 		 */
 		kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot(kvm, slot);
+
+		/* Released in install_new_memslots. */
+		mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
+
+		/*
+		 * The arch-specific fields of the memslots could have changed
+		 * between releasing the slots_arch_lock in
+		 * install_new_memslots and here, so get a fresh copy of the
+		 * slots.
+		 */
+		kvm_copy_memslots(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), slots);
 	}
 
 	r = kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(kvm, new, mem, change);
@@ -1394,8 +1412,11 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 	return 0;
 
 out_slots:
-	if (change == KVM_MR_DELETE || change == KVM_MR_MOVE)
+	if (change == KVM_MR_DELETE || change == KVM_MR_MOVE) {
+		slot = id_to_memslot(slots, old->id);
+		slot->flags &= ~KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID;
 		slots = install_new_memslots(kvm, as_id, slots);
+	}
 	kvfree(slots);
 	return r;
 }
-- 
2.31.1.607.g51e8a6a459-goog