Re: [RFC PATCH v3 08/11] KVM: Fix set_mem_attr ioctl when error case

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes() discarded an error code of xa_err()
> unconditionally.  If an error occurred at the beginning, return error.
> 
> Fixes: 3779c214835b ("KVM: Introduce per-page memory attributes")
> Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Changes v2 -> v3:
> - Newly added
> ---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 422d49634c56..fdef56f85174 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -2423,6 +2423,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
>  	gfn_t start, end;
>  	unsigned long i;
>  	void *entry;
> +	int err = 0;
>  
>  	/* flags is currently not used. */
>  	if (attrs->flags)
> @@ -2447,14 +2448,17 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
>  	KVM_MMU_UNLOCK(kvm);
>  
>  	for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
> -		if (xa_err(xa_store(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, entry,
> -				    GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT)))
> +		err = xa_err(xa_store(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, entry,
> +				      GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT));
> +		if (err)
>  			break;
>  	}
>  
>  	KVM_MMU_LOCK(kvm);
> -	if (i > start)
> +	if (i > start) {
> +		err = 0;
>  		kvm_mem_attrs_changed(kvm, attrs->attributes, start, i);
> +	}
>  	kvm_mmu_invalidate_end(kvm);
>  	KVM_MMU_UNLOCK(kvm);
>  
> @@ -2463,7 +2467,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
>  	attrs->address = i << PAGE_SHIFT;
>  	attrs->size = (end - i) << PAGE_SHIFT;
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	return err;

Aha!  Idea (stolen from commit afb2acb2e3a3 ("KVM: Fix vcpu_array[0] races")).
Rather than deal with a potential error partway through the updates, reserve all
xarray entries head of time.  That way the ioctl() is all-or-nothing, e.g. KVM
doesn't need to update the address+size to capture progress, and userspace doesn't
have to retry (which is probably pointless anyways since failure to allocate an
xarray entry likely means the system/cgroup is under intense memory pressure).

Assuming it works (compile tested only), I'll squash this:

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 46fbb4e019a6..8cb972038dab 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ struct kvm_s390_zpci_op {
 
 /* Available with KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */
 #define KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES    _IOR(KVMIO,  0xd2, __u64)
-#define KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES              _IOWR(KVMIO,  0xd3, struct kvm_memory_attributes)
+#define KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES              _IOW(KVMIO,  0xd3, struct kvm_memory_attributes)
 
 struct kvm_memory_attributes {
        __u64 address;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 9584491c0cd3..93e82e3f1e1f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2425,6 +2425,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
        gfn_t start, end;
        unsigned long i;
        void *entry;
+       int r;
 
        /* flags is currently not used. */
        if (attrs->flags)
@@ -2439,18 +2440,32 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
        start = attrs->address >> PAGE_SHIFT;
        end = (attrs->address + attrs->size - 1 + PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(start == end))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        entry = attrs->attributes ? xa_mk_value(attrs->attributes) : NULL;
 
        mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 
+       /*
+        * Reserve memory ahead of time to avoid having to deal with failures
+        * partway through setting the new attributes.
+        */
+       for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
+               r = xa_reserve(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+               if (r)
+                       goto out_unlock;
+       }
+
        KVM_MMU_LOCK(kvm);
        kvm_mmu_invalidate_begin(kvm);
        kvm_mmu_invalidate_range_add(kvm, start, end);
        KVM_MMU_UNLOCK(kvm);
 
        for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
-               if (xa_err(xa_store(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, entry,
-                                   GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT)))
+               r = xa_err(xa_store(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, entry,
+                                   GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT));
+               if (KVM_BUG_ON(r, kvm))
                        break;
        }
 
@@ -2460,12 +2475,10 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
        kvm_mmu_invalidate_end(kvm);
        KVM_MMU_UNLOCK(kvm);
 
+out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 
-       attrs->address = i << PAGE_SHIFT;
-       attrs->size = (end - i) << PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-       return 0;
+       return r;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */
 
@@ -5078,9 +5091,6 @@ static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
                        goto out;
 
                r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(kvm, &attrs);
-
-               if (!r && copy_to_user(argp, &attrs, sizeof(attrs)))
-                       r = -EFAULT;
                break;
        }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */