[PATCH 3/4] KVM: Get reference to VM's address space in the async #PF worker

[Sean Christopherson]

Get a reference to the target VM's address space in async_pf_execute()
instead of gifting a reference from kvm_setup_async_pf().  Keeping the
address space alive just to service an async #PF is counter-productive,
i.e. if the process is exiting and all vCPUs are dead, then NOT doing
get_user_pages_remote() and freeing the address space asap is desirable.

Handling the mm reference entirely within async_pf_execute() also
simplifies the async #PF flows as a whole, e.g. it's not immediately
obvious when the worker task vs. the vCPU task is responsible for putting
the gifted mm reference.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h |  1 -
 virt/kvm/async_pf.c      | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 7e7fd25b09b3..bbfefd7e612f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ struct kvm_async_pf {
 	struct list_head link;
 	struct list_head queue;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
-	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	gpa_t cr2_or_gpa;
 	unsigned long addr;
 	struct kvm_arch_async_pf arch;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
index d5dc50318aa6..c3f4f351a2ae 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ static void async_pf_execute(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct kvm_async_pf *apf =
 		container_of(work, struct kvm_async_pf, work);
-	struct mm_struct *mm = apf->mm;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = apf->vcpu;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = vcpu->kvm->mm;
 	unsigned long addr = apf->addr;
 	gpa_t cr2_or_gpa = apf->cr2_or_gpa;
 	int locked = 1;
@@ -56,16 +56,24 @@ static void async_pf_execute(struct work_struct *work)
 	might_sleep();
 
 	/*
-	 * This work is run asynchronously to the task which owns
-	 * mm and might be done in another context, so we must
-	 * access remotely.
+	 * Attempt to pin the VM's host address space, and simply skip gup() if
+	 * acquiring a pin fail, i.e. if the process is exiting.  Note, KVM
+	 * holds a reference to its associated mm_struct until the very end of
+	 * kvm_destroy_vm(), i.e. the struct itself won't be freed before this
+	 * work item is fully processed.
 	 */
-	mmap_read_lock(mm);
-	get_user_pages_remote(mm, addr, 1, FOLL_WRITE, NULL, &locked);
-	if (locked)
-		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
-	mmput(mm);
+	if (mmget_not_zero(mm)) {
+		mmap_read_lock(mm);
+		get_user_pages_remote(mm, addr, 1, FOLL_WRITE, NULL, &locked);
+		if (locked)
+			mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+		mmput(mm);
+	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Notify and kick the vCPU even if faulting in the page failed, e.g.
+	 * so that the vCPU can retry the fault synchronously.
+	 */
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF_SYNC))
 		kvm_arch_async_page_present(vcpu, apf);
 
@@ -129,10 +137,8 @@ void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF_SYNC
 		flush_work(&work->work);
 #else
-		if (cancel_work_sync(&work->work)) {
-			mmput(work->mm);
+		if (cancel_work_sync(&work->work))
 			kmem_cache_free(async_pf_cache, work);
-		}
 #endif
 		spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 	}
@@ -211,8 +217,6 @@ bool kvm_setup_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 	work->cr2_or_gpa = cr2_or_gpa;
 	work->addr = hva;
 	work->arch = *arch;
-	work->mm = current->mm;
-	mmget(work->mm);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&work->work, async_pf_execute);
 
-- 
2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog