[PATCH RFC v5 23/53] KVM: x86: Support SW_PROTECTED_VM in applying content modes

From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 19:40:40 EST


From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Override the architecture-specific guest_memfd content mode functions for
x86 to provide support for KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM.

For software-protected VMs, specify KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2_ZERO and
KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2_PRESERVE as supported content modes. Implement
the logic for these modes as follows:

+ ZERO: Zero out the memory using the generic guest_memfd helper.
+ PRESERVE: Maintain the existing memory content without modification.
+ UNSPECIFIED: KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM is guest_memfd's testing
vehicle. Scramble the memory range by filling it with random bytes so
test behavior will differ from that of PRESERVE.

Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 93 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 6609957ecfea3..e8abff71001eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -14194,6 +14194,99 @@ void kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate(kvm_pfn_t start, kvm_pfn_t end)
kvm_x86_call(gmem_invalidate)(start, end);
}
#endif
+
+u64 kvm_arch_gmem_supported_content_modes(struct kvm *kvm, bool to_private)
+{
+ if (!kvm) {
+ return KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2_ZERO |
+ KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2_PRESERVE;
+ }
+
+ switch (kvm->arch.vm_type) {
+ case KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM:
+ return KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2_ZERO |
+ KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2_PRESERVE;
+ default:
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+int kvm_arch_gmem_apply_content_mode_zero(struct kvm *kvm, struct inode *inode,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
+{
+ switch (kvm->arch.vm_type) {
+ case KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM:
+ return kvm_gmem_apply_content_mode_zero(inode, start, end);
+ default:
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+int kvm_arch_gmem_apply_content_mode_preserve(struct kvm *kvm,
+ struct inode *inode,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
+{
+ switch (kvm->arch.vm_type) {
+ case KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM:
+ /* Do nothing to preserve content. */
+ return 0;
+ default:
+ /* Not a valid content mode for other types, so do nothing. */
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+static int __scramble_range(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+ struct folio_batch fbatch;
+ struct folio *f;
+ char *kaddr;
+ int ret = 0;
+ int i;
+
+ folio_batch_init(&fbatch);
+ while (!ret && filemap_get_folios(mapping, &start, end - 1, &fbatch)) {
+ for (i = 0; !ret && i < folio_batch_count(&fbatch); ++i) {
+ f = fbatch.folios[i];
+
+ folio_lock(f);
+
+ if (folio_test_hwpoison(f)) {
+ ret = -EHWPOISON;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Hard-coding range to scramble since
+ * guest_memfd only supports PAGE_SIZE
+ * folios now.
+ */
+ kaddr = kmap_local_folio(f, 0);
+ get_random_bytes(kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
+ kunmap_local(kaddr);
+ }
+
+ folio_unlock(f);
+ }
+
+ folio_batch_release(&fbatch);
+ cond_resched();
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int kvm_arch_gmem_apply_content_mode_unspecified(struct kvm *kvm,
+ struct inode *inode,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
+{
+ switch (kvm->arch.vm_type) {
+ case KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM:
+ return __scramble_range(inode, start, end);
+ default:
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
#endif

int kvm_spec_ctrl_test_value(u64 value)

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