[PATCH 3/7] KVM: SEV: Mark vCPU RUNNABLE after AP_CREATE, even if VMSA is unusable
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 18:24:01 EST
Always mark the vCPU as RUNNABLE after responding to AP_CREATE, even if the
guest-specified VMSA is unusable, e.g. isn't backed by a memslot or doesn't
have a backing guest_memfd page. If the VMSA is unusable, leaving the vCPU
in a non-running state will effectively hang the vCPU instead of reporting
an error to userspace. This will also allow retrying the VMSA load in the
future, to fix a bug where KVM doesn't honor guest_memfd invalidation
events, e.g. if AP_CREATION races with PUNCH_HOLE.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index d8ed00f76aa3..30792adcfc8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -4028,9 +4028,6 @@ static void sev_snp_reload_vmsa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa)
svm->sev_es.snp_guest_vmsa_gpa = gpa;
svm->vmcb->control.vmsa_pa = pfn_to_hpa(pfn);
- /* Mark the vCPU as runnable */
- kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE);
-
/*
* gmem pages aren't currently migratable, but if this ever changes
* then care should be taken to ensure svm->sev_es.vmsa is pinned
@@ -4062,6 +4059,15 @@ static void sev_snp_init_protected_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE;
sev_snp_reload_vmsa(vcpu, gpa);
+
+ /*
+ * Mark the vCPU as runnable for CREATE requests, indicated by a valid
+ * VMSA GPA, even if installing the VMSA failed, so that KVM_RUN will
+ * fail instead of blocking indefinitely and hanging the vCPU, e.g. if
+ * the backing guest_memfd page is unavailable.
+ */
+ if (VALID_PAGE(gpa))
+ kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE);
}
static int sev_snp_ap_creation(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
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2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog