[PATCH v4 08/13] KVM: s390: Free the mmu cache when kvm_arch_vcpu_create() fails

From: Claudio Imbrenda

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 13:23:41 EST


The mmu cache is the first thing that is allocated in
kvm_arch_vcpu_create(), but in case of failure it was not freed.

Fix by freeing the mmu cache in case of failure.

Refactor kvm_arch_vcpu_create() to use scope-based cleanup instead of
gotos.

Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e38c884df921 ("KVM: s390: Switch to new gmap")
---
arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 47eba1664bec..776dfa0ef970 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -3795,21 +3795,21 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_precreate(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
return 0;
}

+DEFINE_FREE(sie_page, struct sie_page *, if (_T) free_page((unsigned long)(_T)))
+
int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- struct sie_page *sie_page;
+ struct kvm_s390_mmu_cache *mc __free(kvm_s390_mmu_cache) = NULL;
+ struct sie_page *sie_page __free(sie_page) = NULL;
int rc;

BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct sie_page) != 4096);
- vcpu->arch.mc = kvm_s390_new_mmu_cache();
- if (!vcpu->arch.mc)
+ mc = kvm_s390_new_mmu_cache();
+ if (!mc)
return -ENOMEM;
sie_page = (struct sie_page *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
- if (!sie_page) {
- kvm_s390_free_mmu_cache(vcpu->arch.mc);
- vcpu->arch.mc = NULL;
+ if (!sie_page)
return -ENOMEM;
- }

vcpu->arch.sie_block = &sie_page->sie_block;
vcpu->arch.sie_block->itdba = virt_to_phys(&sie_page->itdb);
@@ -3851,10 +3851,9 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
vcpu->run->kvm_valid_regs |= KVM_SYNC_FPRS;

if (kvm_is_ucontrol(vcpu->kvm)) {
- rc = -ENOMEM;
vcpu->arch.gmap = gmap_new_child(vcpu->kvm->arch.gmap, -1UL);
if (!vcpu->arch.gmap)
- goto out_free_sie_block;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}

VM_EVENT(vcpu->kvm, 3, "create cpu %d at 0x%p, sie block at 0x%p",
@@ -3862,22 +3861,19 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
trace_kvm_s390_create_vcpu(vcpu->vcpu_id, vcpu, vcpu->arch.sie_block);

rc = kvm_s390_vcpu_setup(vcpu);
- if (rc)
- goto out_ucontrol_uninit;
+ if (rc) {
+ if (kvm_is_ucontrol(vcpu->kvm)) {
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &vcpu->kvm->arch.gmap->children_lock)
+ gmap_remove_child(vcpu->arch.gmap);
+ vcpu->arch.gmap = gmap_put(vcpu->arch.gmap);
+ }
+ return rc;
+ }

+ vcpu->arch.mc = no_free_ptr(mc);
+ sie_page = NULL;
kvm_s390_update_topology_change_report(vcpu->kvm, 1);
return 0;
-
-out_ucontrol_uninit:
- if (kvm_is_ucontrol(vcpu->kvm)) {
- spin_lock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.gmap->children_lock);
- gmap_remove_child(vcpu->arch.gmap);
- spin_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.gmap->children_lock);
- vcpu->arch.gmap = gmap_put(vcpu->arch.gmap);
- }
-out_free_sie_block:
- free_page((unsigned long)(vcpu->arch.sie_block));
- return rc;
}

int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
--
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