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Initializing the contents of the folio on fallocate() is unnecessarily restrictive. It means that the page is registered with the firmware and then it cannot be touched anymore. In particular, this loses the possibility of using fallocate() to pre-allocate the page for SEV-SNP guests, because kvm_arch_gmem_prepare() then fails. It's only when the guest actually accesses the page (and therefore kvm_gmem_get_pfn() is called) that the page must be cleared from any stale host data and registered with the firmware. The up-to-date flag is clear if this has to be done (i.e. it is the first access and kvm_gmem_populate() has not been called). All in all, there are enough differences between kvm_gmem_get_pfn() and kvm_gmem_populate(), that it's better to separate the two flows completely. Extract the bulk of kvm_gmem_get_folio(), which take a folio and end up setting its up-to-date flag, to a new function kvm_gmem_prepare_folio(); these are now done only by the non-__-prefixed kvm_gmem_get_pfn(). As a bonus, __kvm_gmem_get_pfn() loses its ugly "bool prepare" argument. One difference is that fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE) can now race with a page fault. Potentially this causes a page to be prepared and into the filemap even after fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE). This is harmless, as it can be fixed by another hole punching operation, and can be avoided by clearing the private-page attribute prior to invoking fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE). This way, the page fault will cause an exit to user space. The previous semantics, where fallocate() could be used to prepare the pages in advance of running the guest, can be accessed with KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY. For now, accessing a page in one VM will attempt to call kvm_arch_gmem_prepare() in all of those that have bound the guest_memfd. Cleaning this up is left to a separate patch. Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.