From: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v16 10/22] KVM: guest_memfd: Add plumbing to host to map guest_memfd pages
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:47:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250723104714.1674617-11-tabba@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250723104714.1674617-1-tabba@google.com>
Introduce the core infrastructure to enable host userspace to mmap()
guest_memfd-backed memory. This is needed for several evolving KVM use
cases:
* Non-CoCo VM backing: Allows VMMs like Firecracker to run guests
entirely backed by guest_memfd, even for non-CoCo VMs [1]. This
provides a unified memory management model and simplifies guest memory
handling.
* Direct map removal for enhanced security: This is an important step
for direct map removal of guest memory [2]. By allowing host userspace
to fault in guest_memfd pages directly, we can avoid maintaining host
kernel direct maps of guest memory. This provides additional hardening
against Spectre-like transient execution attacks by removing a
potential attack surface within the kernel.
* Future guest_memfd features: This also lays the groundwork for future
enhancements to guest_memfd, such as supporting huge pages and
enabling in-place sharing of guest memory with the host for CoCo
platforms that permit it [3].
Enable the basic mmap and fault handling logic within guest_memfd, but
hold off on allow userspace to actually do mmap() until the architecture
support is also in place.
[1] https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/tree/feature/secret-hiding
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/cc1bb8e9bc3e1ab637700a4d3defeec95b55060a.camel@amazon.com
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c1c9591d-218a-495c-957b-ba356c8f8e09@redhat.com/T/#u
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 11 +++++++
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 4 +++
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a1c49bc681c4..e5cd54ba1eaa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -13518,6 +13518,16 @@ bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_arch_no_poll);
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
+/*
+ * KVM doesn't yet support mmap() on guest_memfd for VMs with private memory
+ * (the private vs. shared tracking needs to be moved into guest_memfd).
+ */
+bool kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ return !kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_PREPARE
int kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, int max_order)
{
@@ -13531,6 +13541,7 @@ void kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate(kvm_pfn_t start, kvm_pfn_t end)
kvm_x86_call(gmem_invalidate)(start, end);
}
#endif
+#endif
int kvm_spec_ctrl_test_value(u64 value)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 4d1c44622056..26bad600f9fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ static inline bool kvm_arch_has_private_mem(struct kvm *kvm)
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
+bool kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(struct kvm *kvm);
+#endif
+
#ifndef kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem
static inline bool kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem(struct kvm *kvm)
{
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index a99e11b8b77f..67e7cd7210ef 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -312,7 +312,72 @@ static pgoff_t kvm_gmem_get_index(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn)
return gfn - slot->base_gfn + slot->gmem.pgoff;
}
+static bool kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
+ struct folio *folio;
+ vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+
+ if (((loff_t)vmf->pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) >= i_size_read(inode))
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+ folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(inode, vmf->pgoff);
+ if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
+ int err = PTR_ERR(folio);
+
+ if (err == -EAGAIN)
+ return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
+
+ return vmf_error(err);
+ }
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_large(folio))) {
+ ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+ goto out_folio;
+ }
+
+ if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+ clear_highpage(folio_page(folio, 0));
+ kvm_gmem_mark_prepared(folio);
+ }
+
+ vmf->page = folio_file_page(folio, vmf->pgoff);
+
+out_folio:
+ if (ret != VM_FAULT_LOCKED) {
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+ folio_put(folio);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct vm_operations_struct kvm_gmem_vm_ops = {
+ .fault = kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping,
+};
+
+static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ if (!kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(file_inode(file)))
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) !=
+ (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ vma->vm_ops = &kvm_gmem_vm_ops;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {
+ .mmap = kvm_gmem_mmap,
.open = generic_file_open,
.release = kvm_gmem_release,
.fallocate = kvm_gmem_fallocate,
@@ -391,6 +456,11 @@ static const struct inode_operations kvm_gmem_iops = {
.setattr = kvm_gmem_setattr,
};
+bool __weak kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+
static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
{
const char *anon_name = "[kvm-gmem]";
--
2.50.1.470.g6ba607880d-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-23 10:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-23 10:46 [PATCH v16 00/22] KVM: Enable host userspace mapping for guest_memfd-backed memory for non-CoCo VMs Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:46 ` [PATCH v16 01/22] KVM: Rename CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEM to CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:46 ` [PATCH v16 02/22] KVM: x86: Have all vendor neutral sub-configs depend on KVM_X86, not just KVM Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 13:06 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-23 13:13 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-23 10:46 ` [PATCH v16 03/22] KVM: x86: Select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM directly from KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 13:13 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-23 13:17 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-23 10:46 ` [PATCH v16 04/22] KVM: x86: Select TDX's KVM_GENERIC_xxx dependencies iff CONFIG_KVM_INTEL_TDX=y Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 13:14 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-23 13:22 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-24 22:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-23 10:46 ` [PATCH v16 05/22] KVM: Rename CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM to CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_POPULATE Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 13:27 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-24 22:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-25 15:13 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-23 10:46 ` [PATCH v16 06/22] KVM: Rename kvm_slot_can_be_private() to kvm_slot_has_gmem() Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:46 ` [PATCH v16 07/22] KVM: Fix comments that refer to slots_lock Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 08/22] KVM: Fix comment that refers to kvm uapi header path Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 09/22] KVM: x86: Enable KVM_GUEST_MEMFD for all 64-bit builds Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 13:17 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-23 13:42 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-23 10:47 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2025-07-23 14:03 ` [PATCH v16 10/22] KVM: guest_memfd: Add plumbing to host to map guest_memfd pages Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-24 22:33 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 11/22] KVM: guest_memfd: Track guest_memfd mmap support in memslot Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 12/22] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename .private_max_mapping_level() to .gmem_max_mapping_level() Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 13/22] KVM: x86/mmu: Hoist guest_memfd max level/order helpers "up" in mmu.c Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 13:51 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-24 23:03 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-24 23:04 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 14/22] KVM: x86/mmu: Enforce guest_memfd's max order when recovering hugepages Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 13:55 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-24 22:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-24 23:21 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-24 23:34 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-25 14:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-25 17:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-25 19:16 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 15/22] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend guest_memfd's max mapping level to shared mappings Fuad Tabba
2025-07-24 23:31 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-25 13:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-25 16:40 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-25 17:13 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-25 19:34 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-25 19:52 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-25 21:31 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-25 22:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-25 22:25 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 16/22] KVM: arm64: Refactor user_mem_abort() Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 17/22] KVM: arm64: Handle guest_memfd-backed guest page faults Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 18/22] KVM: arm64: nv: Handle VNCR_EL2-triggered faults backed by guest_memfd Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 19/22] KVM: arm64: Enable support for guest_memfd backed memory Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 20/22] KVM: Allow and advertise support for host mmap() on guest_memfd files Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 21/22] KVM: selftests: Do not use hardcoded page sizes in guest_memfd test Fuad Tabba
2025-07-23 10:47 ` [PATCH v16 22/22] KVM: selftests: guest_memfd mmap() test when mmap is supported Fuad Tabba
2025-07-24 22:15 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-28 7:00 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-24 22:44 ` [PATCH v16 00/22] KVM: Enable host userspace mapping for guest_memfd-backed memory for non-CoCo VMs Sean Christopherson
2025-07-24 23:46 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-07-25 14:56 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-28 7:05 ` Fuad Tabba
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