Re: [RFC 07/16] KVM: mm: Introduce VM_KVM_PROTECTED

From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
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	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
	Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
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	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>, Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>,
	"Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
	"Kleen, Andi" <andi.kleen@intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 07/16] KVM: mm: Introduce VM_KVM_PROTECTED
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 01:01:55 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200526220155.34xmakrh7ipqynht@box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200526061552.GD13247@kernel.org>

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:15:52AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 03:52:05PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > The new VMA flag that indicate a VMA that is not accessible to userspace
> > but usable by kernel with GUP if FOLL_KVM is specified.
> > 
> > The FOLL_KVM is only used in the KVM code. The code has to know how to
> > deal with such pages.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/mm.h  |  8 ++++++++
> >  mm/gup.c            | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
> >  mm/huge_memory.c    | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
> >  mm/memory.c         |  3 +++
> >  mm/mmap.c           |  3 +++
> >  virt/kvm/async_pf.c |  4 ++--
> >  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c |  9 +++++----
> >  7 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> > index e1882eec1752..4f7195365cc0 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> > @@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
> >  # define VM_MAPPED_COPY	VM_ARCH_1	/* T if mapped copy of data (nommu mmap) */
> >  #endif
> >  
> > +#define VM_KVM_PROTECTED 0
> 
> With all the ideas about removing pages from the direct mapi floating
> around I wouldn't limit this to KVM.
> 
> VM_NOT_IN_DIRECT_MAP would describe such areas better, but I realise
> it's very far from perfect and nothing better does not comes to mind :)

I don't like VM_NOT_IN_DIRECT_MAP.

It's not only about direct mapping, but about userspace mapping as well.
For the same reason other naming proposals don't fit as well.

> > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> > index f609e9ec4a25..d56c3f6efc99 100644
> > --- a/mm/mmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> > @@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ pgprot_t vm_get_page_prot(unsigned long vm_flags)
> >  				(VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)]) |
> >  			pgprot_val(arch_vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags)));
> >  
> > +	if (vm_flags & VM_KVM_PROTECTED)
> > +		ret = PAGE_NONE;
> 
> Nit: vma_is_kvm_protected()?

Which VMA? :P

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov