From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: cohuck@redhat.com, borntraeger@de.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com,
thuth@redhat.com, pasic@linux.ibm.com,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/14] KVM: s390: pv: leak the ASCE page when destroy fails
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 09:31:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6b75cc71-b996-cf3d-ce57-dbcd475ebc3a@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210804154046.88552-4-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
On 04.08.21 17:40, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> When a protected VM is created, the topmost level of page tables of its
> ASCE is marked by the Ultravisor; any attempt to use that memory for
> protected virtualization will result in failure.
>
> Only a successful Destroy Configuration UVC will remove the marking.
>
> When the Destroy Configuration UVC fails, the topmost level of page
> tables of the VM does not get its marking cleared; to avoid issues it
> must not be used again.
>
> Since the page becomes in practice unusable, we set it aside and leak it.
Instead of leaking, can't we add it to some list and try again later? Or
do we only expect permanent errors?
Also, we really should bail out loud (pr_warn) to tell the admin that
something really nasty is going on.
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-06 7:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-04 15:40 [PATCH v3 00/14] KVM: s390: pv: implement lazy destroy Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 01/14] KVM: s390: pv: add macros for UVC CC values Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-06 7:26 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-08-06 9:34 ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-06 15:15 ` Janosch Frank
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 02/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid stall notifications for some UVCs Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-06 7:30 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-08-06 9:33 ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] KVM: s390: pv: leak the ASCE page when destroy fails Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-06 7:31 ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2021-08-06 9:32 ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-06 11:39 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] KVM: s390: pv: properly handle page flags for protected guests Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage violations " Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage exceptions for normal guests Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] KVM: s390: pv: refactor s390_reset_acc Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] KVM: s390: pv: usage counter instead of flag Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] KVM: s390: pv: add export before import Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] KVM: s390: pv: lazy destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] KVM: s390: pv: extend lazy destroy to handle shutdown Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] KVM: s390: pv: module parameter to fence lazy destroy Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] KVM: s390: pv: add OOM notifier for " Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid export before import if possible Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-06 7:10 ` [PATCH v3 00/14] KVM: s390: pv: implement lazy destroy David Hildenbrand
2021-08-06 9:30 ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-06 11:30 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-08-06 13:44 ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-09 8:50 ` David Hildenbrand
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