[PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: Dirty ring fixes and cleanups

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu May 08 2025 - 10:10:27 EST


Fix issues with dirty ring harvesting where KVM doesn't bound the processing
of entries in any way, which allows userspace to keep KVM in a tight loop
indefinitely.

E.g.

struct kvm_dirty_gfn *dirty_gfns = vcpu_map_dirty_ring(vcpu);

if (fork()) {
int r;

for (;;) {
r = kvm_vm_reset_dirty_ring(vcpu->vm);
if (r)
printf("RESET %d dirty ring entries\n", r);
}
} else {
int i;

for (i = 0; i < test_dirty_ring_count; i++) {
dirty_gfns[i].slot = TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX;
dirty_gfns[i].offset = (i * 64) % host_num_pages;
}

for (;;) {
for (i = 0; i < test_dirty_ring_count; i++)
WRITE_ONCE(dirty_gfns[i].flags, KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET);
}
}

Patches 1-3 address that class of bugs. Patches 4 and 5 are cleanups.


v2: Expand on comments in dirty ring harvesting code. [Yan]

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250111010409.1252942-1-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx

Sean Christopherson (5):
KVM: Bound the number of dirty ring entries in a single reset at
INT_MAX
KVM: Bail from the dirty ring reset flow if a signal is pending
KVM: Conditionally reschedule when resetting the dirty ring
KVM: Check for empty mask of harvested dirty ring entries in caller
KVM: Use mask of harvested dirty ring entries to coalesce dirty ring
resets

include/linux/kvm_dirty_ring.h | 8 ++-
virt/kvm/dirty_ring.c | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 9 ++-
3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)


base-commit: d1b88431c59e94799aff0e31ce1467af2a86b0cf
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2.49.0.1015.ga840276032-goog