[PATCH v1 1/3] s390/uv: don't return 0 from make_hva_secure() if the operation was not successful

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Fri May 16 2025 - 08:40:19 EST


If s390_wiggle_split_folio() returns 0 because splitting a large folio
succeeded, we will return 0 from make_hva_secure() even though a retry
is required. Return -EAGAIN in that case.

Otherwise, we'll return 0 from gmap_make_secure(), and consequently from
unpack_one(). In kvm_s390_pv_unpack(), we assume that unpacking
succeeded and skip unpacking this page. Later on, we run into issues
and fail booting the VM.

So far, this issue was only observed with follow-up patches where we
split large pagecache XFS folios. Maybe it can also be triggered with
shmem?

We'll cleanup s390_wiggle_split_folio() a bit next, to also return 0
if no split was required.

Fixes: d8dfda5af0be ("KVM: s390: pv: fix race when making a page secure")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/s390/kernel/uv.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c b/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
index 9a5d5be8acf41..2cc3b599c7fe3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
@@ -393,8 +393,11 @@ int make_hva_secure(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long hva, struct uv_cb_header
folio_walk_end(&fw, vma);
mmap_read_unlock(mm);

- if (rc == -E2BIG || rc == -EBUSY)
+ if (rc == -E2BIG || rc == -EBUSY) {
rc = s390_wiggle_split_folio(mm, folio, rc == -E2BIG);
+ if (!rc)
+ rc = -EAGAIN;
+ }
folio_put(folio);

return rc;
--
2.49.0