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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c20
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 992e651540e8..283b2309e75f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -831,6 +831,15 @@ static void account_shadowed(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
gfn_t gfn;
kvm->arch.indirect_shadow_pages++;
+ /*
+ * Ensure indirect_shadow_pages is elevated prior to re-reading guest
+ * child PTEs in FNAME(gpte_changed), i.e. guarantee either in-flight
+ * emulated writes are visible before re-reading guest PTEs, or that
+ * an emulated write will see the elevated count and acquire mmu_lock
+ * to update SPTEs. Pairs with the smp_mb() in kvm_mmu_track_write().
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+
gfn = sp->gfn;
slots = kvm_memslots_for_spte_role(kvm, sp->role);
slot = __gfn_to_memslot(slots, gfn);
@@ -5802,10 +5811,15 @@ void kvm_mmu_track_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, const u8 *new,
bool flush = false;
/*
- * If we don't have indirect shadow pages, it means no page is
- * write-protected, so we can exit simply.
+ * When emulating guest writes, ensure the written value is visible to
+ * any task that is handling page faults before checking whether or not
+ * KVM is shadowing a guest PTE. This ensures either KVM will create
+ * the correct SPTE in the page fault handler, or this task will see
+ * a non-zero indirect_shadow_pages. Pairs with the smp_mb() in
+ * account_shadowed().
*/
- if (!READ_ONCE(vcpu->kvm->arch.indirect_shadow_pages))
+ smp_mb();
+ if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.indirect_shadow_pages)
return;
write_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);