From 98ade8c48c28c227fe2e80e545ff0c57cd4712a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 13:49:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: SEV: Mark vCPU RUNNABLE after AP_CREATE, even if VMSA is unusable Always mark the vCPU as RUNNABLE after responding to AP_CREATE, even if the guest-specified VMSA is unusable, e.g. isn't backed by a memslot or doesn't have a backing guest_memfd page. If the VMSA is unusable, leaving the vCPU in a non-running state will effectively hang the vCPU instead of reporting an error to userspace. This will also allow retrying the VMSA load in the future, to fix a bug where KVM doesn't honor guest_memfd invalidation events, e.g. if AP_CREATION races with PUNCH_HOLE. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.12.x Reviewed-by: Michael Roth Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260709204948.1988414-4-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c index d8ed00f76aa3..30792adcfc8e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c @@ -4028,9 +4028,6 @@ static void sev_snp_reload_vmsa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa) svm->sev_es.snp_guest_vmsa_gpa = gpa; svm->vmcb->control.vmsa_pa = pfn_to_hpa(pfn); - /* Mark the vCPU as runnable */ - kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE); - /* * gmem pages aren't currently migratable, but if this ever changes * then care should be taken to ensure svm->sev_es.vmsa is pinned @@ -4062,6 +4059,15 @@ static void sev_snp_init_protected_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) svm->sev_es.snp_pending_vmsa_gpa = INVALID_PAGE; sev_snp_reload_vmsa(vcpu, gpa); + + /* + * Mark the vCPU as runnable for CREATE requests, indicated by a valid + * VMSA GPA, even if installing the VMSA failed, so that KVM_RUN will + * fail instead of blocking indefinitely and hanging the vCPU, e.g. if + * the backing guest_memfd page is unavailable. + */ + if (VALID_PAGE(gpa)) + kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE); } static int sev_snp_ap_creation(struct vcpu_svm *svm)