[PATCH v2 2/6] drm/shmem_helper: use vmf_insert_pfn_mkwrite()

Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 14:05:24 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.stable,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel,gmane.comp.video.dri.devel,gmane.linux.kernel.mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This ensures that KVM or VFIO correctly see a writable PTE when
they request one.  Otherwise, a guest write to an unpopulated
PTE from a mapping backed by a DRM GEM BO triggers a VM exit
with EFAULT.

The code actually is simpler, because the same logic already
applied to the hugepage mapping case using vmf_insert_pfn_pmd().

Reported-by: Sergio Lopez <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/[email protected]/
Tested-by: Sergio Lopez <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
Fixes: 28e3918179aa ("drm/gem-shmem: Track folio accessed/dirty status in mmap")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c | 38 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
index c989459eb215..c81be3e97317 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
@@ -589,11 +589,25 @@ static void drm_gem_shmem_record_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	folio_mark_dirty(page_folio(shmem->pages[page_offset]));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Because the vm_ops have a .pfn_mkwrite() callback, vma_set_page_prot()
+ * has cleared the write bit from vma->vm_page_prot.  vmf_insert_pfn()
+ * would install a read-only entry even for a write fault, relying on a
+ * second fault to reach .pfn_mkwrite() and upgrade it, but that second
+ * fault never happens for fixup_user_fault() callers that directly
+ * walk the page tables with follow_pfnmap_start().  To ensure that
+ * they don't see the read-only entry, pass FAULT_FLAG_WRITE info down
+ * to install a writable entry right away.  Because .pfn_mkwrite() is
+ * not invoked, record the write afterwards.
+ */
 static vm_fault_t try_insert_pfn(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned int order,
 				 unsigned long pfn)
 {
+	bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
+	vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+
 	if (!order) {
-		return vmf_insert_pfn(vmf->vma, vmf->address, pfn);
+		ret = vmf_insert_pfn_mkwrite(vmf->vma, vmf->address, pfn, write);
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_PMD_PFNMAP
 	} else if (order == PMD_ORDER) {
 		unsigned long paddr = pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -601,27 +615,15 @@ static vm_fault_t try_insert_pfn(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned int order,
 
 		if (aligned &&
 		    folio_test_pmd_mappable(page_folio(pfn_to_page(pfn)))) {
-			vm_fault_t ret;
-
 			pfn &= PMD_MASK >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-			/* Unlike PTEs which are automatically upgraded to
-			 * writeable entries, the PMD upgrades go through
-			 * .huge_fault(). Make sure we pass the "write" info
-			 * along in that case.
-			 * This also means we have to record the write fault
-			 * here, instead of in .pfn_mkwrite().
-			 */
-			ret = vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(vmf, pfn,
-						 vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE);
-			if (ret == VM_FAULT_NOPAGE && (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE))
-				drm_gem_shmem_record_mkwrite(vmf);
-
-			return ret;
+			ret = vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(vmf, pfn, write);
 		}
 #endif
 	}
-	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+
+	if (ret == VM_FAULT_NOPAGE && write)
+		drm_gem_shmem_record_mkwrite(vmf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static vm_fault_t drm_gem_shmem_any_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned int order)
-- 
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