Re: [PATCH] mm: pull writability check to follow_pfnmap_start()

On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [High] KVM fails to return KVM_PFN_ERR_RO_FAULT on write faults to read-only PFNMAP VMAs, breaking MMIO emulation.

Let's look at the bright side, I only messed up the part that *I* maintain.

Yeah this is correct and fixed with something like:

    /*
     * A write to a VMA that isn't writable can never be fixed up, as
     * fixup_user_fault() rejects it outright; report it without even
     * trying follow_pfnmap_start().
     */
    if (args.write_fault && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) {
        *p_pfn = KVM_PFN_ERR_RO_FAULT;
        return 0;
    }

before the first

     r = follow_pfnmap_start(&args);

Paolo