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KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Always flush TLB in kvmppc_alloc_reset_hpt() 

The KVM_PPC_ALLOCATE_HTAB ioctl(), implemented by kvmppc_alloc_reset_hpt()
is supposed to completely clear and reset a guest's Hashed Page Table (HPT)
allocating or re-allocating it if necessary.

In the case where an HPT of the right size already exists and it just
zeroes it, it forces a TLB flush on all guest CPUs, to remove any stale TLB
entries loaded from the old HPT.

However, that situation can arise when the HPT is resizing as well - or
even when switching from an RPT to HPT - so those cases need a TLB flush as
well.

So, move the TLB flush to trigger in all cases except for errors.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.10+
Fixes: f98a8bf9ee ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Allow KVM_PPC_ALLOCATE_HTAB ioctl() to change HPT size")
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
David Gibson 2018-01-10 17:04:39 +11:00 committed by Paul Mackerras
parent 6c7d47c33e
commit ecba8297aa
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
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arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
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@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ long kvmppc_alloc_reset_hpt(struct kvm *kvm, int order)
* Reset all the reverse-mapping chains for all memslots
*/
kvmppc_rmap_reset(kvm);
/* Ensure that each vcpu will flush its TLB on next entry. */
cpumask_setall(&kvm->arch.need_tlb_flush);
err = 0;
goto out;
}
@ -182,6 +180,10 @@ long kvmppc_alloc_reset_hpt(struct kvm *kvm, int order)
kvmppc_set_hpt(kvm, &info);
out:
if (err == 0)
/* Ensure that each vcpu will flush its TLB on next entry. */
cpumask_setall(&kvm->arch.need_tlb_flush);
mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
return err;
}