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KVM: SEV: Do cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migrationgrafted
Manually perform cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migration to ensure no stale data is left in CPU caches after the VM is destroyed. Because the source VM is "converted" to a non-SEV VM, KVM's memory reclaim flows won't trigger cache maintenance, e.g. when all guest memory is reclaimed in response to detaching from the mmu_notifier. Note, relying on the destination VM to do cache maintenance isn't an option as KVM doesn't require identical guest memory configurations, i.e. the source VM may have access to memory that the destination VM does not. Enforcing equivalent memory configurations is infeasible, as it would require a *deep* comparison of memslots, e.g. to verify that not only are the memslot identical, but what the memslots point at is also identical. Fixes: b56639318bb2 ("KVM: SEV: Add support for SEV intra host migration") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu <fane@google.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-ID: <20260923163721.1584779-3-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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+==============================================
+Embedded device command line partition parsing
+==============================================
+
+The "blkdevparts" command line option adds support for reading the
+block device partition table from the kernel command line.
+
+It is typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices.
+It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
+by absolute address of data on the block device.
+Users can easily change the partition.
+
+The format for the command line is just like mtdparts:
+
+blkdevparts=<blkdev-def>[;<blkdev-def>]
+ <blkdev-def> := <blkdev-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
+ <partdef> := <size>[@<offset>](part-name)
+
+<blkdev-id>
+ block device disk name. Embedded device uses fixed block device.
+ Its disk name is also fixed, such as: mmcblk0, mmcblk1, mmcblk0boot0.
+
+<size>
+ partition size, in bytes, such as: 512, 1m, 1G.
+ size may contain an optional suffix of (upper or lower case):
+
+ K, M, G, T, P, E.
+
+ "-" is used to denote all remaining space.
+
+<offset>
+ partition start address, in bytes.
+ offset may contain an optional suffix of (upper or lower case):
+
+ K, M, G, T, P, E.
+
+(part-name)
+ partition name. Kernel sends uevent with "PARTNAME". Application can
+ create a link to block device partition with the name "PARTNAME".
+ User space application can access partition by partition name.
+
+ro
+ read-only. Flag the partition as read-only.
+
+Example:
+
+ eMMC disk names are "mmcblk0" and "mmcblk0boot0".
+
+ bootargs::
+
+ 'blkdevparts=mmcblk0:1G(data0),1G(data1),-;mmcblk0boot0:1m(boot)ro,-(kernel)'
+
+ dmesg::
+
+ mmcblk0: p1(data0) p2(data1) p3()
+ mmcblk0boot0: p1(boot) p2(kernel)