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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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+========
+BPF maps
+========
+
+BPF 'maps' provide generic storage of different types for sharing data between
+kernel and user space. There are several storage types available, including
+hash, array, bloom filter and radix-tree. Several of the map types exist to
+support specific BPF helpers that perform actions based on the map contents. The
+maps are accessed from BPF programs via BPF helpers which are documented in the
+`man-pages`_ for `bpf-helpers(7)`_.
+
+BPF maps are accessed from user space via the ``bpf`` syscall, which provides
+commands to create maps, lookup elements, update elements and delete elements.
+More details of the BPF syscall are available in `ebpf-syscall`_ and in the
+`man-pages`_ for `bpf(2)`_.
+
+Map Types
+=========
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+ :glob:
+
+ map_*
+
+Usage Notes
+===========
+
+.. c:function::
+ int bpf(int command, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)
+
+Use the ``bpf()`` system call to perform the operation specified by
+``command``. The operation takes parameters provided in ``attr``. The ``size``
+argument is the size of the ``union bpf_attr`` in ``attr``.
+
+**BPF_MAP_CREATE**
+
+Create a map with the desired type and attributes in ``attr``:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int fd;
+ union bpf_attr attr = {
+ .map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY; /* mandatory */
+ .key_size = sizeof(__u32); /* mandatory */
+ .value_size = sizeof(__u32); /* mandatory */
+ .max_entries = 256; /* mandatory */
+ .map_flags = BPF_F_MMAPABLE;
+ .map_name = "example_array";
+ };
+
+ fd = bpf(BPF_MAP_CREATE, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+
+Returns a process-local file descriptor on success, or negative error in case of
+failure. The map can be deleted by calling ``close(fd)``. Maps held by open
+file descriptors will be deleted automatically when a process exits.
+
+.. note:: Valid characters for ``map_name`` are ``A-Z``, ``a-z``, ``0-9``,
+ ``'_'`` and ``'.'``.
+
+**BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM**
+
+Lookup key in a given map using ``attr->map_fd``, ``attr->key``,
+``attr->value``. Returns zero and stores found elem into ``attr->value`` on
+success, or negative error on failure.
+
+**BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM**
+
+Create or update key/value pair in a given map using ``attr->map_fd``, ``attr->key``,
+``attr->value``. Returns zero on success or negative error on failure.
+
+**BPF_MAP_DELETE_ELEM**
+
+Find and delete element by key in a given map using ``attr->map_fd``,
+``attr->key``. Returns zero on success or negative error on failure.
+
+.. Links:
+.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
+.. _bpf(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bpf.2.html
+.. _bpf-helpers(7): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/bpf-helpers.7.html
+.. _ebpf-syscall: https://docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.html