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authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2026-09-23 09:37:21 -0700
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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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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================
+Devicetree Changesets
+=====================
+
+A Devicetree changeset is a method which allows one to apply changes
+in the live tree in such a way that either the full set of changes
+will be applied, or none of them will be. If an error occurs partway
+through applying the changeset, then the tree will be rolled back to the
+previous state. A changeset can also be removed after it has been
+applied.
+
+When a changeset is applied, all of the changes get applied to the tree
+at once before emitting OF_RECONFIG notifiers. This is so that the
+receiver sees a complete and consistent state of the tree when it
+receives the notifier.
+
+The sequence of a changeset is as follows.
+
+1. of_changeset_init() - initializes a changeset
+
+2. A number of DT tree change calls, of_changeset_attach_node(),
+ of_changeset_detach_node(), of_changeset_add_property(),
+ of_changeset_remove_property, of_changeset_update_property() to prepare
+ a set of changes. No changes to the active tree are made at this point.
+ All the change operations are recorded in the of_changeset 'entries'
+ list.
+
+3. of_changeset_apply() - Apply the changes to the tree. Either the
+ entire changeset will get applied, or if there is an error the tree will
+ be restored to the previous state. The core ensures proper serialization
+ through locking. An unlocked version __of_changeset_apply is available,
+ if needed.
+
+If a successfully applied changeset needs to be removed, it can be done
+with of_changeset_revert().