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| author | Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> | 2026-09-23 09:37:21 -0700 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2026-09-26 00:39:55 -0400 |
| commit | 93de2a6a4b91b72607136dd656edf03fb399d27f (patch) | |
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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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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/skbuff.rst b/Documentation/networking/skbuff.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..94681523e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/skbuff.rst @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +struct sk_buff +============== + +:c:type:`sk_buff` is the main networking structure representing +a packet. + +Basic sk_buff geometry +---------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/skbuff.h + :doc: Basic sk_buff geometry + +Shared skbs and skb clones +-------------------------- + +:c:member:`sk_buff.users` is a simple refcount allowing multiple entities +to keep a struct sk_buff alive. skbs with a ``sk_buff.users != 1`` are referred +to as shared skbs (see skb_shared()). + +skb_clone() allows for fast duplication of skbs. None of the data buffers +get copied, but caller gets a new metadata struct (struct sk_buff). +&skb_shared_info.refcount indicates the number of skbs pointing at the same +packet data (i.e. clones). + +dataref and headerless skbs +--------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/skbuff.h + :doc: dataref and headerless skbs |
