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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/userspace-api/ELF.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ac8aeacd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================================= +Linux-specific ELF idiosyncrasies +================================= + +Definitions +=========== + +"First" program header is the one with the smallest offset in the file: +e_phoff. + +"Last" program header is the one with the biggest offset in the file: +e_phoff + (e_phnum - 1) * sizeof(Elf_Phdr). + +PT_INTERP +========= + +First PT_INTERP program header is used to locate the filename of ELF +interpreter. Other PT_INTERP headers are ignored (since Linux 2.4.11). + +PT_GNU_STACK +============ + +Last PT_GNU_STACK program header defines userspace stack executability +(since Linux 2.6.6). Other PT_GNU_STACK headers are ignored. + +PT_GNU_PROPERTY +=============== + +ELF interpreter's last PT_GNU_PROPERTY program header is used (since +Linux 5.8). If interpreter doesn't have one, then the last PT_GNU_PROPERTY +program header of an executable is used. Other PT_GNU_PROPERTY headers +are ignored. |
