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Set .owner for all KVM-owned filed types so that the KVM module is pinned until any files with callbacks back into KVM are completely freed. Using "struct kvm" as a proxy for the module, i.e. keeping KVM-the-module alive while there are active VMs, doesn't provide full protection. Userspace can invoke delete_module() the instant the last reference to KVM is put. If KVM itself puts the last reference, e.g. via kvm_destroy_vm(), then it's possible for KVM to be preempted and deleted/unloaded before KVM fully exits, e.g. when the task running kvm_destroy_vm() is scheduled back in, it will jump to a code page that is no longer mapped. Note, file types that can call into sub-module code, e.g. kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko on x86, must use the module pointer passed to kvm_init(), not THIS_MODULE (which points at kvm.ko). KVM assumes that if /dev/kvm is reachable, e.g. VMs are active, then the vendor module is loaded. To reduce the probability of forgetting to set .owner entirely, use THIS_MODULE for stats files where KVM does not call back into vendor code. This reverts commit70375c2d8f, and fixes several other file types that have been buggy since their introduction. Fixes:70375c2d8f("Revert "KVM: set owner of cpu and vm file operations"") Fixes:3bcd0662d6("KVM: X86: Introduce mmu_rmaps_stat per-vm debugfs file") Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231010003746.GN800259@ZenIV Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231018204624.1905300-2-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.