[PATCH v3] KVM: x86/mmu: Fix NX page unaccounting for TDP MMU pages
From: Carlos López
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 10:49:51 EST
unaccount_nx_huge_page() unconditionally passes KVM_SHADOW_MMU to
untrack_possible_nx_huge_page(), which is incorrect, particularly on
the path from kvm_recover_nx_huge_pages(), which handles pages from
both MMUs.
Fix this by passing down the MMU type from the callers. Note that
__kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page() is only used for shadow MMU pages.
Fixes: 6777885605e1 ("KVM: x86/mmu: Track possible NX huge pages separately for TDP vs. Shadow MMU")
Signed-off-by: Carlos López <clopez@xxxxxxx>
---
v3:
* Pass down the MMU type down from callers (Sean).
v2:
* Use a helper to retrieve the MMU type to avoid referencing KVM_TDP_MMU for
32 bit builds (Sashiko).
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 9788ff180374..f811b1ee0b2c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -864,11 +864,12 @@ void untrack_possible_nx_huge_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
list_del_init(&sp->possible_nx_huge_page_link);
}
-static void unaccount_nx_huge_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+static void unaccount_nx_huge_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
+ enum kvm_mmu_type mmu_type)
{
sp->nx_huge_page_disallowed = false;
- untrack_possible_nx_huge_page(kvm, sp, KVM_SHADOW_MMU);
+ untrack_possible_nx_huge_page(kvm, sp, mmu_type);
}
static struct kvm_memory_slot *gfn_to_memslot_dirty_bitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
@@ -2829,7 +2830,7 @@ static bool __kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm,
}
if (sp->nx_huge_page_disallowed)
- unaccount_nx_huge_page(kvm, sp);
+ unaccount_nx_huge_page(kvm, sp, KVM_SHADOW_MMU);
sp->role.invalid = 1;
@@ -8055,7 +8056,7 @@ static void kvm_recover_nx_huge_pages(struct kvm *kvm,
WARN_ON_ONCE(!sp->nx_huge_page_disallowed);
WARN_ON_ONCE(!sp->role.direct);
- unaccount_nx_huge_page(kvm, sp);
+ unaccount_nx_huge_page(kvm, sp, mmu_type);
if (is_tdp_mmu)
spin_unlock(tdp_mmu_pages_lock);
base-commit: 70c944caf570fda2d79baa71435589a8db39f048
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2.51.0