From: Andrey Drobyshev <andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com>
To: devel@openvz.org
Subject: [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 0/2] vfio, KVM: kvm reference leak and debugfs clash on live update
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 14:17:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105121733.643754-1-andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
A live update keeps the passthrough device open while the VM is
re-created. The device holds a reference to the kvm it was opened
with, so the first VM is never destroyed until the device closes, and
the new VM, on the same pid and fd number, finds its debugfs directory
taken.
Patch 1 takes that reference only for the drivers that read
device->kvm. Patch 2 removes the debugfs directory when the VM's fd
is released.
Tested with 30 live updates of a vGPU VM (RTX 6000 Ada SR-IOV VF)
under guest DMA load, then 4 live migrations between two such nodes:
one KVM instance after every update, no "duplicate directory", no
mismatches.
v1 -> v2:
- Patch 1: the reference is no longer moved to the new kvm, which
changed device->kvm under KVMGT; it's taken only for drivers that
opt in with needs_kvm_ref. Fixes tag, tested driver named
- Patch 2: only the directory is removed at fd release, the stat data
stays until kvm_destroy_vm() (use-after-free in v1); the message
notes the uevent and vcpu-fd changes
- Both: Feature: lines, single spaces
v1: http://lore.virtuozzo.com/20261030144933.944360-1-andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com
Andrey Drobyshev (2):
vfio: take the kvm reference only for drivers that read device->kvm
KVM: remove the VM's debugfs directory when its fd is released
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c | 1 +
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 1 +
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c | 1 +
drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c | 6 ++++--
include/linux/vfio.h | 6 ++++++
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
6 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--
2.47.1
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2026-11-05 12:17 Andrey Drobyshev [this message]
2026-11-05 12:17 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 1/2] vfio: take the kvm reference only for drivers that read device->kvm Andrey Drobyshev
2026-11-05 12:23 ` no-reply
2026-11-05 12:54 ` Konstantin Khorenko
2026-11-05 12:17 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/2] KVM: remove the VM's debugfs directory when its fd is released Andrey Drobyshev
2026-11-05 12:24 ` no-reply
2026-11-05 12:54 ` Konstantin Khorenko
2026-11-05 12:54 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 0/2] vfio, KVM: kvm reference leak and debugfs clash on live update Konstantin Khorenko
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