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Wanpeng Li 5acc1ca4fb KVM: X86: Fix preempt the preemption timer cancel
Preemption can occur during cancel preemption timer, and there will be
inconsistent status in lapic, vmx and vmcs field.

          CPU0                    CPU1

  preemption timer vmexit
  handle_preemption_timer(vCPU0)
    kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer
      vmx_cancel_hv_timer
        vmx->hv_deadline_tsc = -1
        vmcs_clear_bits
        /* hv_timer_in_use still true */
  sched_out
                           sched_in
                           kvm_arch_vcpu_load
                             vmx_set_hv_timer
                               write vmx->hv_deadline_tsc
                               vmcs_set_bits
                           /* back in kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer */
                           hv_timer_in_use = false
                           ...
                           vmx_vcpu_run
                             vmx_arm_hv_run
                               write preemption timer deadline
                             spurious preemption timer vmexit
                               handle_preemption_timer(vCPU0)
                                 kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer
                                   WARN_ON(!apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use);

This can be reproduced sporadically during boot of L2 on a
preemptible L1, causing a splat on L1.

 WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1952 at arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c:1529 kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer+0xb5/0xd0 [kvm]
 CPU: 3 PID: 1952 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 4.12.0-rc1+ #24 RIP: 0010:kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer+0xb5/0xd0 [kvm]
  Call Trace:
  handle_preemption_timer+0xe/0x20 [kvm_intel]
  vmx_handle_exit+0xc9/0x15f0 [kvm_intel]
  ? lock_acquire+0xdb/0x250
  ? lock_acquire+0xdb/0x250
  ? kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xdf3/0x1ce0 [kvm]
  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xe55/0x1ce0 [kvm]
  kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x384/0x7b0 [kvm]
  ? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x384/0x7b0 [kvm]
  ? __fget+0xf3/0x210
  do_vfs_ioctl+0xa4/0x700
  ? __fget+0x114/0x210
  SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
  do_syscall_64+0x8f/0x750
  ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x1a/0x1c
  entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25

This patch fixes it by disabling preemption while cancelling
preemption timer.  This way cancel_hv_timer is atomic with
respect to kvm_arch_vcpu_load.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2017-05-26 17:46:20 +02:00
arch KVM: X86: Fix preempt the preemption timer cancel 2017-05-26 17:46:20 +02:00
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