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Currently, in PREEMPT_COUNT=n kernel, kvm_async_pf_task_wait() could call schedule() to reschedule in some cases. This could result in accidentally ending the current RCU read-side critical section early, causing random memory corruption in the guest, or otherwise preempting the currently running task inside between preempt_disable and preempt_enable. The difficulty to handle this well is because we don't know whether an async PF delivered in a preemptible section or RCU read-side critical section for PREEMPT_COUNT=n, since preempt_disable()/enable() and rcu_read_lock/unlock() are both no-ops in that case. To cure this, we treat any async PF interrupting a kernel context as one that cannot be preempted, preventing kvm_async_pf_task_wait() from choosing the schedule() path in that case. To do so, a second parameter for kvm_async_pf_task_wait() is introduced, so that we know whether it's called from a context interrupting the kernel, and the parameter is set properly in all the callsites. Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> |
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Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. 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.