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>
static void cancel_hv_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
{
+ preempt_disable();
kvm_x86_ops->cancel_hv_timer(apic->vcpu);
apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use = false;
+ preempt_enable();
}
static bool start_hv_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)