linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: X86: Fix setup the virt_spin_lock

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:19:05 +0200
From:   Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
To:     Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: X86: Fix setup the virt_spin_lock_key before
 static key get initialized

2018-03-24 21:17-0700, Wanpeng Li:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> 
>  static_key_disable_cpuslocked(): static key 'virt_spin_lock_key+0x0/0x20' used before call to jump_label_init()
>  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/jump_label.c:161 static_key_disable_cpuslocked+0x61/0x80
>  RIP: 0010:static_key_disable_cpuslocked+0x61/0x80
>  Call Trace:
>   static_key_disable+0x16/0x20
>   start_kernel+0x192/0x4b3
>   secondary_startup_64+0xa5/0xb0
> 
> Qspinlock will be choosed when dedicated pCPUs are available, however, the 
> static virt_spin_lock_key is set in kvm_spinlock_init() before jump_label_init() 
> has been called, which will result in a WARN(). This patch fixes it by delaying
> the virt_spin_lock_key setup to .smp_prepare_cpus().
> 
> Reported-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> ---

Queued, thanks.