linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: Fix leak vCPU's VMCS value into other pCPU

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Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 08:35:44 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
        "# v3 . 10+" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: Fix leak vCPU's VMCS value into other pCPU

On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 07:17, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/08/19 04:03, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> >
> > After commit d73eb57b80b (KVM: Boost vCPUs that are delivering interrupts), a
> > five years old bug is exposed. Running ebizzy benchmark in three 80 vCPUs VMs
> > on one 80 pCPUs Skylake server, a lot of rcu_sched stall warning splatting
> > in the VMs after stress testing:
> >
> >  INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 4 41 57 62 77} (detected by 15, t=60004 jiffies, g=899, c=898, q=15073)
> >  Call Trace:
> >    flush_tlb_mm_range+0x68/0x140
> >    tlb_flush_mmu.part.75+0x37/0xe0
> >    tlb_finish_mmu+0x55/0x60
> >    zap_page_range+0x142/0x190
> >    SyS_madvise+0x3cd/0x9c0
> >    system_call_fastpath+0x1c/0x21
> >
> > swait_active() sustains to be true before finish_swait() is called in
> > kvm_vcpu_block(), voluntarily preempted vCPUs are taken into account
> > by kvm_vcpu_on_spin() loop greatly increases the probability condition
> > kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(vcpu) is checked and can be true, when APICv
> > is enabled the yield-candidate vCPU's VMCS RVI field leaks(by
> > vmx_sync_pir_to_irr()) into spinning-on-a-taken-lock vCPU's current
> > VMCS.
> >
> > This patch fixes it by checking conservatively a subset of events.
> >
> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Fixes: 98f4a1467 (KVM: add kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable() test to kvm_vcpu_on_spin() loop)
> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> > ---
> > v3 -> v4:
> >  * just test KVM_REQ_*
> >  * rename the hook to apicv_has_pending_interrupt
> >  * wrap with #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF
> > v2 -> v3:
> >  * check conservatively a subset of events
> > v1 -> v2:
> >  * checking swait_active(&vcpu->wq) for involuntary preemption
> >
> >  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c            |  5 +++++
> >  arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c      |  5 +++++
> >  arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c        |  5 +++++
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  1 +
> >  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              |  6 ++++++
> >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c          |  6 ++++++
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/kvm_host.h        |  1 +
> >  virt/kvm/arm/arm.c              |  5 +++++
> >  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c             | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> >  10 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> > index 2cfe839..95a4642 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> > @@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >       return !!(vcpu->arch.pending_exceptions);
> >  }
> >
> > +bool kvm_arch_dy_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> Using a __weak definition for the default implementation is a bit more
> concise.  Queued with that change.

Thank you, Paolo! Btw, how about other 5 patches?

Regards,
Wanpeng Li