linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 20/22] RISC-V: KVM: Fix race-condition in kvm_riscv_vcpu_sync

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Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:27:11 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Anup Patel <Anup.Patel@....com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Radim K <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Cc:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>,
        Atish Patra <Atish.Patra@....com>,
        Alistair Francis <Alistair.Francis@....com>,
        Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@....com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 20/22] RISC-V: KVM: Fix race-condition in
 kvm_riscv_vcpu_sync_interrupts()

On 16/10/19 18:12, Anup Patel wrote:
> +	/* Read current VSIP and VSIE CSRs */
> +	vsip = csr_read(CSR_VSIP);
> +	csr->vsie = csr_read(CSR_VSIE);
> +
> +	/* Sync-up VSIP.SSIP bit changes does by Guest */
> +	if ((csr->vsip ^ vsip) & (1UL << IRQ_S_SOFT)) {
> +		if (!test_and_set_bit(IRQ_S_SOFT, &v->irqs_pending_mask)) {
> +			if (vsip & (1UL << IRQ_S_SOFT))
> +				set_bit(IRQ_S_SOFT, &v->irqs_pending);
> +			else
> +				clear_bit(IRQ_S_SOFT, &v->irqs_pending);
> +		}

Looks good, but I wonder if this could just be "csr->vsip =
csr_read(CSR_VSIP)", which will be fixed up by flush_interrupts on the
next entry.

Paolo