linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v2] KVM: x86: Initializing all kvm_lapic_irq fields in ioapic_write

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:38:33 -0400
From:   Nitesh Narayan Lal <nitesh@...hat.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mtosatti@...hat.com, sean.j.christopherson@...el.com,
        wanpengli@...cent.com, jmattson@...gle.com, joro@...tes.org,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, peterx@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [Patch v2] KVM: x86: Initializing all kvm_lapic_irq fields in
 ioapic_write_indirect


On 3/13/20 9:25 AM, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Nitesh Narayan Lal <nitesh@...hat.com> writes:
>
>> Previously all fields of structure kvm_lapic_irq were not initialized
>> before it was passed to kvm_bitmap_or_dest_vcpus(). Which will cause
>> an issue when any of those fields are used for processing a request.
>> For example not initializing the msi_redir_hint field before passing
>> to the kvm_bitmap_or_dest_vcpus(), may lead to a misbehavior of
>> kvm_apic_map_get_dest_lapic(). This will specifically happen when the
>> kvm_lowest_prio_delivery() returns TRUE due to a non-zero garbage
>> value of msi_redir_hint, which should not happen as the request belongs
>> to APIC fixed delivery mode and we do not want to deliver the
>> interrupt only to the lowest priority candidate.
>>
>> This patch initializes all the fields of kvm_lapic_irq based on the
>> values of ioapic redirect_entry object before passing it on to
>> kvm_bitmap_or_dest_vcpus().
>>
>> Fixes: 7ee30bc132c6("KVM: x86: deliver KVM IOAPIC scan request to target vCPUs")
>> Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal <nitesh@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c | 7 +++++--
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
>> index 7668fed..3a8467d 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
>> @@ -378,12 +378,15 @@ static void ioapic_write_indirect(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic, u32 val)
>>  		if (e->fields.delivery_mode == APIC_DM_FIXED) {
>>  			struct kvm_lapic_irq irq;
>>  
>> -			irq.shorthand = APIC_DEST_NOSHORT;
>>  			irq.vector = e->fields.vector;
>>  			irq.delivery_mode = e->fields.delivery_mode << 8;
>> -			irq.dest_id = e->fields.dest_id;
>>  			irq.dest_mode =
>>  			    kvm_lapic_irq_dest_mode(!!e->fields.dest_mode);
>> +			irq.level = 1;
> 'level' is bool in struct kvm_lapic_irq but other than that, is there a
> reason we set it to 'true' here? I understand that any particular
> setting is likely better than random

Yes, that is the only reason which I had in my mind while doing this change.
I was not particularly sure about the value, so I copied what ioapic_serivce()
is doing.

>  and it should actually not be used
> without setting it first but still?
>
>> +			irq.trig_mode = e->fields.trig_mode;
>> +			irq.shorthand = APIC_DEST_NOSHORT;
>> +			irq.dest_id = e->fields.dest_id;
>> +			irq.msi_redir_hint = false;
>>  			bitmap_zero(&vcpu_bitmap, 16);
>>  			kvm_bitmap_or_dest_vcpus(ioapic->kvm, &irq,
>>  						 &vcpu_bitmap);
-- 
Thanks
Nitesh



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