linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][patch V3 19/23] x86/kvm/vmx: Add hardirq tracing to guest enter/exit

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Date:   Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:03:20 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Paul McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND][patch V3 19/23] x86/kvm/vmx: Add hardirq tracing to
 guest enter/exit

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 07:00:15PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The VMX code does not track hard interrupt state correctly. The state in
> tracing and lockdep is 'OFF' all the way during guest mode. From the host
> point of view this is wrong because the VMENTER reenables interrupts like a
> return to user space and VMENTER disables them again like an entry from
> user space.
> 
> Make it do exactly the same thing as enter/exit user mode does.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

This patch (and the SVM counterpart) result in:

ERROR: "lockdep_hardirqs_on" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "lockdep_hardirqs_off" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "__trace_hardirqs_off" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "__trace_hardirqs_on" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "lockdep_hardirqs_on" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "lockdep_hardirqs_off" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "__trace_hardirqs_off" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "__trace_hardirqs_on" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko] undefined!

on allmodconfig.

I suppose them things need an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() on them.