linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 5/7] KVM: arm64: pmu: Make overflow handler NMI safe

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Message-Id: <20200819133419.526889-6-alexandru.elisei@arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:34:17 +0100
From:   Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mark.rutland@....com, maz@...nel.org, will@...nel.org,
        catalin.marinas@....com, swboyd@...omium.org,
        sumit.garg@...aro.org, Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Suzuki K Pouloze <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: [PATCH v6 5/7] KVM: arm64: pmu: Make overflow handler NMI safe

From: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>

kvm_vcpu_kick() is not NMI safe. When the overflow handler is called from
NMI context, defer waking the vcpu to an irq_work queue.

Cc: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Cc: Suzuki K Pouloze <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/kvm/arm_pmu.h     |  1 +
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index f0d0312c0a55..30268397ed06 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -433,6 +433,22 @@ void kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_pmu_update_state(vcpu);
 }
 
+/**
+ * When perf interrupt is an NMI, we cannot safely notify the vcpu corresponding
+ * to the event.
+ * This is why we need a callback to do it once outside of the NMI context.
+ */
+static void kvm_pmu_perf_overflow_notify_vcpu(struct irq_work *work)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+	struct kvm_pmu *pmu;
+
+	pmu = container_of(work, struct kvm_pmu, overflow_work);
+	vcpu = kvm_pmc_to_vcpu(&pmu->pmc[0]);
+
+	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+}
+
 /**
  * When the perf event overflows, set the overflow status and inform the vcpu.
  */
@@ -465,7 +481,11 @@ static void kvm_pmu_perf_overflow(struct perf_event *perf_event,
 
 	if (kvm_pmu_overflow_status(vcpu)) {
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_IRQ_PENDING, vcpu);
-		kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+
+		if (!in_nmi())
+			kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+		else
+			irq_work_queue(&vcpu->arch.pmu.overflow_work);
 	}
 
 	cpu_pmu->pmu.start(perf_event, PERF_EF_RELOAD);
@@ -764,6 +784,9 @@ static int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	init_irq_work(&vcpu->arch.pmu.overflow_work,
+		      kvm_pmu_perf_overflow_notify_vcpu);
+
 	vcpu->arch.pmu.created = true;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
index 6db030439e29..dbf4f08d42e5 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct kvm_pmu {
 	bool ready;
 	bool created;
 	bool irq_level;
+	struct irq_work overflow_work;
 };
 
 #define kvm_arm_pmu_v3_ready(v)		((v)->arch.pmu.ready)
-- 
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