linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Ensure deadline timer has truly expired before posting its IRQ

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:05:34 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Ensure deadline timer has truly expired before
 posting its IRQ

On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 10:19, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> When posting a deadline timer interrupt, open code the checks guarding
> __kvm_wait_lapic_expire() in order to skip the lapic_timer_int_injected()
> check in kvm_wait_lapic_expire().  The injection check will always fail
> since the interrupt has not yet be injected.  Moving the call after
> injection would also be wrong as that wouldn't actually delay delivery
> of the IRQ if it is indeed sent via posted interrupt.
>
> Fixes: 010fd37fddf6 ("KVM: LAPIC: Reduce world switch latency caused by timer_advance_ns")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 45d40bfacb7c..cb8ebfaccfb6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1642,7 +1642,16 @@ static void apic_timer_expired(struct kvm_lapic *apic, bool from_timer_fn)
>         }
>
>         if (kvm_use_posted_timer_interrupt(apic->vcpu)) {
> -               kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
> +               /*
> +                * Ensure the guest's timer has truly expired before posting an
> +                * interrupt.  Open code the relevant checks to avoid querying
> +                * lapic_timer_int_injected(), which will be false since the
> +                * interrupt isn't yet injected.  Waiting until after injecting
> +                * is not an option since that won't help a posted interrupt.
> +                */
> +               if (vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline &&
> +                   vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
> +                       __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);

Thanks for the fixing.

    Wanpeng