linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: x86: Fix the intel_pt PMI handling wrongly considered from guest

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Date:   Mon, 23 May 2022 16:43:13 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...el.com>
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, vkuznets@...hat.com, wanpengli@...cent.com,
        jmattson@...gle.com, joro@...tes.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        wei.w.wang@...el.com, kan.liang@...el.com, x86@...nel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: x86: Fix the intel_pt PMI handling wrongly
 considered from guest

On Mon, May 23, 2022, Yanfei Xu wrote:
> When kernel handles the vm-exit caused by external interrupts and NMI,
> it always set a type of kvm_intr_type to handling_intr_from_guest to
> tell if it's dealing an IRQ or NMI. For the PMI scenario, it could be
> IRQ or NMI.
> However the intel_pt PMI certainly is a NMI PMI, hence using

It'd be helpful for future readers to explain why it's guaranteed to an NMI.  E.g.

However, intel_pt PMIs are only generated for HARDWARE perf events, and
HARDWARE events are always configured to generate NMIs.  Use
kvm_handling_nmi_from_guest() to precisely identify if the intel_pt PMI
came from the guest to avoid false positives if an intel_pt PMI/NMI
arrives while the host is handling an unrelated IRQ VM-Exit.

> kvm_handling_nmi_from_guest() to distinguish if the intel_pt PMI comes
> from guest is more appropriate. This modification can avoid the host
> wrongly considered the intel_pt PMI comes from a guest once the host
> intel_pt PMI breaks the handling of vm-exit of external interrupts.
> 
> Fixes: db215756ae59 ("KVM: x86: More precisely identify NMI from guest when handling PMI")
> Signed-off-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...el.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> 1.Fix vmx_handle_intel_pt_intr() directly instead of changing the generic function.
> 2.Tune the commit message.
> 
> v2->v3:
> Add the NULL pointer check of variable "vcpu".
> 
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 610355b9ccce..982df9c000d3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -7856,7 +7856,7 @@ static unsigned int vmx_handle_intel_pt_intr(void)
>  	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kvm_get_running_vcpu();
>  
>  	/* '0' on failure so that the !PT case can use a RET0 static call. */
> -	if (!kvm_arch_pmi_in_guest(vcpu))
> +	if (!vcpu || !kvm_handling_nmi_from_guest(vcpu))

Alternatively,

	if (!kvm_arch_pmi_in_guest(vcpu) || !kvm_handling_nmi_from_guest(vcpu))

The generated code is the same since the compiler is smart enough to elide the
handling_intr_from_guest check from kvm_arch_pmi_in_guest.

I'm not actually sure that's better than the !vcpu check though, e.g. it hides the
not-NULL aspect of the check.

Either way, with a tweaked changelog,

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>