linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] KVM: x86/xen: Initialize Xen timer only once

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Date:   Tue, 9 Aug 2022 00:32:33 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Coleman Dietsch <dietschc@....edu>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org, Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+e54f930ed78eb0f85281@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] KVM: x86/xen: Initialize Xen timer only once

On Mon, Aug 08, 2022, Coleman Dietsch wrote:
> Add a check for existing xen timers before initializing a new one.
> 
> Currently kvm_xen_init_timer() is called on every
> KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_TIMER, which is causing the following ODEBUG
> crash when vcpu->arch.xen.timer is already set.
> 
> ODEBUG: init active (active state 0)
> object type: hrtimer hint: xen_timer_callbac0
> RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x16e/0x250 lib/debugobjects.c:502
> Call Trace:
> __debug_object_init
> debug_hrtimer_init
> debug_init
> hrtimer_init
> kvm_xen_init_timer
> kvm_xen_vcpu_set_attr
> kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl
> kvm_vcpu_ioctl
> vfs_ioctl
> 
> Fixes: 536395260582 ("KVM: x86/xen: handle PV timers oneshot mode")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=8234a9dfd3aafbf092cc5a7cd9842e3ebc45fc42
> Reported-by: syzbot+e54f930ed78eb0f85281@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Coleman Dietsch <dietschc@....edu>
> ---

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