linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: x86: Always set mp_state to RUNNABLE on wakeup from HLT

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Message-ID: <20250224174156.2362059-1-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:41:56 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Always set mp_state to RUNNABLE on wakeup from HLT

When emulating HLT and a wake event is already pending, explicitly mark
the vCPU RUNNABLE (via kvm_set_mp_state()) instead of assuming the vCPU is
already in the appropriate state.  Barring a KVM bug, it should be
impossible for the vCPU to be in a non-RUNNABLE state, but there is no
advantage to relying on that to hold true, and ensuring the vCPU is made
RUNNABLE avoids non-deterministic behavior with respect to pv_unhalted.

E.g. if the vCPU is not already RUNNABLE, then depending on when
pv_unhalted is set, KVM could either leave the vCPU in the non-RUNNABLE
state (set before __kvm_emulate_halt()), or transition the vCPU to HALTED
and then RUNNABLE (pv_unhalted set after the kvm_vcpu_has_events() check).

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 58b82d6fd77c..7f5abdaab935 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -11310,9 +11310,8 @@ static int __kvm_emulate_halt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int state, int reason)
 	++vcpu->stat.halt_exits;
 	if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu)) {
 		if (kvm_vcpu_has_events(vcpu))
-			vcpu->arch.pv.pv_unhalted = false;
-		else
-			kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, state);
+			state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
+		kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, state);
 		return 1;
 	} else {
 		vcpu->run->exit_reason = reason;

base-commit: fed48e2967f402f561d80075a20c5c9e16866e53
-- 
2.48.1.658.g4767266eb4-goog