linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: Snapshot the host's DEBUGCTL after disabling IRQs

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Message-ID: <20250224181315.2376869-4-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:13:15 -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, rangemachine@...il.com, 
	whanos@...gal.fun, Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: Snapshot the host's DEBUGCTL after disabling IRQs

Snapshot the host's DEBUGCTL after disabling IRQs, as perf can toggle
debugctl bits from IRQ context, e.g. when enabling/disabling events via
smp_call_function_single().  Taking the snapshot (long) before IRQs are
disabled could result in KVM effectively clobbering DEBUGCTL due to using
a stale snapshot.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 09c3d27cc01a..a2cd734beef5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4991,7 +4991,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 
 	/* Save host pkru register if supported */
 	vcpu->arch.host_pkru = read_pkru();
-	vcpu->arch.host_debugctl = get_debugctlmsr();
 
 	/* Apply any externally detected TSC adjustments (due to suspend) */
 	if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.tsc_offset_adjustment)) {
@@ -10984,6 +10983,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		set_debugreg(0, 7);
 	}
 
+	vcpu->arch.host_debugctl = get_debugctlmsr();
+
 	guest_timing_enter_irqoff();
 
 	for (;;) {
-- 
2.48.1.658.g4767266eb4-goog