Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Fix IRQs inject to L2 which belong to L1 since race

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Hi Jan,
On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 11:01:30AM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>On 2014-07-02 08:54, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> This patch fix bug https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72381 
>> 
>> If we didn't inject a still-pending event to L1 since nested_run_pending,
>> KVM_REQ_EVENT should be requested after the vmexit in order to inject the 
>> event to L1. However, current log blindly request a KVM_REQ_EVENT even if 
>> there is no still-pending event to L1 which blocked by nested_run_pending. 
>> There is a race which lead to an interrupt will be injected to L2 which 
>> belong to L1 if L0 send an interrupt to L1 during this window. 
>> 
>>                VCPU0                               another thread 
>> 
>> L1 intr not blocked on L2 first entry
>> vmx_vcpu_run req event 
>> kvm check request req event 
>> check_nested_events don't have any intr 
>> not nested exit 
>>                                             intr occur (8254, lapic timer etc)
>> inject_pending_event now have intr 
>> inject interrupt 
>> 
>> This patch fix this race by introduced a l1_events_blocked field in nested_vmx 
>> which indicates there is still-pending event which blocked by nested_run_pending, 
>> and smart request a KVM_REQ_EVENT if there is a still-pending event which blocked 
>> by nested_run_pending.
>
>There are more, unrelated reasons why KVM_REQ_EVENT could be set. Why
>aren't those able to trigger this scenario?
>

Other KVM_REQ_EVENT has a specific intr or pending , however, the KVM_REQ_EVENT 
which request after vmexit with nested_run_pending may or may not have a
specific intr or pending.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li 

>In any case, unconditionally setting KVM_REQ_EVENT seems strange and
>should be changed.
>
>Jan
>
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index f4e5aed..fe69c49 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ struct nested_vmx {
>>  	u64 vmcs01_tsc_offset;
>>  	/* L2 must run next, and mustn't decide to exit to L1. */
>>  	bool nested_run_pending;
>> +	bool l1_events_blocked;
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Guest pages referred to in vmcs02 with host-physical pointers, so
>>  	 * we must keep them pinned while L2 runs.
>> @@ -7380,8 +7381,10 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  	 * we did not inject a still-pending event to L1 now because of
>>  	 * nested_run_pending, we need to re-enable this bit.
>>  	 */
>> -	if (vmx->nested.nested_run_pending)
>> +	if (to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.l1_events_blocked) {
>> +		to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.l1_events_blocked = false;
>>  		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
>> +	}
>>  
>>  	vmx->nested.nested_run_pending = 0;
>>  
>> @@ -8197,15 +8200,20 @@ static int vmx_check_nested_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool external_intr)
>>  
>>  	if (nested_cpu_has_preemption_timer(get_vmcs12(vcpu)) &&
>>  	    vmx->nested.preemption_timer_expired) {
>> -		if (vmx->nested.nested_run_pending)
>> +		if (vmx->nested.nested_run_pending) {
>> +			vmx->nested.l1_events_blocked = true;
>>  			return -EBUSY;
>> +		}
>>  		nested_vmx_vmexit(vcpu, EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER, 0, 0);
>>  		return 0;
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	if (vcpu->arch.nmi_pending && nested_exit_on_nmi(vcpu)) {
>> -		if (vmx->nested.nested_run_pending ||
>> -		    vcpu->arch.interrupt.pending)
>> +		if (vmx->nested.nested_run_pending) {
>> +			vmx->nested.l1_events_blocked = true;
>> +			return -EBUSY;
>> +		}
>> +		if (vcpu->arch.interrupt.pending)
>>  			return -EBUSY;
>>  		nested_vmx_vmexit(vcpu, EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI,
>>  				  NMI_VECTOR | INTR_TYPE_NMI_INTR |
>> @@ -8221,8 +8229,10 @@ static int vmx_check_nested_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool external_intr)
>>  
>>  	if ((kvm_cpu_has_interrupt(vcpu) || external_intr) &&
>>  	    nested_exit_on_intr(vcpu)) {
>> -		if (vmx->nested.nested_run_pending)
>> +		if (vmx->nested.nested_run_pending) {
>> +			vmx->nested.l1_events_blocked = true;
>>  			return -EBUSY;
>> +		}
>>  		nested_vmx_vmexit(vcpu, EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT, 0, 0);
>>  	}
>>  
>> 
>
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