Function user_notifier_unregister should be called only once for each registered user notifier. Function kvm_arch_hardware_disable can be executed from an IPI context which could cause a race condition with a VCPU returning to user mode and attempting to unregister the notifier. Signed-off-by: Ignacio Alvarado <ikalvarado@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index e375235..51f87f0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -210,7 +210,15 @@ static void kvm_on_user_return(struct user_return_notifier *urn) struct kvm_shared_msrs *locals = container_of(urn, struct kvm_shared_msrs, urn); struct kvm_shared_msr_values *values; + unsigned long flags; + /* + * Disabling irqs at this point since the following code could be + * interrupted and executed through kvm_arch_hardware_disable() + */ + local_irq_save(flags); + if (!locals->registered) + goto out; for (slot = 0; slot < shared_msrs_global.nr; ++slot) { values = &locals->values[slot]; if (values->host != values->curr) { @@ -220,6 +228,8 @@ static void kvm_on_user_return(struct user_return_notifier *urn) } locals->registered = false; user_return_notifier_unregister(urn); +out: + local_irq_restore(flags); } static void shared_msr_update(unsigned slot, u32 msr) -- 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html