From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx> WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1242 at kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:323 rcu_note_context_switch+0x207/0x6b0 CPU: 5 PID: 1242 Comm: unity-settings- Not tainted 4.13.0-rc2+ #1 RIP: 0010:rcu_note_context_switch+0x207/0x6b0 Call Trace: __schedule+0xda/0xba0 ? kvm_async_pf_task_wait+0x1b2/0x270 schedule+0x40/0x90 kvm_async_pf_task_wait+0x1cc/0x270 ? prepare_to_swait+0x22/0x70 do_async_page_fault+0x77/0xb0 ? do_async_page_fault+0x77/0xb0 async_page_fault+0x28/0x30 RIP: 0010:__d_lookup_rcu+0x90/0x1e0 I encounter this when trying to stress the async page fault in L1 guest w/ L2 guests running. Commit 9b132fbe5419 (Add rcu user eqs exception hooks for async page fault) adds rcu_irq_enter/exit() to kvm_async_pf_task_wait() to exit cpu idle eqs when needed, to protect the code that needs use rcu. There is no need to call this pairs if async page fault is not triggered from idle task. This patch fixes it by informing the RCU subsystem exit/enter the irq towards/away from idle for both n.halted and !n.halted. Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- v3 -> v4: * pull rcu_irq_exit/enter outside the "if" v2 -> v3: * add the warning log v1 -> v2: * update patch description arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c index 71c17a5..d04e30e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c @@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ void kvm_async_pf_task_wait(u32 token) if (hlist_unhashed(&n.link)) break; + rcu_irq_exit(); + if (!n.halted) { local_irq_enable(); schedule(); @@ -159,11 +161,11 @@ void kvm_async_pf_task_wait(u32 token) /* * We cannot reschedule. So halt. */ - rcu_irq_exit(); native_safe_halt(); local_irq_disable(); - rcu_irq_enter(); } + + rcu_irq_enter(); } if (!n.halted) finish_swait(&n.wq, &wait); -- 2.7.4