Re: [PATCH] kvm: svm: Ensure an IBPB on all affected CPUs when freeing a vmcb

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On 26/11/18 22:05, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 9:33 AM Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 09:54:20AM -0700, Jim Mattson wrote:
>>> Previously, we only called indirect_branch_prediction_barrier on the
>>> logical CPU that freed a vmcb. This function should be called on all
>>> logical CPUs that last loaded the vmcb in question.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 15d45071523d ("KVM/x86: Add IBPB support")
>>> Reported-by: Neel Natu <neelnatu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>> ---
>>>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
>>>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>>> index 220e5a89465a..ffa27f75e323 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>>> @@ -2172,21 +2172,31 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *svm_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
>>>       return ERR_PTR(err);
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +static void svm_clear_current_vmcb(struct vmcb *vmcb)
>>> +{
>>> +     int i;
>>> +
>>> +     for_each_online_cpu(i)
>>> +             cmpxchg(&per_cpu(svm_data, i)->current_vmcb, vmcb, NULL);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  static void svm_free_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>>  {
>>>       struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
>>>
>>> +     /*
>>> +      * The vmcb page can be recycled, causing a false negative in
>>> +      * svm_vcpu_load(). So, ensure that no logical CPU has this
>>> +      * vmcb page recorded as its current vmcb.
>>> +      */
>>> +     svm_clear_current_vmcb(svm->vmcb);
>>> +
>>>       __free_page(pfn_to_page(__sme_clr(svm->vmcb_pa) >> PAGE_SHIFT));
>>>       __free_pages(virt_to_page(svm->msrpm), MSRPM_ALLOC_ORDER);
>>>       __free_page(virt_to_page(svm->nested.hsave));
>>>       __free_pages(virt_to_page(svm->nested.msrpm), MSRPM_ALLOC_ORDER);
>>>       kvm_vcpu_uninit(vcpu);
>>>       kmem_cache_free(kvm_vcpu_cache, svm);
>>> -     /*
>>> -      * The vmcb page can be recycled, causing a false negative in
>>> -      * svm_vcpu_load(). So do a full IBPB now.
>>> -      */
>>> -     indirect_branch_prediction_barrier();
>>>  }
>>>
>>>  static void svm_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
>>> --
>>> 2.17.0.441.gb46fe60e1d-goog
>>>
> 
> Ping.
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo



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