If guest sets MSR_IA32_TSCDEADLINE to value such that in host
time-domain it's shorter than lapic_timer_advance_ns, we can
reach a case that we call hrtimer_start() with expiration time set at
the past.
Because lapic_timer.timer is init with HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED, it
is not allowed to run in softirq and therefore will never expire.
To avoid such a scenario, verify that deadline expiration time is set on
host time-domain further than (now + lapic_timer_advance_ns).
A future patch can also consider adding a min_timer_deadline_ns module parameter,
similar to min_timer_period_us to avoid races that amount of ns it takes
to run logic could still call hrtimer_start() with expiration timer set
at the past.
Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 9f089e2e09d0..fbd37e07e90d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1538,9 +1538,12 @@ static void start_sw_tscdeadline(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
now = ktime_get();
guest_tsc = kvm_read_l1_tsc(vcpu, rdtsc());
- if (likely(tscdeadline > guest_tsc)) {
- ns = (tscdeadline - guest_tsc) * 1000000ULL;
- do_div(ns, this_tsc_khz);
+
+ ns = (tscdeadline - guest_tsc) * 1000000ULL;
+ do_div(ns, this_tsc_khz);
+
+ if (likely(tscdeadline > guest_tsc) &&
+ likely(ns > lapic_timer_advance_ns)) {
expire = ktime_add_ns(now, ns);
expire = ktime_sub_ns(expire, lapic_timer_advance_ns);
hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,
--
2.20.1
