Re: [PATCH v2] kvm: call kvm_arch_destroy_vm if vm creation fails

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On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 01:32:14PM -0700, Jim Mattson wrote:
> From: John Sperbeck <jsperbeck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In kvm_create_vm(), if we've successfully called kvm_arch_init_vm(), but
> then fail later in the function, we need to call kvm_arch_destroy_vm()
> so that it can do any necessary cleanup (like freeing memory).
> 
> Fixes: 44a95dae1d229a ("KVM: x86: Detect and Initialize AVIC support")
> Signed-off-by: John Sperbeck <jsperbeck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>

>  v1 -> v2: Call kvm_arch_destroy_vm before refcount_set
>  
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index fd68fbe0a75d2..c1a1cc2aa7a80 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
>  
>  	r = kvm_arch_init_vm(kvm, type);
>  	if (r)
> -		goto out_err_no_disable;
> +		goto out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm;
>  
>  	r = hardware_enable_all();
>  	if (r)
> @@ -697,11 +697,13 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
>  out_err_no_srcu:
>  	hardware_disable_all();
>  out_err_no_disable:
> +	kvm_arch_destroy_vm(kvm);
>  	refcount_set(&kvm->users_count, 0);
>  	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
>  		kfree(kvm_get_bus(kvm, i));
>  	for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
>  		kvm_free_memslots(kvm, __kvm_memslots(kvm, i));

Side topic, the loops to free the buses and memslots belong higher up,
the arrays aren't initialized until after hardware_enable().  Probably
doesn't harm anything but it's a waste of cycles.  I'll send a patch.

> +out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm:
>  	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
>  	mmdrop(current->mm);
>  	return ERR_PTR(r);
> -- 
> 2.24.0.rc0.303.g954a862665-goog
> 



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