From: wanpeng li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx> For the duration of mapping eVMCS, it derefences ->memslots without holding ->srcu or ->slots_lock when accessing hv assist page. This patch fixes it by moving nested_sync_vmcs12_to_shadow to prepare_guest_switch, where the SRCU is already taken. It can be reproduced by running kvm's evmcs_test selftest. ============================= warning: suspicious rcu usage 5.6.0-rc1+ #53 tainted: g w ioe ----------------------------- ./include/linux/kvm_host.h:623 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 1 lock held by evmcs_test/8507: #0: ffff9ddd156d00d0 (&vcpu->mutex){+.+.}, at: kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x85/0x680 [kvm] stack backtrace: cpu: 6 pid: 8507 comm: evmcs_test tainted: g w ioe 5.6.0-rc1+ #53 hardware name: dell inc. optiplex 7040/0jctf8, bios 1.4.9 09/12/2016 call trace: dump_stack+0x68/0x9b kvm_read_guest_cached+0x11d/0x150 [kvm] kvm_hv_get_assist_page+0x33/0x40 [kvm] nested_enlightened_vmentry+0x2c/0x60 [kvm_intel] nested_vmx_handle_enlightened_vmptrld.part.52+0x32/0x1c0 [kvm_intel] nested_sync_vmcs12_to_shadow+0x439/0x680 [kvm_intel] vmx_vcpu_run+0x67a/0xe60 [kvm_intel] vcpu_enter_guest+0x35e/0x1bc0 [kvm] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x40b/0x670 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x370/0x680 [kvm] ksys_ioctl+0x235/0x850 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x16/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x77/0x780 entry_syscall_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index 9a66648..6bd6ca4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -1214,6 +1214,9 @@ void vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) vmx_set_host_fs_gs(host_state, fs_sel, gs_sel, fs_base, gs_base); vmx->guest_state_loaded = true; + + if (vmx->nested.need_vmcs12_to_shadow_sync) + nested_sync_vmcs12_to_shadow(vcpu); } static void vmx_prepare_switch_to_host(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx) @@ -6480,9 +6483,6 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) vmcs_write32(PLE_WINDOW, vmx->ple_window); } - if (vmx->nested.need_vmcs12_to_shadow_sync) - nested_sync_vmcs12_to_shadow(vcpu); - if (kvm_register_is_dirty(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RSP)) vmcs_writel(GUEST_RSP, vcpu->arch.regs[VCPU_REGS_RSP]); if (kvm_register_is_dirty(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RIP)) -- 2.7.4