Use READ_ONCE() when loading the posted interrupt descriptor control field to ensure "old" and "new" have the same base value. If the compiler emits separate loads, and loads into "new" before "old", KVM could theoretically drop the ON bit if it were set between the loads. Fixes: 28b835d60fcc ("KVM: Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor when vCPU is preempted") Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c index 414ea6972b5c..fea343dcc011 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void vmx_vcpu_pi_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu) /* The full case. */ do { - old.control = new.control = pi_desc->control; + old.control = new.control = READ_ONCE(pi_desc->control); dest = cpu_physical_id(cpu); @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void __pi_post_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) "Wakeup handler not enabled while the vCPU was blocking"); do { - old.control = new.control = pi_desc->control; + old.control = new.control = READ_ONCE(pi_desc->control); dest = cpu_physical_id(vcpu->cpu); @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int pi_pre_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) "Posted Interrupt Suppress Notification set before blocking"); do { - old.control = new.control = pi_desc->control; + old.control = new.control = READ_ONCE(pi_desc->control); /* set 'NV' to 'wakeup vector' */ new.nv = POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR; -- 2.33.0.882.g93a45727a2-goog