Re: KVM: x86: vcpu state writeback should be aware of REQ_NMI

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On 03/24/2011 03:27 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 09:47:00AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
>  Since "Fix race between nmi injection and enabling nmi window", pending NMI
>  can be represented in KVM_REQ_NMI vcpu->requests bit.
>
>  When setting vcpu state via SET_VCPU_EVENTS, for example during reset,
>  the REQ_NMI bit should be cleared otherwise pending NMI is transferred
>  to nmi_pending upon vcpu entry.
>
>  Also should consider requests bit on runnable conditional.
>
>  BZ: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684719
>
Looks like we need to clear request bit on cpu reset too. KVM_REQ_NMI
start to become more complicated that it was initially. May be replaced
it with something like this:


diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 1b8b16a..6a66d19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5151,6 +5151,7 @@ static void kvm_put_guest_xcr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
  static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
  {
  	int r;
+	int nmi_pending;
  	bool req_int_win = !irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)&&
  		vcpu->run->request_interrupt_window;

@@ -5188,19 +5189,19 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
  			r = 1;
  			goto out;
  		}
-		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_NMI, vcpu))
-			vcpu->arch.nmi_pending = true;
  	}

  	r = kvm_mmu_reload(vcpu);
  	if (unlikely(r))
  		goto out;

+	nmi_pending = vcpu->arch.nmi_pending;
+

ACCESS_ONCE() to prevent compiler cleverness

  	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu) || req_int_win) {
  		inject_pending_event(vcpu);

This can use a newer vcpu->arch.nmi_pending.


  		/* enable NMI/IRQ window open exits if needed */
-		if (vcpu->arch.nmi_pending)
+		if (nmi_pending)
  			kvm_x86_ops->enable_nmi_window(vcpu);
  		else if (kvm_cpu_has_interrupt(vcpu) || req_int_win)
  			kvm_x86_ops->enable_irq_window(vcpu);

--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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