Re: [PATCH v2 22/43] KVM: VMX: Drop unnecessary PI logic to handle impossible conditions

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On Fri, 2021-10-08 at 19:12 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Drop sanity checks on the validity of the previous pCPU when handling
> vCPU block/unlock for posted interrupts.  Barring a code bug or memory
> corruption, the sanity checks will never fire, and any code bug that does
> trip the WARN is all but guaranteed to completely break posted interrupts,
> i.e. should never get anywhere near production.
> 
> This is the first of several steps toward eliminating kvm_vcpu.pre_cpu.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> index 67cbe6ab8f66..6c2110d91b06 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> @@ -118,12 +118,10 @@ static void __pi_post_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	} while (cmpxchg64(&pi_desc->control, old.control,
>  			   new.control) != old.control);
>  
> -	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->pre_pcpu == -1)) {
> -		spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> -		list_del(&vcpu->blocked_vcpu_list);
> -		spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> -		vcpu->pre_pcpu = -1;
> -	}
> +	spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> +	list_del(&vcpu->blocked_vcpu_list);
> +	spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> +	vcpu->pre_pcpu = -1;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -153,14 +151,12 @@ int pi_pre_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  
>  	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
>  	local_irq_disable();
> -	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->pre_pcpu != -1)) {
> -		vcpu->pre_pcpu = vcpu->cpu;
> -		spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> -		list_add_tail(&vcpu->blocked_vcpu_list,
> -			      &per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu,
> -				       vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> -		spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> -	}
> +
> +	vcpu->pre_pcpu = vcpu->cpu;
> +	spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> +	list_add_tail(&vcpu->blocked_vcpu_list,
> +		      &per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> +	spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
>  
>  	WARN(pi_desc->sn == 1,
>  	     "Posted Interrupt Suppress Notification set before blocking");



Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>






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