Re: [PATCH 4/5] KVM: selftests: Add a test for KVM_RUN+rseq to detect task migration bugs

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----- On Aug 17, 2021, at 8:12 PM, Sean Christopherson seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Add a test to verify an rseq's CPU ID is updated correctly if the task is
> migrated while the kernel is handling KVM_RUN.  This is a regression test
> for a bug introduced by commit 72c3c0fe54a3 ("x86/kvm: Use generic xfer
> to guest work function"), where TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME would be cleared by KVM
> without updating rseq, leading to a stale CPU ID and other badness.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

[...]

> +
> +static void *migration_worker(void *ign)
> +{
> +	cpu_set_t allowed_mask;
> +	int r, i, nr_cpus, cpu;
> +
> +	CPU_ZERO(&allowed_mask);
> +
> +	nr_cpus = CPU_COUNT(&possible_mask);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < 20000; i++) {
> +		cpu = i % nr_cpus;
> +		if (!CPU_ISSET(cpu, &possible_mask))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		CPU_SET(cpu, &allowed_mask);
> +
> +		r = sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(allowed_mask), &allowed_mask);
> +		TEST_ASSERT(!r, "sched_setaffinity failed, errno = %d (%s)", errno,
> +			    strerror(errno));
> +
> +		CPU_CLR(cpu, &allowed_mask);
> +
> +		usleep(10);
> +	}
> +	done = true;
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> +{
> +	struct kvm_vm *vm;
> +	u32 cpu, rseq_cpu;
> +	int r;
> +
> +	/* Tell stdout not to buffer its content */
> +	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
> +
> +	r = sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(possible_mask), &possible_mask);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(!r, "sched_getaffinity failed, errno = %d (%s)", errno,
> +		    strerror(errno));
> +
> +	if (CPU_COUNT(&possible_mask) < 2) {
> +		print_skip("Only one CPU, task migration not possible\n");
> +		exit(KSFT_SKIP);
> +	}
> +
> +	sys_rseq(0);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Create and run a dummy VM that immediately exits to userspace via
> +	 * GUEST_SYNC, while concurrently migrating the process by setting its
> +	 * CPU affinity.
> +	 */
> +	vm = vm_create_default(VCPU_ID, 0, guest_code);
> +
> +	pthread_create(&migration_thread, NULL, migration_worker, 0);
> +
> +	while (!done) {
> +		vcpu_run(vm, VCPU_ID);
> +		TEST_ASSERT(get_ucall(vm, VCPU_ID, NULL) == UCALL_SYNC,
> +			    "Guest failed?");
> +
> +		cpu = sched_getcpu();
> +		rseq_cpu = READ_ONCE(__rseq.cpu_id);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Verify rseq's CPU matches sched's CPU, and that sched's CPU
> +		 * is stable.  This doesn't handle the case where the task is
> +		 * migrated between sched_getcpu() and reading rseq, and again
> +		 * between reading rseq and sched_getcpu(), but in practice no
> +		 * false positives have been observed, while on the other hand
> +		 * blocking migration while this thread reads CPUs messes with
> +		 * the timing and prevents hitting failures on a buggy kernel.
> +		 */

I think you could get a stable cpu id between sched_getcpu and __rseq_abi.cpu_id
if you add a pthread mutex to protect:

sched_getcpu and __rseq_abi.cpu_id  reads

vs

sched_setaffinity calls within the migration thread.

Thoughts ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

> +		TEST_ASSERT(rseq_cpu == cpu || cpu != sched_getcpu(),
> +			    "rseq CPU = %d, sched CPU = %d\n", rseq_cpu, cpu);
> +	}
> +
> +	pthread_join(migration_thread, NULL);
> +
> +	kvm_vm_free(vm);
> +
> +	sys_rseq(RSEQ_FLAG_UNREGISTER);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> --
> 2.33.0.rc1.237.g0d66db33f3-goog

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com



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