This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
KVM: x86: do not set st->preempted when going back to user space
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kvm-x86-do-not-set-st-preempted-when-going-back-to-u.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 3a2baf1cc573dfdb45c2aa09215c96707819ca33
Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Jun 7 10:07:11 2022 -0400
KVM: x86: do not set st->preempted when going back to user space
[ Upstream commit 54aa83c90198e68eee8b0850c749bc70efb548da ]
Similar to the Xen path, only change the vCPU's reported state if the vCPU
was actually preempted. The reason for KVM's behavior is that for example
optimistic spinning might not be a good idea if the guest is doing repeated
exits to userspace; however, it is confusing and unlikely to make a difference,
because well-tuned guests will hardly ever exit KVM_RUN in the first place.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b2436796e03c..8a6ee5d8adc7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4415,19 +4415,21 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
int idx;
- if (vcpu->preempted && !vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
- vcpu->arch.preempted_in_kernel = !static_call(kvm_x86_get_cpl)(vcpu);
+ if (vcpu->preempted) {
+ if (!vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
+ vcpu->arch.preempted_in_kernel = !static_call(kvm_x86_get_cpl)(vcpu);
- /*
- * Take the srcu lock as memslots will be accessed to check the gfn
- * cache generation against the memslots generation.
- */
- idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
- if (kvm_xen_msr_enabled(vcpu->kvm))
- kvm_xen_runstate_set_preempted(vcpu);
- else
- kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(vcpu);
- srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, idx);
+ /*
+ * Take the srcu lock as memslots will be accessed to check the gfn
+ * cache generation against the memslots generation.
+ */
+ idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
+ if (kvm_xen_msr_enabled(vcpu->kvm))
+ kvm_xen_runstate_set_preempted(vcpu);
+ else
+ kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(vcpu);
+ srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, idx);
+ }
static_call(kvm_x86_vcpu_put)(vcpu);
vcpu->arch.last_host_tsc = rdtsc();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
index cc0cf5f37450..a7693a286e40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ static inline void kvm_xen_runstate_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* behalf of the vCPU. Only if the VMM does actually block
* does it need to enter RUNSTATE_blocked.
*/
- if (vcpu->preempted)
- kvm_xen_update_runstate_guest(vcpu, RUNSTATE_runnable);
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!vcpu->preempted))
+ return;
+
+ kvm_xen_update_runstate_guest(vcpu, RUNSTATE_runnable);
}
/* 32-bit compatibility definitions, also used natively in 32-bit build */
