This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
KVM: fix spin_lock_init order on x86
to the 4.4-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-fix-spin_lock_init-order-on-x86.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From e9ad4ec8379ad1ba6f68b8ca1c26b50b5ae0a327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:15:25 +0100
Subject: KVM: fix spin_lock_init order on x86
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit e9ad4ec8379ad1ba6f68b8ca1c26b50b5ae0a327 upstream.
Moving the initialization earlier is needed in 4.6 because
kvm_arch_init_vm is now using mmu_lock, causing lockdep to
complain:
[ 284.440294] INFO: trying to register non-static key.
[ 284.445259] the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.
[ 284.450736] turning off the locking correctness validator.
...
[ 284.528318] [<ffffffff810aecc3>] lock_acquire+0xd3/0x240
[ 284.533733] [<ffffffffa0305aa0>] ? kvm_page_track_register_notifier+0x20/0x60 [kvm]
[ 284.541467] [<ffffffff81715581>] _raw_spin_lock+0x41/0x80
[ 284.546960] [<ffffffffa0305aa0>] ? kvm_page_track_register_notifier+0x20/0x60 [kvm]
[ 284.554707] [<ffffffffa0305aa0>] kvm_page_track_register_notifier+0x20/0x60 [kvm]
[ 284.562281] [<ffffffffa02ece70>] kvm_mmu_init_vm+0x20/0x30 [kvm]
[ 284.568381] [<ffffffffa02dbf7a>] kvm_arch_init_vm+0x1ea/0x200 [kvm]
[ 284.574740] [<ffffffffa02bff3f>] kvm_dev_ioctl+0xbf/0x4d0 [kvm]
However, it also helps fixing a preexisting problem, which is why this
patch is also good for stable kernels: kvm_create_vm was incrementing
current->mm->mm_count but not decrementing it at the out_err label (in
case kvm_init_mmu_notifier failed). The new initialization order makes
it possible to add the required mmdrop without adding a new error label.
Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -547,6 +547,16 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigne
if (!kvm)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+ atomic_inc(¤t->mm->mm_count);
+ kvm->mm = current->mm;
+ kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
+ mutex_init(&kvm->lock);
+ mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);
+ mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock);
+ atomic_set(&kvm->users_count, 1);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->devices);
+
r = kvm_arch_init_vm(kvm, type);
if (r)
goto out_err_no_disable;
@@ -579,16 +589,6 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigne
goto out_err;
}
- spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
- kvm->mm = current->mm;
- atomic_inc(&kvm->mm->mm_count);
- kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
- mutex_init(&kvm->lock);
- mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);
- mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock);
- atomic_set(&kvm->users_count, 1);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->devices);
-
r = kvm_init_mmu_notifier(kvm);
if (r)
goto out_err;
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ out_err_no_disable:
for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
kvm_free_memslots(kvm, kvm->memslots[i]);
kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
+ mmdrop(current->mm);
return ERR_PTR(r);
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/kvm-vmx-fix-nested-vpid-for-old-kvm-guests.patch
queue-4.4/kvm-x86-fix-missed-hardware-breakpoints.patch
queue-4.4/kvm-vmx-avoid-guest-hang-on-invalid-invvpid-instruction.patch
queue-4.4/kvm-i8254-change-pit-discard-tick-policy.patch
queue-4.4/kvm-fix-spin_lock_init-order-on-x86.patch
queue-4.4/kvm-vmx-avoid-guest-hang-on-invalid-invept-instruction.patch
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