native_safe_halt enables interrupts, and you just shouldn't call rcu_irq_enter() with interrupts enabled. Reorder the call with the following local_irq_disable() to respect the invariant. Reported-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c index 14f65a5f938e..2a7835932b71 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c @@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ void kvm_async_pf_task_wait(u32 token) */ rcu_irq_exit(); native_safe_halt(); - rcu_irq_enter(); local_irq_disable(); + rcu_irq_enter(); } } if (!n.halted) -- 2.9.3