On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 08:44:23PM +0200, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> If we were migrated right after __getcpu, but before reading the
> migration_count, we wouldn't notice that we read TSC of a different
> VCPU, nor that KVM's bug made pvti invalid, as only migration_count
> on source VCPU is increased.
>
> Change vdso instead of updating migration_count on destination.
>
> Fixes: 0a4e6be9ca17 ("x86: kvm: Revert "remove sched notifier for cross-cpu migrations"")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Because it we'll get a complete rewrite, this series does not
> - remove the outdated 'TODO: We can put [...]' comment
> - use a proper encapsulation for the inner do-while loop
> - optimize the outer do-while loop
> (no need to re-read cpu id on version mismatch)
>
> arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
> index 30933760ee5f..40d2473836c9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
> @@ -99,21 +99,25 @@ static notrace cycle_t vread_pvclock(int *mode)
> * __getcpu() calls (Gleb).
> */
>
> - pvti = get_pvti(cpu);
> + /* Make sure migrate_count will change if we leave the VCPU. */
> + do {
> + pvti = get_pvti(cpu);
> + migrate_count = pvti->migrate_count;
>
> - migrate_count = pvti->migrate_count;
> + cpu1 = cpu;
> + cpu = __getcpu() & VGETCPU_CPU_MASK;
> + } while (unlikely(cpu != cpu1));
>
> version = __pvclock_read_cycles(&pvti->pvti, &ret, &flags);
>
> /*
> * Test we're still on the cpu as well as the version.
> - * We could have been migrated just after the first
> - * vgetcpu but before fetching the version, so we
> - * wouldn't notice a version change.
> + * - We must read TSC of pvti's VCPU.
> + * - KVM doesn't follow the versioning protocol, so data could
> + * change before version if we left the VCPU.
> */
> - cpu1 = __getcpu() & VGETCPU_CPU_MASK;
> - } while (unlikely(cpu != cpu1 ||
> - (pvti->pvti.version & 1) ||
> + smp_rmb();
> + } while (unlikely((pvti->pvti.version & 1) ||
> pvti->pvti.version != version ||
> pvti->migrate_count != migrate_count));
>
> --
> 2.3.4
>
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Reviewed-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
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