[PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix reentrancy issues with preempt notifiers

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Mon Jul 24 2017 - 18:43:58 EST


From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Preempt can occur in the preemption timer expiration handler:

CPU0 CPU1

preemption timer vmexit
handle_preemption_timer(vCPU0)
kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer
hv_timer_is_use == true
sched_out
sched_in
kvm_arch_vcpu_load
kvm_lapic_restart_hv_timer
restart_apic_timer
start_hv_timer
already-expired timer or sw timer triggerd in the window
start_sw_timer
cancel_hv_timer
/* back in kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer */
cancel_hv_timer
WARN_ON(!apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use); ==> Oops

This can be reproduced if CONFIG_PREEMPT is enabled.

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 2972 at /home/kernel/linux/arch/x86/kvm//lapic.c:1563 kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer+0x9e/0xb0 [kvm]
CPU: 4 PID: 2972 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Tainted: G OE 4.13.0-rc2+ #16
RIP: 0010:kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer+0x9e/0xb0 [kvm]
Call Trace:
handle_preemption_timer+0xe/0x20 [kvm_intel]
vmx_handle_exit+0xb8/0xd70 [kvm_intel]
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xdd1/0x1be0 [kvm]
? kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x47/0x230 [kvm]
? kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x62/0x230 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x340/0x700 [kvm]
? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x340/0x700 [kvm]
? __fget+0xfc/0x210
do_vfs_ioctl+0xa4/0x6a0
? __fget+0x11d/0x210
SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
do_syscall_64+0x81/0x220
entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 2972 at /home/kernel/linux/arch/x86/kvm//lapic.c:1498 cancel_hv_timer.isra.40+0x4f/0x60 [kvm]
CPU: 4 PID: 2972 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Tainted: G W OE 4.13.0-rc2+ #16
RIP: 0010:cancel_hv_timer.isra.40+0x4f/0x60 [kvm]
Call Trace:
kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer+0x3e/0xb0 [kvm]
handle_preemption_timer+0xe/0x20 [kvm_intel]
vmx_handle_exit+0xb8/0xd70 [kvm_intel]
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xdd1/0x1be0 [kvm]
? kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x47/0x230 [kvm]
? kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x62/0x230 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x340/0x700 [kvm]
? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x340/0x700 [kvm]
? __fget+0xfc/0x210
do_vfs_ioctl+0xa4/0x6a0
? __fget+0x11d/0x210
SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
do_syscall_64+0x81/0x220
entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25

This patch fixes it by making the caller of start_hv_timer and start_sw_timer
be in preemption-disabled regions, which trivially avoid any reentrancy
issue with preempt notifier.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2:
* cleanup patch description
v2 -> v3:
* the caller of start_hv_timer and start_sw_timer in a preemption-disabled region

arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 2819d4c..0d558c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1495,11 +1495,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use);

static void cancel_hv_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
{
+ WARN_ON(preemptible());
WARN_ON(!apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use);
- preempt_disable();
kvm_x86_ops->cancel_hv_timer(apic->vcpu);
apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use = false;
- preempt_enable();
}

static bool start_hv_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
@@ -1552,18 +1551,25 @@ static void start_sw_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)

static void restart_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
{
+ preempt_disable();
if (!start_hv_timer(apic))
start_sw_timer(apic);
+ preempt_enable();
}

void kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;

- WARN_ON(!apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use);
+ preempt_disable();
+ /* The preempt notifier has called apic_timer_expired already */
+ if (!apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use)
+ goto out;
WARN_ON(swait_active(&vcpu->wq));
cancel_hv_timer(apic);
apic_timer_expired(apic);
+out:
+ preempt_enable();

if (apic_lvtt_period(apic) && apic->lapic_timer.period) {
advance_periodic_target_expiration(apic);
@@ -1582,9 +1588,11 @@ void kvm_lapic_switch_to_sw_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;

+ preempt_disable();
/* Possibly the TSC deadline timer is not enabled yet */
if (apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use)
start_sw_timer(apic);
+ preempt_enable();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_lapic_switch_to_sw_timer);

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