Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: SVM: Disable posted interrupts for odd IRQs

From: Liran Alon
Date: Tue Sep 03 2019 - 19:23:57 EST




> On 3 Sep 2019, at 17:29, Alexander Graf <graf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We can easily route hardware interrupts directly into VM context when
> they target the "Fixed" or "LowPriority" delivery modes.
>
> However, on modes such as "SMI" or "Init", we need to go via KVM code
> to actually put the vCPU into a different mode of operation, so we can
> not post the interrupt
>
> Add code in the SVM PI logic to explicitly refuse to establish posted
> mappings for advanced IRQ deliver modes.
>
> This fixes a bug I have with code which configures real hardware to
> inject virtual SMIs into my guest.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <graf@xxxxxxxxxx>

Nit: I prefer to squash both commits into one that change both VMX & SVM.
As itâs exactly the same change.

> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index 1f220a85514f..9a6ea78c3239 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -5266,6 +5266,21 @@ get_pi_vcpu_info(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e,
> return -1;
> }
>
> + switch (irq.delivery_mode) {
> + case dest_Fixed:
> + case dest_LowestPrio:
> + break;
> + default:
> + /*
> + * For non-trivial interrupt events, we need to go
> + * through the full KVM IRQ code, so refuse to take
> + * any direct PI assignments here.
> + */
> + pr_debug("SVM: %s: use legacy intr remap mode for irq %u\n",
> + __func__, irq.vector);
> + return -1;
> + }
> +

Prefer changing printed string to something different than the !kvm_intr_is_single_vcpu() case.
To assist debugging.

Having said that,
Reviewed-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@xxxxxxxxxx>

-Liran

> pr_debug("SVM: %s: use GA mode for irq %u\n", __func__,
> irq.vector);
> *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
> @@ -5314,6 +5329,7 @@ static int svm_update_pi_irte(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int host_irq,
> * 1. When cannot target interrupt to a specific vcpu.
> * 2. Unsetting posted interrupt.
> * 3. APIC virtialization is disabled for the vcpu.
> + * 4. IRQ has extended delivery mode (SMI, INIT, etc)
> */
> if (!get_pi_vcpu_info(kvm, e, &vcpu_info, &svm) && set &&
> kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(&svm->vcpu)) {
> --
> 2.17.1
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