Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: x86/xen: Initialize Xen timer only once

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Aug 05 2022 - 14:37:24 EST


On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, Coleman Dietsch wrote:
> Add a check for existing xen timers before initializing a new one.
>
> Currently kvm_xen_init_timer() is called on every
> KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_TIMER, which is causing the following ODEBUG
> crash when vcpu->arch.xen.timer is already set.
>
> ODEBUG: init active (active state 0)
> object type: hrtimer hint: xen_timer_callbac0
> RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x16e/0x250 lib/debugobjects.c:502
> Call Trace:
> __debug_object_init
> debug_hrtimer_init
> debug_init
> hrtimer_init
> kvm_xen_init_timer
> kvm_xen_vcpu_set_attr
> kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl
> kvm_vcpu_ioctl
> vfs_ioctl
>

Fixes: 536395260582 ("KVM: x86/xen: handle PV timers oneshot mode")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=8234a9dfd3aafbf092cc5a7cd9842e3ebc45fc42
> Reported-by: syzbot+e54f930ed78eb0f85281@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Coleman Dietsch <dietschc@xxxxxxx>
> ---

One uber nit below, otherwise:

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

> arch/x86/kvm/xen.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> index 610beba35907..2dd0f72a62f2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> @@ -713,7 +713,10 @@ int kvm_xen_vcpu_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_xen_vcpu_attr *data)
> break;
> }
> vcpu->arch.xen.timer_virq = data->u.timer.port;
> - kvm_xen_init_timer(vcpu);
> +
> + /* Check for existing timer */

I vote to omit the comment, "existing timer" is ambiguous, e.g. it could mean that
there's an existing _running_ timer as opposed to an existing initialized timer.
IMO the code is obvious enough on its own.

> + if (!vcpu->arch.xen.timer.function)
> + kvm_xen_init_timer(vcpu);
>
> /* Restart the timer if it's set */
> if (data->u.timer.expires_ns)
> --
> 2.34.1
>