Re: [PATCH v3] x86/hyperv: Use per cpu initial stack for vtl context

From: Wei Liu
Date: Fri Mar 08 2024 - 18:41:08 EST


On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 12:26:50AM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 03, 2024 at 11:08:17PM -0800, Saurabh Singh Sengar wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 06:24:27AM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 03, 2024 at 12:01:36AM -0800, Saurabh Sengar wrote:
> > > > Currently, the secondary CPUs in Hyper-V VTL context lack support for
> > > > parallel startup. Therefore, relying on the single initial_stack fetched
> > > > from the current task structure suffices for all vCPUs.
> > > >
> > > > However, common initial_stack risks stack corruption when parallel startup
> > > > is enabled. In order to facilitate parallel startup, use the initial_stack
> > > > from the per CPU idle thread instead of the current task.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 18415f33e2ac ("cpu/hotplug: Allow "parallel" bringup up to CPUHP_BP_KICK_AP_STATE")
> > >
> > > I don't think this patch is buggy. Instead, it exposes an assumption in
> > > the VTL code. So this either should be dropped or point to the patch
> > > which introduces the assumption.
> > >
> > > Let me know what you would prefer.
> >
> > The VTL code will crash if this fix is not present post above mentioned patch:
> > 18415f33e2ac ("cpu/hotplug: Allow "parallel" bringup up to CPUHP_BP_KICK_AP_STATE").
> > So I would prefer a fixes which added the assumption in VTL:
> >
> > Fixes: 3be1bc2fe9d2 ("x86/hyperv: VTL support for Hyper-V")
> >
> > Please let me know if you need V4 for it.
>
> No need to repost. I can change the commit message.

Applied to hyperv-next with the new Fixes tag. Thanks.