[PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: arm64: Avoid lock inversion when setting the VM register width
Oliver Upton
oliver.upton at linux.dev
Mon Mar 27 09:47:45 PDT 2023
kvm->lock must be taken outside of the vcpu->mutex. Of course, the
locking documentation for KVM makes this abundantly clear. Nonetheless,
the locking order in KVM/arm64 has been wrong for quite a while; we
acquire the kvm->lock while holding the vcpu->mutex all over the shop.
All was seemingly fine until commit 42a90008f890 ("KVM: Ensure lockdep
knows about kvm->lock vs. vcpu->mutex ordering rule") caught us with our
pants down, leading to lockdep barfing:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.2.0-rc7+ #19 Not tainted
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qemu-system-aar/859 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff5aa69269eba0 (&host_kvm->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kvm_reset_vcpu+0x34/0x274
but task is already holding lock:
ffff5aa68768c0b8 (&vcpu->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x8c/0xba0
which lock already depends on the new lock.
Add a dedicated lock to serialize writes to VM-scoped configuration from
the context of a vCPU. Protect the register width flags with the new
lock, thus avoiding the need to grab the kvm->lock while holding
vcpu->mutex in kvm_reset_vcpu().
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton at arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/f6452cdd-65ff-34b8-bab0-5c06416da5f6@arm.com/
Tested-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 917586237a4d..cd1ef8716719 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ struct kvm_arch {
/* Mandated version of PSCI */
u32 psci_version;
+ /* Protects VM-scoped configuration data */
+ struct mutex config_lock;
+
/*
* If we encounter a data abort without valid instruction syndrome
* information, report this to user space. User space can (and
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 647798da8c41..1620ec3d95ef 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
{
int ret;
+ mutex_init(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+ /* Clue in lockdep that the config_lock must be taken inside kvm->lock */
+ mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+#endif
+
ret = kvm_share_hyp(kvm, kvm + 1);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -328,6 +338,14 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
spin_lock_init(&vcpu->arch.mp_state_lock);
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+ /* Inform lockdep that the config_lock is acquired after vcpu->mutex */
+ mutex_lock(&vcpu->mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&vcpu->mutex);
+#endif
+
/* Force users to call KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT */
vcpu->arch.target = -1;
bitmap_zero(vcpu->arch.features, KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
index 9e023546bde0..b5dee8e57e77 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int kvm_set_vm_width(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
is32bit = vcpu_has_feature(vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT);
- lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->lock);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
if (test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_REG_WIDTH_CONFIGURED, &kvm->arch.flags)) {
/*
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
bool loaded;
u32 pstate;
- mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
ret = kvm_set_vm_width(vcpu);
- mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->arch.config_lock);
if (ret)
return ret;
--
2.40.0.348.gf938b09366-goog
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