[PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: Implement barriers before accessing kvm->buses[] on SRCU read paths
Keir Fraser
keirf at google.com
Fri Jul 18 07:56:25 PDT 2025
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 02:01:32PM +0800, Yao Yuan wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:07:36AM +0800, Keir Fraser wrote:
> > This ensures that, if a VCPU has "observed" that an IO registration has
> > occurred, the instruction currently being trapped or emulated will also
> > observe the IO registration.
> >
> > At the same time, enforce that kvm_get_bus() is used only on the
> > update side, ensuring that a long-term reference cannot be obtained by
> > an SRCU reader.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keirf at google.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 7 +++++++
> > include/linux/kvm_host.h | 10 +++++++---
> > virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > index 191a9ed0da22..425e3d8074ab 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > @@ -5861,6 +5861,13 @@ static int handle_invalid_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > if (kvm_test_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu))
> > return 1;
> >
> > + /*
> > + * Ensure that any updates to kvm->buses[] observed by the
> > + * previous instruction (emulated or otherwise) are also
> > + * visible to the instruction we are about to emulate.
> > + */
> > + smp_rmb();
> > +
> > if (!kvm_emulate_instruction(vcpu, 0))
> > return 0;
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > index 3bde4fb5c6aa..9132148fb467 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -965,11 +965,15 @@ static inline bool kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(struct kvm *kvm)
> > return !!(kvm->manual_dirty_log_protect & KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET);
> > }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Get a bus reference under the update-side lock. No long-term SRCU reader
> > + * references are permitted, to avoid stale reads vs concurrent IO
> > + * registrations.
> > + */
> > static inline struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus idx)
> > {
> > - return srcu_dereference_check(kvm->buses[idx], &kvm->srcu,
> > - lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock) ||
> > - !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
> > + return rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[idx],
> > + lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock));
>
> I want to consult the true reason for using protected version here,
> save unnecessary READ_ONCE() ?
We don't want this function to be callable from SRCU read section, but
*only* during teardown. Hence protected version provides a better,
stricter safety check (that there are no users).
-- Keir
> > }
> >
> > static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > index 222f0e894a0c..9ec3b96b9666 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > @@ -1103,6 +1103,15 @@ void __weak kvm_arch_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm)
> > {
> > }
> >
> > +/* Called only on cleanup and destruction paths when there are no users. */
> > +static inline struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(struct kvm *kvm,
> > + enum kvm_bus idx)
> > +{
> > + return rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[idx],
> > + !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
> > +}
> > +
> > +
> > static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
> > {
> > struct kvm *kvm = kvm_arch_alloc_vm();
> > @@ -1228,7 +1237,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
> > out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm:
> > WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->users_count));
> > for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
> > - kfree(kvm_get_bus(kvm, i));
> > + kfree(kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(kvm, i));
> > kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
> > out_err_no_irq_routing:
> > cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu);
> > @@ -1276,7 +1285,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> >
> > kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
> > for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++) {
> > - struct kvm_io_bus *bus = kvm_get_bus(kvm, i);
> > + struct kvm_io_bus *bus = kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(kvm, i);
> >
> > if (bus)
> > kvm_io_bus_destroy(bus);
> > @@ -5838,6 +5847,18 @@ static int __kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_io_bus *bus,
> > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > }
> >
> > +static struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus_srcu(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus idx)
> > +{
> > + /*
> > + * Ensure that any updates to kvm_buses[] observed by the previous VCPU
> > + * machine instruction are also visible to the VCPU machine instruction
> > + * that triggered this call.
> > + */
> > + smp_mb__after_srcu_read_lock();
> > +
> > + return srcu_dereference(kvm->buses[idx], &kvm->srcu);
> > +}
> > +
> > int kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
> > int len, const void *val)
> > {
> > @@ -5850,7 +5871,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
> > .len = len,
> > };
> >
> > - bus = srcu_dereference(vcpu->kvm->buses[bus_idx], &vcpu->kvm->srcu);
> > + bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(vcpu->kvm, bus_idx);
> > if (!bus)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > r = __kvm_io_bus_write(vcpu, bus, &range, val);
> > @@ -5869,7 +5890,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_write_cookie(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
> > .len = len,
> > };
> >
> > - bus = srcu_dereference(vcpu->kvm->buses[bus_idx], &vcpu->kvm->srcu);
> > + bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(vcpu->kvm, bus_idx);
> > if (!bus)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > @@ -5919,7 +5940,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
> > .len = len,
> > };
> >
> > - bus = srcu_dereference(vcpu->kvm->buses[bus_idx], &vcpu->kvm->srcu);
> > + bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(vcpu->kvm, bus_idx);
> > if (!bus)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > r = __kvm_io_bus_read(vcpu, bus, &range, val);
> > @@ -6028,7 +6049,7 @@ struct kvm_io_device *kvm_io_bus_get_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
> >
> > srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
> >
> > - bus = srcu_dereference(kvm->buses[bus_idx], &kvm->srcu);
> > + bus = kvm_get_bus_srcu(kvm, bus_idx);
> > if (!bus)
> > goto out_unlock;
> >
> > --
> > 2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog
> >
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