[PATCH 01/14] KVM: s390: Ensure kvm_arch_no_poll() is read once when blocking vCPU

Sean Christopherson seanjc at google.com
Fri Sep 24 17:55:15 PDT 2021


Wrap s390's halt_poll_max_steal with READ_ONCE and snapshot the result of
kvm_arch_no_poll() in kvm_vcpu_block() to avoid a mostly-theoretical,
largely benign bug on s390 where the result of kvm_arch_no_poll() could
change due to userspace modifying halt_poll_max_steal while the vCPU is
blocking.  The bug is largely benign as it will either cause KVM to skip
updating halt-polling times (no_poll toggles false=>true) or to update
halt-polling times with a slightly flawed block_ns.

Note, READ_ONCE is unnecessary in the current code, add it in case the
arch hook is ever inlined, and to provide a hint that userspace can
change the param at will.

Fixes: 8b905d28ee17 ("KVM: s390: provide kvm_arch_no_poll function")
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger at de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
---
 arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 2 +-
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 6a6dd5e1daf6..7cabe6778b1b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -3446,7 +3446,7 @@ bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	/* do not poll with more than halt_poll_max_steal percent of steal time */
 	if (S390_lowcore.avg_steal_timer * 100 / (TICK_USEC << 12) >=
-	    halt_poll_max_steal) {
+	    READ_ONCE(halt_poll_max_steal)) {
 		vcpu->stat.halt_no_poll_steal++;
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 191dac6b1bed..768a4cbb26a6 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3213,6 +3213,7 @@ update_halt_poll_stats(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 poll_ns, bool waited)
  */
 void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	bool halt_poll_allowed = !kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu);
 	ktime_t start, cur, poll_end;
 	bool waited = false;
 	u64 block_ns;
@@ -3220,7 +3221,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_blocking(vcpu);
 
 	start = cur = poll_end = ktime_get();
-	if (vcpu->halt_poll_ns && !kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu)) {
+	if (vcpu->halt_poll_ns && halt_poll_allowed) {
 		ktime_t stop = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), vcpu->halt_poll_ns);
 
 		++vcpu->stat.generic.halt_attempted_poll;
@@ -3275,7 +3276,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	update_halt_poll_stats(
 		vcpu, ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(poll_end, start)), waited);
 
-	if (!kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu)) {
+	if (halt_poll_allowed) {
 		if (!vcpu_valid_wakeup(vcpu)) {
 			shrink_halt_poll_ns(vcpu);
 		} else if (vcpu->kvm->max_halt_poll_ns) {
-- 
2.33.0.685.g46640cef36-goog




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