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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 11/43] KVM: Don't block+unblock when halt-polling is successful
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On 11/29/21 18:25, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> If a posted interrupt arrives after KVM has done its final search through the vIRR,
> but before avic_update_iommu_vcpu_affinity() is called, the posted interrupt will
> be set in the vIRR without triggering a host IRQ to wake the vCPU via the GA log.
>
> I.e. KVM is missing an equivalent to VMX's posted interrupt check for an outstanding
> notification after switching to the wakeup vector.

BTW Maxim reported that it can break even without assigned devices.

> For now, the least awful approach is sadly to keep the vcpu_(un)blocking() hooks.

I agree that the hooks cannot be dropped but the bug is reproducible
with this patch, where the hooks are still there.

With the hooks in place, you have:

kvm_vcpu_blocking(vcpu)
avic_set_running(vcpu, false)
avic_vcpu_put(vcpu)
avic_update_iommu_vcpu_affinity()
WRITE_ONCE(...) // clear IS_RUNNING bit

set_current_state()
smp_mb()

kvm_vcpu_check_block()
return kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable() || ...
return kvm_vcpu_has_events() || ...
return kvm_cpu_has_interrupt() || ...
return kvm_apic_has_interrupt() || ...
return apic_has_interrupt_for_ppr()
apic_find_highest_irr()
scan vIRR

This covers the barrier between the write of is_running and the read of
vIRR, and the other side should be correct as well. in particular,
reads of is_running always come after an atomic write to vIRR, and hence
after an implicit full memory barrier. svm_deliver_avic_intr() has an
smp_mb__after_atomic() after writing IRR; avic_kick_target_vcpus() even
has an explicit barrier in srcu_read_lock(), between the microcode's
write to vIRR and its own call to avic_vcpu_is_running().

Still it does seem to be a race that happens when IS_RUNNING=true but
vcpu->mode == OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE. This patch makes the race easier to
trigger because it moves IS_RUNNING=false later.

Paolo

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