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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	Raghavendra Rao Anata <rananta@google.com>,
	Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] KVM: x86: Fix potential race in KVM_GET_CLOCK
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:24:22 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210819182422.GA25923@fuller.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210816001130.3059564-2-oupton@google.com>

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 12:11:25AM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Sean noticed that KVM_GET_CLOCK was checking kvm_arch.use_master_clock
> outside of the pvclock sync lock. This is problematic, as the clock
> value written to the user may or may not actually correspond to a stable
> TSC.
> 
> Fix the race by populating the entire kvm_clock_data structure behind
> the pvclock_gtod_sync_lock.

Oliver, 

Can you please describe the race in more detail?

Is it about host TSC going unstable VS parallel KVM_GET_CLOCK ? 

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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>,
	Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@google.com>,
	Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@google.com>,
	Raghavendra Rao Anata <rananta@google.com>,
	James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
	Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] KVM: x86: Fix potential race in KVM_GET_CLOCK
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:24:22 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210819182422.GA25923@fuller.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210816001130.3059564-2-oupton@google.com>

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 12:11:25AM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Sean noticed that KVM_GET_CLOCK was checking kvm_arch.use_master_clock
> outside of the pvclock sync lock. This is problematic, as the clock
> value written to the user may or may not actually correspond to a stable
> TSC.
> 
> Fix the race by populating the entire kvm_clock_data structure behind
> the pvclock_gtod_sync_lock.

Oliver, 

Can you please describe the race in more detail?

Is it about host TSC going unstable VS parallel KVM_GET_CLOCK ? 


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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>,
	Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@google.com>,
	Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@google.com>,
	Raghavendra Rao Anata <rananta@google.com>,
	James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
	Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] KVM: x86: Fix potential race in KVM_GET_CLOCK
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:24:22 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210819182422.GA25923@fuller.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210816001130.3059564-2-oupton@google.com>

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 12:11:25AM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Sean noticed that KVM_GET_CLOCK was checking kvm_arch.use_master_clock
> outside of the pvclock sync lock. This is problematic, as the clock
> value written to the user may or may not actually correspond to a stable
> TSC.
> 
> Fix the race by populating the entire kvm_clock_data structure behind
> the pvclock_gtod_sync_lock.

Oliver, 

Can you please describe the race in more detail?

Is it about host TSC going unstable VS parallel KVM_GET_CLOCK ? 


  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-19 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-16  0:11 [PATCH v7 0/6] KVM: x86: Add idempotent controls for migrating system counter state Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11 ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11 ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] KVM: x86: Fix potential race in KVM_GET_CLOCK Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-19 18:24   ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
2021-08-19 18:24     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-08-19 18:24     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-08-20 18:22     ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-20 18:22       ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-20 18:22       ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] KVM: x86: Create helper methods for KVM_{GET,SET}_CLOCK ioctls Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] KVM: x86: Report host tsc and realtime values in KVM_GET_CLOCK Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-20 12:46   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-08-20 12:46     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-08-20 12:46     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-09-24  8:30     ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-24  8:30       ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-24  8:30       ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-08-16  0:11 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] KVM: x86: Take the pvclock sync lock behind the tsc_write_lock Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-09-02 19:22   ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:22     ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:22     ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-16  0:11 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] KVM: x86: Refactor tsc synchronization code Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-09-02 19:21   ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:21     ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:21     ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:41     ` Oliver Upton
2021-09-02 19:41       ` Oliver Upton
2021-09-02 19:41       ` Oliver Upton
2021-09-24  9:28     ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-24  9:28       ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-24  9:28       ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-08-16  0:11 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] KVM: x86: Expose TSC offset controls to userspace Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-16  0:11   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-23 20:56   ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-23 20:56     ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-23 20:56     ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-26 12:48     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-08-26 12:48       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-08-26 12:48       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-08-26 20:27       ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-26 20:27         ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-26 20:27         ` Oliver Upton
2021-08-29  8:25         ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-02 19:23 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] KVM: x86: Add idempotent controls for migrating system counter state Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:23   ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:23   ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-02 19:45   ` Oliver Upton
2021-09-02 19:45     ` Oliver Upton
2021-09-02 19:45     ` Oliver Upton

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