[patch 3/3] KVM: VMX: update vcpu posted-interrupt descriptor when assigning device

Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-25T13:54:29Z

For VMX, when a vcpu enters HLT emulation, pi_post_block will:

1) Add vcpu to per-cpu list of blocked vcpus.

2) Program the posted-interrupt descriptor "notification vector"
to POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR

With interrupt remapping, an interrupt will set the PIR bit for the
vector programmed for the device on the CPU, test-and-set the
ON bit on the posted interrupt descriptor, and if the ON bit is clear
generate an interrupt for the notification vector.

This way, the target CPU wakes upon a device interrupt and wakes up
the target vcpu.

Problem is that pi_post_block only programs the notification vector
if kvm_arch_has_assigned_device() is true. Its possible for the
following to happen:

1) vcpu V HLTs on pcpu P, kvm_arch_has_assigned_device is false,
notification vector is not programmed
2) device is assigned to VM
3) device interrupts vcpu V, sets ON bit
(notification vector not programmed, so pcpu P remains in idle)
4) vcpu 0 IPIs vcpu V (in guest), but since pi descriptor ON bit is set,
kvm_vcpu_kick is skipped
5) vcpu 0 busy spins on vcpu V's response for several seconds, until
RCU watchdog NMIs all vCPUs.

To fix this, use the start_assignment kvm_x86_ops callback to kick
vcpus out of the halt loop, so the notification vector is
properly reprogrammed to the wakeup vector.

Reported-by: Pei Zhang <pezhang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

Index: kvm/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
===================================================================
--- kvm.orig/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
+++ kvm/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
@@ -236,6 +236,13 @@ bool pi_has_pending_interrupt(struct kvm
(pi_test_sn(pi_desc) && !pi_is_pir_empty(pi_desc));
}

+void vmx_pi_start_assignment(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ if (!irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP))
+ return;
+
+ kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK);
+}

/*
* pi_update_irte - set IRTE for Posted-Interrupts
Index: kvm/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.h
===================================================================
--- kvm.orig/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.h
+++ kvm/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.h
@@ -95,5 +95,6 @@ void __init pi_init_cpu(int cpu);
bool pi_has_pending_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
int pi_update_irte(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int host_irq, uint32_t guest_irq,
bool set);
+void vmx_pi_start_assignment(struct kvm *kvm);

#endif /* __KVM_X86_VMX_POSTED_INTR_H */
Index: kvm/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
===================================================================
--- kvm.orig/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ kvm/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7732,6 +7732,7 @@ static struct kvm_x86_ops vmx_x86_ops __
.nested_ops = &vmx_nested_ops,

.update_pi_irte = pi_update_irte,
+ .start_assignment = vmx_pi_start_assignment,

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
.set_hv_timer = vmx_set_hv_timer,