From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: tglx@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>,
Vishal L Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
Rick P Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@intel.com>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] x86/kvm/vmx: Fix VMX vs hrtimer_rearm_deferred()
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:56:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260423155936.957351833@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260423155611.216805954@infradead.org
Vishal reported that KVM unit test 'x2apic' started failing after commit
0e98eb14814e ("entry: Prepare for deferred hrtimer rearming").
The reason is that KVM/VMX is injecting interrupts while it has IRQs disabled,
for a context that will enable IRQs, this means that regs->flags.X86_EFLAGS_IF
== 0 and the irqentry_exit() will not DTRT.
Notably, irqentry_exit() must not call hrtimer_rearm_deferred() when the return
context does not have IF set, because this will cause problems vs NMIs.
Therefore, fix up the state after the injection.
Fixes: 0e98eb14814e ("entry: Prepare for deferred hrtimer rearming")
Reported-by: "Verma, Vishal L" <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/70cd3e97fbb796e2eb2ff8cd4b7614ada05a5f24.camel%40intel.com
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: "Verma, Vishal L" <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/entry/common.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include <linux/entry-common.h>
#include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer_rearm.h>
#include <asm/fred.h>
#include <asm/desc.h>
@@ -27,6 +28,18 @@ noinstr void x86_entry_from_kvm(unsigned
#else
idt_entry_from_kvm(vector);
#endif
+ /*
+ * Strictly speaking, only the NMI path requires noinstr.
+ */
+ instrumentation_begin();
+ /*
+ * KVM/VMX will dispatch from IRQ-disabled but for a context
+ * that will have IRQs-enabled. This confuses the entry code
+ * and it will not have reprogrammed the timer. Do so now.
+ */
+ hrtimer_rearm_deferred();
+ instrumentation_end();
+
return;
}
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 15:56 [PATCH 0/2] x86/kvm/vmx: Fix VMX interrupt injection vs hrtimer_rearm_deferred() Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 15:56 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/kvm/vmx: Move IRQ/NMI dispatch from KVM into x86 core Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 17:54 ` Xin Li
2026-04-23 15:56 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
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