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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: seanjc@google.com, pbonzini@redhat.com
Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, paul@xen.org, joao.m.martins@oracle.com,
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Subject: [PATCH v3 10/13] KVM: x86/xen: Take kvm->srcu in __kvm_xen_has_interrupt()
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:26:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831213632.81023-11-dwmw2@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831213632.81023-1-dwmw2@infradead.org>

From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>

kvm_gpc_check() checks the cached memslot generation against the current
one, which dereferences kvm->memslots and therefore requires kvm->srcu to
be held. __kvm_xen_has_interrupt() does not take it.

Most callers do happen to hold kvm->srcu, but not all of them:

 - kvm_emulate_halt() on the VM-Exit path, via kvm_vcpu_has_events() and
   kvm_cpu_has_extint(). vcpu_enter_guest() drops the vCPU's SRCU lock
   before entering the guest, so it is not held on the way back out.

 - kvm_vcpu_block() -> kvm_vcpu_check_block() -> kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(),
   which is the case the existing comment in this function describes.

On a PROVE_RCU kernel the former produces:

  WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
  include/linux/kvm_host.h:1092 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
  ...
   kvm_gpc_check+0x344/0x3e0 [kvm]
   __kvm_xen_has_interrupt+0x83/0x310 [kvm]
   kvm_cpu_has_extint+0x1ff/0x370 [kvm]
   kvm_cpu_has_interrupt+0x16/0x100 [kvm]
   kvm_vcpu_has_events+0x4ce/0x690 [kvm]
   kvm_emulate_halt+0x52/0x1f0 [kvm]
   vmx_vcpu_run+0x988/0x2630 [kvm_intel]

Use guard(srcu) so that the three existing early returns don't each need
an explicit unlock. SRCU read sections nest, so this is harmless on the
paths which already hold it, and srcu_read_lock() does not sleep, so it
is also safe in the atomic case which this function already handles.

Fixes: 7caf9571563e ("KVM: x86/xen: Use gfn_to_pfn_cache for vcpu_info")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-mythos-5
---
 arch/x86/kvm/xen.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
index f8730ee48ab8..871cbaf8b68d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
@@ -732,6 +732,16 @@ int __kvm_xen_has_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(rc) !=
 		     sizeof_field(struct compat_vcpu_info, evtchn_upcall_pending));
 
+	/*
+	 * kvm_gpc_check() checks the memslot generation, so kvm->srcu must be
+	 * held. Most callers hold it already, but this is also reached from
+	 * kvm_emulate_halt() on the VM-Exit path and from kvm_vcpu_block(),
+	 * where vcpu_enter_guest() has already dropped the vCPU's SRCU lock.
+	 * Taking SRCU does not sleep, so it is safe even in the atomic case
+	 * which is handled below.
+	 */
+	guard(srcu)(&v->kvm->srcu);
+
 	read_lock_irqsave(&gpc->lock, flags);
 	while (!kvm_gpc_check(gpc, sizeof(struct vcpu_info))) {
 		read_unlock_irqrestore(&gpc->lock, flags);
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-31 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-31 21:26 [PATCH v3 0/13] KVM: x86/xen: Bug fixes and long_mode cleanup David Woodhouse
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] KVM: x86/xen: Rename 'longmode' to 'is_64bit' in hypercall handling David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:18   ` Paul Durrant
2026-09-02 18:24     ` David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 18:57       ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 22:00         ` David Woodhouse
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] KVM: x86/xen: Introduce kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo() macro David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:21   ` Paul Durrant
2026-09-02 18:28     ` David Woodhouse
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] KVM: x86/xen: Rename max_evtchn_port() to kvm_max_evtchn_port() David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:22   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] KVM: x86/xen: Latch shinfo mode in kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast() David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:25   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] KVM: x86/xen: Latch shinfo mode in kvm_xen_schedop_poll() David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:27   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] KVM: x86/xen: Enforce 4-byte alignment of vcpu_info registration David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:29   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] KVM: x86/xen: Use 32-bit locked bts for vcpu_info evtchn_pending_sel David Woodhouse
2026-08-31 22:50   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 23:18     ` David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:33   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] KVM: x86/xen: Use 32-bit atomics if vCPU's evtchn_pending_sel isn't aligned David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:38   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] KVM: x86/xen: Use atomic*() APIs instead of open coded equivalents David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:41   ` Paul Durrant
2026-09-02 18:32     ` David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 18:59       ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-31 21:26 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2026-09-02 12:43   ` [PATCH v3 10/13] KVM: x86/xen: Take kvm->srcu in __kvm_xen_has_interrupt() Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] KVM: x86/xen: Mark poll_evtchn accesses with READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:45   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] KVM: pfncache: use a dedicated invalidation sequence for cache refresh David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:14   ` Paul Durrant
2026-08-31 21:26 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] KVM: x86/xen: Convert evtchn_ports from IDR to XArray David Woodhouse
2026-08-31 23:36   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01  0:07     ` David Woodhouse
2026-09-02 12:48   ` Paul Durrant
2026-09-04 15:37 ` [PATCH v3 0/13] KVM: x86/xen: Bug fixes and long_mode cleanup Paolo Bonzini

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