[PATCH v3 02/26] KVM: nVMX: Ensure vCPU honors event request if posting nested IRQ fails

Sean Christopherson
2021-12-08T01:54:54Z

Add a memory barrier between writing vcpu->requests and reading
vcpu->guest_mode to ensure the read is ordered after the write when
(potentially) delivering an IRQ to L2 via nested posted interrupt. If
the request were to be completed after reading vcpu->mode, it would be
possible for the target vCPU to enter the guest without posting the
interrupt and without handling the event request.

Note, the barrier is only for documentation since atomic operations are
serializing on x86.

Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Fixes: 6b6977117f50 ("KVM: nVMX: Fix races when sending nested PI while dest enters/leaves L2")
Fixes: 705699a13994 ("KVM: nVMX: Enable nested posted interrupt processing")
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index efcc5a58abbc..a94f0fb80fd4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3941,6 +3941,19 @@ static int vmx_deliver_nested_posted_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
*/
vmx->nested.pi_pending = true;
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
+
+ /*
+ * This pairs with the smp_mb_*() after setting vcpu->mode in
+ * vcpu_enter_guest() to guarantee the vCPU sees the event
+ * request if triggering a posted interrupt "fails" because
+ * vcpu->mode != IN_GUEST_MODE. The extra barrier is needed as
+ * the smb_wmb() in kvm_make_request() only ensures everything
+ * done before making the request is visible when the request
+ * is visible, it doesn't ensure ordering between the store to
+ * vcpu->requests and the load from vcpu->mode.
+ */
+ smp_mb__after_atomic();
+
/* the PIR and ON have been set by L1. */
if (!kvm_vcpu_trigger_posted_interrupt(vcpu, true))
kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
@@ -3974,6 +3987,12 @@ static int vmx_deliver_posted_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vector)
if (pi_test_and_set_on(&vmx->pi_desc))
return 0;

+ /*
+ * The implied barrier in pi_test_and_set_on() pairs with the smp_mb_*()
+ * after setting vcpu->mode in vcpu_enter_guest(), thus the vCPU is
+ * guaranteed to see PID.ON=1 and sync the PIR to IRR if triggering a
+ * posted interrupt "fails" because vcpu->mode != IN_GUEST_MODE.
+ */
if (vcpu != kvm_get_running_vcpu() &&
!kvm_vcpu_trigger_posted_interrupt(vcpu, false))
kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
--
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