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From: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
To: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
	KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	linux-s390 <linux-s390@vger.kernel.org>,
	Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
	Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
	Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
	Douglas Freimuth <freimuth@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: s390: Zero initialize irq in reinject_machine_check
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:18:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c7908e15-1683-454e-b6d9-bd32f18ce9ca@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804162435.28617-4-borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>

On 8/4/26 12:24 PM, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> kvm_s390_reinject_machine_check() fills cr14, mcic, ext_damage_code and
> failing_storage_address of the on-stack struct kvm_s390_irq, but struct
> kvm_s390_mchk_info also has a pad word and a 16 byte fixed_logout array.
> struct mcck_volatile_info carries no logout data, so there is nothing to
> copy there and both stay whatever was on the stack.
> 
> __inject_mchk() then memcpy()s fixed_logout into the vcpu local
> interrupt state unconditionally. This will reach the guest during
> deliver and userspace during migration.
> 
> Reflecting zeroes is the correct behaviour here, as KVM has no logout
> data for a reinjected machine check.
> 
> This needs a host machine check while the cpu is in SIE so not trivial
> to trigger.
> 
> Fixes: 4d62fcc0b692 ("KVM: s390: Inject machine check into the guest")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>



  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-04 17:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-04 16:24 [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: s390: more fixes Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: s390: Remove user triggerable WARN_ON Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 16:33   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 17:47   ` Douglas Freimuth
2026-08-04 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: s390: Zero initialize data structures for inject_pfault_token Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 17:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: s390: Zero initialize irq in reinject_machine_check Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 17:18   ` Matthew Rosato [this message]
2026-08-04 17:20   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: s390: Fix memory leak in guest debug handling Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 18:00   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: s390: Fix old_data leak in guest debug error path Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 17:19   ` Matthew Rosato
2026-08-04 18:19   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: s390: Take srcu when importing watchpoint data Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 18:40   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-05  8:21     ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 16:24 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: s390: Free guest debug data on vcpu destroy Christian Borntraeger
2026-08-04 18:47   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 20:03   ` Matthew Rosato

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