From: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
To: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
borntraeger@de.ibm.com, david@kernel.org, seiden@linux.ibm.com,
nrb@linux.ibm.com, schlameuss@linux.ibm.com, gra@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: s390: Fix overclearing ESCA in case of error
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:48:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ebeefa03-118a-4214-a8d2-72cd89e74bae@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713150857.269954-7-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
On 7/13/26 17:08, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> If an attempt is made to create a vCPU with an already existing ID,
> the duplicated vCPU will be destroyed. When destroying a vCPU, its
> ESCA entry will be cleared. In the above scenario, the spurious
> duplicate vCPU is destroyed, but the ESCA entry corresponding to the
> original vCPU is cleared.
>
> Fix by skipping clearing the ESCA entry if the vCPU creation was not
> successful, i.e. if the pointer to the ESCA in the state description is
> not set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> index fc0a884d7f54..6339a327a7be 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> @@ -3458,7 +3458,7 @@ static void sca_del_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> struct esca_block *sca = vcpu->kvm->arch.sca;
>
> - if (!kvm_s390_use_sca_entries())
> + if (!kvm_s390_use_sca_entries() || !vcpu->arch.sie_block->scaol)
> return;
>
> clear_bit_inv(vcpu->vcpu_id, (unsigned long *)sca->mcn);
Oh boy.
Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-14 12:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 15:08 [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: s390: Misc fixes Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: s390: Fix unlikely NULL gmap dereference Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 8:32 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-14 13:23 ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: s390: Return -EFAULT instead of PGM_ADDRESSING Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 8:44 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: s390: Fix race in __do_essa() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: s390: cmma: Fix dirty tracking when removing memslot Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: s390: ucontrol: Add missing locking around gmap_remove_child() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: s390: Fix overclearing ESCA in case of error Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 12:48 ` Janosch Frank [this message]
2026-07-14 12:51 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: s390: Return -EINTR if a signal was pending while faulting-in Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:33 ` sashiko-bot
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