[PATCH v2 2/2] kvm: arm/arm64: vgic-v3: Tighten synchronization for guests using v2 on v3

[cdall@kernel.org (Christoffer Dall)]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 12:49:56PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On guest exit, and when using GICv2 on GICv3, we use a dsb(st) to
> force synchronization between the memory-mapped guest view and
> the system-register view that the hypervisor uses.
> 
> This is incorrect, as the spec calls out the need for "a DSB whose
> required access type is both loads and stores with any Shareability
> attribute", while we're only synchronizing stores.
> 
> We also lack an isb after the dsb to ensure that the latter has
> actually been executed before we start reading stuff from the sysregs.
> 
> The fix is pretty easy: turn dsb(st) into dsb(sy), and slap an isb()
> just after.
> 
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: f68d2b1b73cc ("arm64: KVM: Implement vgic-v3 save/restore")
> Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>

Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall@kernel.org>

> ---
>  virt/kvm/arm/hyp/vgic-v3-sr.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/vgic-v3-sr.c b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/vgic-v3-sr.c
> index f5c3d6d7019e..b89ce5432214 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/vgic-v3-sr.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/vgic-v3-sr.c
> @@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ void __hyp_text __vgic_v3_save_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	 * are now visible to the system register interface.
>  	 */
>  	if (!cpu_if->vgic_sre) {
> -		dsb(st);
> +		dsb(sy);
> +		isb();
>  		cpu_if->vgic_vmcr = read_gicreg(ICH_VMCR_EL2);
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.14.2
>