Re: [PATCH 1/8] KVM: SVM: Fix nested nmi handling

Joerg Roedel
2010-04-23T14:23:16Z

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 04:19:40PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
> On 23.04.2010, at 16:13, Joerg Roedel wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 03:46:07PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> >>
> >> On 22.04.2010, at 12:33, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >>
> >>> The patch introducing nested nmi handling had a bug. The
> >>> check does not belong to enable_nmi_window but must be in
> >>> nmi_allowed. This patch fixes this.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 16 +++++++++-------
> >>> 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> >>> index ab78eb8..ec20584 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> >>> @@ -2771,8 +2771,12 @@ static int svm_nmi_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >>> {
> >>> struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
> >>> struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb;
> >>> - return !(vmcb->control.int_state & SVM_INTERRUPT_SHADOW_MASK) &&
> >>> - !(svm->vcpu.arch.hflags & HF_NMI_MASK);
> >>> + int ret;
> >>> + ret = !(vmcb->control.int_state & SVM_INTERRUPT_SHADOW_MASK) &&
> >>> + !(svm->vcpu.arch.hflags & HF_NMI_MASK);
> >>> + ret = ret && gif_set(svm) && nested_svm_nmi(svm);
> >>> +
> >>> + return ret;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> static bool svm_get_nmi_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >>> @@ -2841,11 +2845,9 @@ static void enable_nmi_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >>> * Something prevents NMI from been injected. Single step over possible
> >>> * problem (IRET or exception injection or interrupt shadow)
> >>> */
> >>> - if (gif_set(svm) && nested_svm_nmi(svm)) {
> >>> - svm->nmi_singlestep = true;
> >>> - svm->vmcb->save.rflags |= (X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_RF);
> >>> - update_db_intercept(vcpu);
> >>> - }
> >>> + svm->nmi_singlestep = true;
> >>> + svm->vmcb->save.rflags |= (X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_RF);
> >>> + update_db_intercept(vcpu);
> >>
> >> So we're always messing with the nested guest state when the host
> >> wants to inject an nmi into the l1 guest? Is that safe?
> >
> > Why not? We can't inject an NMI directly into L2 if the nested
> > hypervisor intercepts it.
>
> So where did the code go that does the #vmexit in case the nested
> hypervisor does intercept it? It used to be nested_svm_nmi(), right?

No, nested_svm_nmi runs in atomic context where we can't emulate a
vmexit. We set exit_required and emulate the vmexit later.

Joerg