KVM: x86: Prevent deadlock against tk_core.seq

Thomas Gleixner
2021-05-06T13:21:51Z

syzbot reported a possible deadlock in pvclock_gtod_notify():

CPU 0 CPU 1
write_seqcount_begin(&tk_core.seq);
pvclock_gtod_notify() spin_lock(&pool->lock);
queue_work(..., &pvclock_gtod_work) ktime_get()
spin_lock(&pool->lock); do {
seq = read_seqcount_begin(tk_core.seq)
...
} while (read_seqcount_retry(&tk_core.seq, seq);

While this is unlikely to happen, it's possible.

Delegate queue_work() to irq_work() which postpones it until the
tk_core.seq write held region is left and interrupts are reenabled.

Fixes: 16e8d74d2da9 ("KVM: x86: notifier for clocksource changes")
Reported-by: syzbot+6beae4000559d41d80f8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0000000000001d43ac05c0f5c6a0@google.com
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8040,6 +8040,18 @@ static void pvclock_gtod_update_fn(struc
static DECLARE_WORK(pvclock_gtod_work, pvclock_gtod_update_fn);

/*
+ * Indirection to move queue_work() out of the tk_core.seq write held
+ * region to prevent possible deadlocks against time accessors which
+ * are invoked with work related locks held.
+ */
+static void pvclock_irq_work_fn(struct irq_work *w)
+{
+ queue_work(system_long_wq, &pvclock_gtod_work);
+}
+
+static DEFINE_IRQ_WORK(pvclock_irq_work, pvclock_irq_work_fn);
+
+/*
* Notification about pvclock gtod data update.
*/
static int pvclock_gtod_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long unused,
@@ -8050,13 +8062,14 @@ static int pvclock_gtod_notify(struct no

update_pvclock_gtod(tk);

- /* disable master clock if host does not trust, or does not
- * use, TSC based clocksource.
+ /*
+ * Disable master clock if host does not trust, or does not use,
+ * TSC based clocksource. Delegate queue_work() to irq_work as
+ * this is invoked with tk_core.seq write held.
*/
if (!gtod_is_based_on_tsc(gtod->clock.vclock_mode) &&
atomic_read(&kvm_guest_has_master_clock) != 0)
- queue_work(system_long_wq, &pvclock_gtod_work);
-
+ irq_work_queue(&pvclock_irq_work);
return 0;
}

@@ -8168,6 +8181,7 @@ void kvm_arch_exit(void)
cpuhp_remove_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_X86_KVM_CLK_ONLINE);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
pvclock_gtod_unregister_notifier(&pvclock_gtod_notifier);
+ irq_work_sync(&pvclock_irq_work);
cancel_work_sync(&pvclock_gtod_work);
#endif
kvm_x86_ops.hardware_enable = NULL;