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From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, <sashal@kernel.org>,
	<alexandru.elisei@arm.com>, <wanghaibin.wang@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable-5.12.y backport 2/2] KVM: arm64: Resolve all pending PC updates before immediate exit
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:44:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tumh24i0.wl-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210601111238.1059-3-yuzenghui@huawei.com>

On Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:12:38 +0100,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> commit e3e880bb1518eb10a4b4bb4344ed614d6856f190 upstream.
> 
> Commit 26778aaa134a ("KVM: arm64: Commit pending PC adjustemnts before
> returning to userspace") fixed the PC updating issue by forcing an explicit
> synchronisation of the exception state on vcpu exit to userspace.
> 
> However, we forgot to take into account the case where immediate_exit is
> set by userspace and KVM_RUN will exit immediately. Fix it by resolving all
> pending PC updates before returning to userspace.
> 
> Since __kvm_adjust_pc() relies on a loaded vcpu context, I moved the
> immediate_exit checking right after vcpu_load(). We will get some overhead
> if immediate_exit is true (which should hopefully be rare).
> 
> Fixes: 26778aaa134a ("KVM: arm64: Commit pending PC adjustemnts before returning to userspace")
> Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210526141831.1662-1-yuzenghui@huawei.com
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.11

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

	M.

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      reply	other threads:[~2021-06-01 11:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-01 11:12 [PATCH stable-5.12.y backport 0/2] KVM: arm64: Commit exception state on exit to userspace Zenghui Yu
2021-06-01 11:12 ` [PATCH stable-5.12.y backport 1/2] KVM: arm64: Commit pending PC adjustemnts before returning " Zenghui Yu
2021-06-01 11:44   ` Marc Zyngier
2021-06-01 13:47     ` Zenghui Yu
2021-06-01 11:12 ` [PATCH stable-5.12.y backport 2/2] KVM: arm64: Resolve all pending PC updates before immediate exit Zenghui Yu
2021-06-01 11:44   ` Marc Zyngier [this message]

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