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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y] KVM: arm64: Move IN_GUEST_MODE ahead of state being loaded
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:14:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110171430.2677289-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107062344-failed-5.10-22b6557ad05b@kernel.org>

From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 22b6557ad05bf05c73246f62c19af3e04017270e ]

IN_GUEST_MODE is advertised too late, when state has already been moved
onto CPU registers and cannot be observed by another CPU anymore.

Move the IN_GUEST_MODE publication ahead of the state being loaded, and
immediately check for pending request. This ensures that there is no
window of opportunity for another CPU to observe OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE and
yet for state to be loaded.

This also simplifies the "state rollback", which solely amounts to
synchronising the timer when no irqchip is present.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Tested-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261015100539.1011760-4-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
[ sashal: adapted guest-entry changes to existing inline exit checks instead of kvm_vcpu_exit_request() ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 528229636c635..ccf31a749c827 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -716,8 +716,6 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 		local_irq_disable();
 
-		kvm_vgic_flush_hwstate(vcpu);
-
 		/*
 		 * Exit if we have a signal pending so that we can deliver the
 		 * signal to user space.
@@ -747,22 +745,27 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		 * interrupts and before the final VCPU requests check.
 		 * See the comment in kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode() and
 		 * Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst
+		 *
+		 * Requests to self must be posted before this point, or
+		 * won't be taken into account until the next exit. No state
+		 * loading other than what happens at vcpu_load() time can
+		 * be done before we have checked for pending requests.
 		 */
 		smp_store_mb(vcpu->mode, IN_GUEST_MODE);
 
 		if (ret <= 0 || need_new_vmid_gen(&vcpu->arch.hw_mmu->vmid) ||
 		    kvm_request_pending(vcpu)) {
 			vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
-			isb(); /* Ensure work in x_flush_hwstate is committed */
-			kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
 			if (static_branch_unlikely(&userspace_irqchip_in_use))
 				kvm_timer_sync_user(vcpu);
-			kvm_vgic_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
 			local_irq_enable();
 			preempt_enable();
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* From here onwards, we are commited to entering the guest */
+		kvm_vgic_flush_hwstate(vcpu);
+
 		kvm_arm_setup_debug(vcpu);
 
 		/**************************************************************
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-10 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 11:23 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Move IN_GUEST_MODE ahead of state being loaded" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 17:14 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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