[PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Fix potential preemption when get the current kvmclock timestamp

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Thu May 11 2017 - 21:07:29 EST


From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>

BUG: using __this_cpu_read() in preemptible [00000000] code: qemu-system-x86/2809
caller is __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
CPU: 2 PID: 2809 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 4.11.0+ #13
Call Trace:
dump_stack+0x99/0xce
check_preemption_disabled+0xf5/0x100
__this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
get_kvmclock_ns+0x6f/0x110 [kvm]
get_time_ref_counter+0x5d/0x80 [kvm]
kvm_hv_process_stimers+0x2a1/0x8a0 [kvm]
? kvm_hv_process_stimers+0x2a1/0x8a0 [kvm]
? kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xac9/0x1ce0 [kvm]
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x5bf/0x1ce0 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x384/0x7b0 [kvm]
? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x384/0x7b0 [kvm]
? __fget+0xf3/0x210
do_vfs_ioctl+0xa4/0x700
? __fget+0x114/0x210
SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc2
RIP: 0033:0x7f9d164ed357
? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20

This can be reproduced by run kvm-unit-tests/hyperv_stimer.flat w/
CONFIG_PREEMPT and CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT enabled.

Safe access to per-CPU data requires a couple of constraints, though: the
thread working with the data cannot be preempted and it cannot be migrated
while it manipulates per-CPU variables. If the thread is preempted, the
thread that replaces it could try to work with the same variables; migration
to another CPU could also cause confusion. However there is no preemption
disable when reads host per-CPU tsc rate to calculate the current kvmclock
timestamp.

This patch fix it by holding pvclock_gtod_sync_lock lock when calculates
pvclock's time scale in order to disable preemption for host per-CPU tsc
rate read.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2:
* utilize get_cpu/put_cpu pair to protect both __this_cpu_read and rdtsc()

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b54125b..3b5fc7e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1763,6 +1763,7 @@ u64 get_kvmclock_ns(struct kvm *kvm)
{
struct kvm_arch *ka = &kvm->arch;
struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info hv_clock;
+ u64 ret;

spin_lock(&ka->pvclock_gtod_sync_lock);
if (!ka->use_master_clock) {
@@ -1774,10 +1775,17 @@ u64 get_kvmclock_ns(struct kvm *kvm)
hv_clock.system_time = ka->master_kernel_ns + ka->kvmclock_offset;
spin_unlock(&ka->pvclock_gtod_sync_lock);

+ /* both __this_cpu_read() and rdtsc() should be on the same cpu */
+ get_cpu();
+
kvm_get_time_scale(NSEC_PER_SEC, __this_cpu_read(cpu_tsc_khz) * 1000LL,
&hv_clock.tsc_shift,
&hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul);
- return __pvclock_read_cycles(&hv_clock, rdtsc());
+ ret = __pvclock_read_cycles(&hv_clock, rdtsc());
+
+ put_cpu();
+
+ return ret;
}

static void kvm_setup_pvclock_page(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
--
2.7.4