Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: nVMX: Fix nested #PF intends to break L1's vmlauch/vmresume

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Thu Sep 14 2017 - 23:48:39 EST


2017-09-14 5:45 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 13/09/2017 13:03, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 5280 at /home/kernel/linux/arch/x86/kvm//vmx.c:11394 nested_vmx_vmexit+0xc2b/0xd70 [kvm_intel]
>> CPU: 4 PID: 5280 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Tainted: G W OE 4.13.0+ #17
>> RIP: 0010:nested_vmx_vmexit+0xc2b/0xd70 [kvm_intel]
>> Call Trace:
>> ? emulator_read_emulated+0x15/0x20 [kvm]
>> ? segmented_read+0xae/0xf0 [kvm]
>> vmx_inject_page_fault_nested+0x60/0x70 [kvm_intel]
>> ? vmx_inject_page_fault_nested+0x60/0x70 [kvm_intel]
>> x86_emulate_instruction+0x733/0x810 [kvm]
>> vmx_handle_exit+0x2f4/0xda0 [kvm_intel]
>> ? kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xd2f/0x1c60 [kvm]
>> kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xdab/0x1c60 [kvm]
>> ? kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x62/0x230 [kvm]
>> kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x340/0x700 [kvm]
>> ? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x340/0x700 [kvm]
>> ? __fget+0xfc/0x210
>> do_vfs_ioctl+0xa4/0x6a0
>> ? __fget+0x11d/0x210
>> SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
>> entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc2
>>
>> A nested #PF is triggered during L0 emulating instruction for L2. However, it
>> doesn't consider we should not break L1's vmlauch/vmresme. This patch fixes
>> it by queuing the #PF exception instead ,requesting an immediate VM exit from
>> L2 and keeping the exception for L1 pending for a subsequent nested VM exit.
>>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index 4253ade..fda9dd6 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -9829,7 +9829,8 @@ static void vmx_inject_page_fault_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>
>> WARN_ON(!is_guest_mode(vcpu));
>>
>> - if (nested_vmx_is_page_fault_vmexit(vmcs12, fault->error_code)) {
>> + if (nested_vmx_is_page_fault_vmexit(vmcs12, fault->error_code) &&
>> + !to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.nested_run_pending) {
>> vmcs12->vm_exit_intr_error_code = fault->error_code;
>> nested_vmx_vmexit(vcpu, EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI,
>> PF_VECTOR | INTR_TYPE_HARD_EXCEPTION |
>>
>
> Is vmx_inject_page_fault_nested even needed at all these days?
>
> kvm_inject_page_fault's call to kvm_queue_exception_e should transform
> into an L2->L1 vmexit when vmx_check_nested_events is called.

After more investigation, this will break the original goal of what
vmx_inject_page_fault_nested() tries to fix.
http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg96579.html

Regards,
Wanpeng Li