[PATCH] KVM: X86: reset and read st->preempted in atomic way

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Mon May 31 2021 - 23:31:30 EST


From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In record_steal_time(), st->preempted is read twice, and
trace_kvm_pv_tlb_flush() might output result inconsistent if
kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() see a different st->preempted later.

It is a very trivial problem and hardly has actual harm and can be
avoided by reseting and reading st->preempted in atomic way via xchg().

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0087d3532c98..fba39fe162da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3117,9 +3117,11 @@ static void record_steal_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* expensive IPIs.
*/
if (guest_pv_has(vcpu, KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH)) {
+ u8 st_preempted = xchg(&st->preempted, 0);
+
trace_kvm_pv_tlb_flush(vcpu->vcpu_id,
- st->preempted & KVM_VCPU_FLUSH_TLB);
- if (xchg(&st->preempted, 0) & KVM_VCPU_FLUSH_TLB)
+ st_preempted & KVM_VCPU_FLUSH_TLB);
+ if (st_preempted & KVM_VCPU_FLUSH_TLB)
kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(vcpu);
} else {
st->preempted = 0;
--
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