[RFC PATCH v2 02/10] KVM: x86: Adjust locking order in move_enc_context_from
From: Ryan Afranji
Date: Wed Jun 11 2025 - 17:17:36 EST
Previously, the order for acquiring the locks required for the migration
function move_enc_context_from() was: 1) memslot lock 2) vCPU lock. This
can trigger a deadlock warning because a vCPU IOCTL modifying memslots
will acquire the locks in reverse order: 1) vCPU lock 2) memslot lock.
This patch adjusts move_enc_context_from() to match vCPU IOCTL’s locking
order to prevent deadlock warnings.
Signed-off-by: Ryan Afranji <afranji@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 13 +------------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 402543994b0b..380d5951f8dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -1961,26 +1961,15 @@ int sev_vm_move_enc_context_from(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm *source_kvm)
charged = true;
}
- ret = kvm_lock_all_vcpus(kvm);
- if (ret)
- goto out_dst_cgroup;
- ret = kvm_lock_all_vcpus(source_kvm);
- if (ret)
- goto out_dst_vcpu;
-
ret = sev_check_source_vcpus(kvm, source_kvm);
if (ret)
- goto out_source_vcpu;
+ goto out_dst_cgroup;
sev_migrate_from(kvm, source_kvm);
kvm_vm_dead(source_kvm);
cg_cleanup_sev = src_sev;
ret = 0;
-out_source_vcpu:
- kvm_unlock_all_vcpus(source_kvm);
-out_dst_vcpu:
- kvm_unlock_all_vcpus(kvm);
out_dst_cgroup:
/* Operates on the source on success, on the destination on failure. */
if (charged)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b1672379a16b..c28fa28a8e42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6743,10 +6743,18 @@ static int kvm_vm_move_enc_context_from(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int source_fd)
if (r)
goto out_mark_migration_done;
- r = kvm_lock_vm_memslots(kvm, source_kvm);
+ r = kvm_lock_all_vcpus(kvm);
if (r)
goto out_unlock;
+ r = kvm_lock_all_vcpus(source_kvm);
+ if (r)
+ goto out_unlock_vcpus;
+
+ r = kvm_lock_vm_memslots(kvm, source_kvm);
+ if (r)
+ goto out_unlock_source_vcpus;
+
r = kvm_move_memory_ctxt_from(kvm, source_kvm);
if (r)
goto out_unlock_memslots;
@@ -6762,6 +6770,10 @@ static int kvm_vm_move_enc_context_from(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int source_fd)
out_unlock_memslots:
kvm_unlock_vm_memslots(kvm, source_kvm);
+out_unlock_source_vcpus:
+ kvm_unlock_all_vcpus(source_kvm);
+out_unlock_vcpus:
+ kvm_unlock_all_vcpus(kvm);
out_unlock:
kvm_unlock_two_vms(kvm, source_kvm);
out_mark_migration_done:
--
2.50.0.rc1.591.g9c95f17f64-goog