Commit e6b673b ("KVM: arm64: Optimise FPSIMD handling to reduce
guest/host thrashing") introduces a specific helper
kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp() for saving the vcpu FPSIMD state during
vcpu_put().
This function uses local_bh_disable()/_enable() to protect the
FPSIMD context manipulation from interruption by softirqs.
This approach is not correct, because vcpu_put() can be invoked
either from the KVM host vcpu thread (when exiting the vcpu run
loop), or via a preempt notifier. In the former case, only
preemption is disabled. In the latter case, the function is called
from inside __schedule(), which means that IRQs are disabled.
Use of local_bh_disable()/_enable() with IRQs disabled is considerd
an error, resulting in lockdep splats while running VMs if lockdep
is enabled.
It is probably possible in theory to relax this restriction on
local_bh_disable()/_enable() usage, but for now this patch takes
the simple approach of managing softirq masking only if IRQs happen
to be enabled when kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp() is called.
Fixes: e6b673b741ea ("KVM: arm64: Optimise FPSIMD handling to reduce guest/host thrashing")
Reported-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
index dc6ecfa..b51ff80 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c
@@ -90,10 +90,8 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_ctxsync_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* disappears and another task or vcpu appears that recycles the same
* struct fpsimd_state.
*/
-void kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void __kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- local_bh_disable();
-
update_thread_flag(TIF_SVE,
vcpu->arch.flags & KVM_ARM64_HOST_SVE_IN_USE);
@@ -105,6 +103,16 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* Ensure user trap controls are correctly restored */
fpsimd_bind_task_to_cpu();
}
+}
+
- local_bh_enable();
+void kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ if (irqs_disabled())
+ __kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(vcpu);
+ else {
+ local_bh_disable();
+ __kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp(vcpu);
+ local_bh_enable();
+ }
}--
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