On 27/04/2022 19:48, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:

In the panic path we have a list of functions to be called, the panic
notifiers - such callbacks perform various actions in the machine's
last breath, and sometimes users want them to run before kdump. We
have the parameter "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" for that. When such
parameter is used, the function "crash_smp_send_stop()" is executed
to poweroff all secondary CPUs through the NMI-shootdown mechanism;
part of this process involves disabling virtualization features in
all CPUs (except the main one).

Now, in the emergency restart procedure we have also a way of
disabling VMX in all CPUs, using the same NMI-shootdown mechanism;
what happens though is that in case we already NMI-disabled all CPUs,
the emergency restart fails due to a second addition of the same items
in the NMI list, as per the following log output:

sysrq: Trigger a crash
Kernel panic - not syncing: sysrq triggered crash
[...]
Rebooting in 2 seconds..
list_add double add: new=<addr1>, prev=<addr2>, next=<addr1>.
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:29!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI

In order to reproduce the problem, users just need to set the kernel
parameter "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" *without* kdump set in any
system with the VMX feature present.

Since there is no benefit in re-disabling VMX in all CPUs in case
it was already done, this patch prevents that by guarding the restart
routine against doubly issuing NMIs unnecessarily. Notice we still
need to disable VMX locally in the emergency restart.

Fixes: ed72736183c4 ("x86/reboot: Force all cpus to exit VMX root if VMX is supported)
Fixes: 0ee59413c967 ("x86/panic: replace smp_send_stop() with kdump friendly version in panic path")
Cc: David P. Reed <redacted>
Cc: Hidehiro Kawai <redacted>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@igalia.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/crash.c    |  8 ++++----
 arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c   | 14 ++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Hi Paolo / Sean / Vitaly, sorry for the ping.
But do you think this fix is OK from the VMX point-of-view?

I'd like to send a V2 of this set soon, so any review here is highly
appreciated!

Cheers,


Guilherme