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SubjectRe: [tip:sched/urgent] sched/preempt, kvm: Fix KVM preempt_notifier usage
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On 30/06/2015 13:10, tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Commit-ID: 6efde1d3716b7d055d3310bccba2df244cf430d7
> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/6efde1d3716b7d055d3310bccba2df244cf430d7
> Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:55:14 +0200
> Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> CommitDate: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:58:53 +0200
>
> sched/preempt, kvm: Fix KVM preempt_notifier usage
>
> The preempt-notifier API needs to sleep with the addition of the
> static_key, we do however need to hold off preemption while
> modifying the preempt notifier list, otherwise a preemption
> could observe an inconsistent list state.
>
> There is no reason to have preemption disabled in the caller,
> registering a preempt notifier is a purely task local affair.
>
> Therefore move the preempt_disable into the functions and change
> the callers to a preemptible context.
>
> Reported-and-Tested-by: Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@kernel.org>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Fixes: 1cde2930e154 ("sched/preempt: Add static_key() to preempt_notifiers")
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150625125514.GA3644@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> ---
> kernel/sched/core.c | 11 +++++++++++
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 5 +++--
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index c86935a..5bcf926 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -2138,7 +2138,12 @@ static struct static_key preempt_notifier_key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
> void preempt_notifier_register(struct preempt_notifier *notifier)
> {
> static_key_slow_inc(&preempt_notifier_key);
> + /*
> + * Avoid preemption while changing the preempt notifier list.
> + */
> + preempt_disable();
> hlist_add_head(&notifier->link, &current->preempt_notifiers);
> + preempt_enable();
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_register);
>
> @@ -2150,7 +2155,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_register);
> */
> void preempt_notifier_unregister(struct preempt_notifier *notifier)
> {
> + /*
> + * Avoid preemption while changing the preempt notifier list.
> + */
> + preempt_disable();
> hlist_del(&notifier->link);
> + preempt_enable();
> +
> static_key_slow_dec(&preempt_notifier_key);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_unregister);
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 9097741..d7aafa0 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ int vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> if (mutex_lock_killable(&vcpu->mutex))
> return -EINTR;
> - cpu = get_cpu();
> preempt_notifier_register(&vcpu->preempt_notifier);
> +
> + cpu = get_cpu();
> kvm_arch_vcpu_load(vcpu, cpu);
> put_cpu();
> return 0;
> @@ -139,8 +140,8 @@ void vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> preempt_disable();
> kvm_arch_vcpu_put(vcpu);
> - preempt_notifier_unregister(&vcpu->preempt_notifier);
> preempt_enable();
> + preempt_notifier_unregister(&vcpu->preempt_notifier);
> mutex_unlock(&vcpu->mutex);
> }
>
>

NACK.

Paolo


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