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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: nSVM: cancel KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES on nested vmexit
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On 07/01/21 18:00, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Ugh, I assume this is due to one of the "premature" nested_ops->check_events()
> calls that are necessitated by the event mess? I'm guessing kvm_vcpu_running()
> is the culprit?
>
> If my assumption is correct, this bug affects nVMX as well.

Yes, though it may be latent. For SVM it was until we started
allocating svm->nested on demand.

> Rather than clear the request blindly on any nested VM-Exit, what
> about something like the following?

I think your patch is overkill, KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is only
set from KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE so it cannot happen while the VM runs.

Something like this is small enough and works well.

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index a622e63739b4..cb4c6ee10029 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -595,6 +596,8 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = 0;
WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->nested.nested_run_pending);

+ kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, &svm->vcpu);
+
/* in case we halted in L2 */
svm->vcpu.arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index e2f26564a12d..0fbb46990dfc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4442,6 +4442,8 @@ void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32
vm_exit_reason,
/* trying to cancel vmlaunch/vmresume is a bug */
WARN_ON_ONCE(vmx->nested.nested_run_pending);

+ kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
+
/* Service the TLB flush request for L2 before switching to L1. */
if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu))
kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_current(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 3f7c1fc7a3ce..b7e784b5489c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8789,7 +8789,9 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

if (kvm_request_pending(vcpu)) {
if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu)) {
- if (unlikely(!kvm_x86_ops.nested_ops->get_nested_state_pages(vcpu))) {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_guest_mode(&svm->vcpu)))
+ ;
+ else if
(unlikely(!kvm_x86_ops.nested_ops->get_nested_state_pages(vcpu))) {
r = 0;
goto out;
}
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