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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 6/6] x86/split_lock: Fix the split lock #AC handling when running as guest
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On 10/13/21 1:30 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2021, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
>> From: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
>>
>> If running as guest and hypervisor enables
>> MSR_TEST_CTRL.SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT during its running, it can get split
>> lock #AC even though sld_state is sld_off.
> That's a hypervisor bug, no? The hypervisor should never inject a fault that
> the guest cannot reasonably expect.
>
>> For kernel mode #AC, it always dies("split lock"), no more action
>> needed.
>>
>> For user mode #AC, it should treat sld_off (default state when feature
>> is not available) as fatal as well.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 7 ++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
>> index 01d7935feaed..47f0bc95ce2a 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
>> @@ -1190,7 +1190,12 @@ static void bus_lock_init(void)
>>
>> bool handle_user_split_lock(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
>> {
>> - if ((regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_AC) || sld_state == sld_fatal)
>> + /*
>> + * In virtualization environment, it can get split lock #AC even when
>> + * sld_off but hypervisor enables it.
>> + * Thus only handles when sld_warn explicitly.
>> + */
>> + if ((regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_AC) || sld_state != sld_warn)
>> return false;
>> split_lock_warn(regs->ip);
>> return true;
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>
--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

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