Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: nVMX: fix acknowledge interrupt on exit when APICv is in use

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Aug 05 2014 - 07:04:33 EST


Il 05/08/2014 06:42, Wanpeng Li ha scritto:
> After commit 77b0f5d (KVM: nVMX: Ack and write vector info to intr_info
> if L1 asks us to), "Acknowledge interrupt on exit" behavior can be
> emulated. To do so, KVM will ask the APIC for the interrupt vector if
> during a nested vmexit if VM_EXIT_ACK_INTR_ON_EXIT is set. With APICv,
> kvm_get_apic_interrupt would return -1 and give the following WARNING:
>
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff81493563>] dump_stack+0x49/0x5e
> [<ffffffff8103f0eb>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7c/0x96
> [<ffffffffa059709a>] ? nested_vmx_vmexit+0xa4/0x233 [kvm_intel]
> [<ffffffff8103f11a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x17
> [<ffffffffa059709a>] nested_vmx_vmexit+0xa4/0x233 [kvm_intel]
> [<ffffffffa0594295>] ? nested_vmx_exit_handled+0x6a/0x39e [kvm_intel]
> [<ffffffffa0537931>] ? kvm_apic_has_interrupt+0x80/0xd5 [kvm]
> [<ffffffffa05972ec>] vmx_check_nested_events+0xc3/0xd3 [kvm_intel]
> [<ffffffffa051ebe9>] inject_pending_event+0xd0/0x16e [kvm]
> [<ffffffffa051efa0>] vcpu_enter_guest+0x319/0x704 [kvm]
>
> If enabling APIC-v, all interrupts to L1 are delivered through APIC-v.
> But when L2 is running, external interrupt will casue L1 vmexit with
> reason external interrupt. Then L1 will pick up the interrupt through
> vmcs12. when L1 ack the interrupt, since the APIC-v is enabled when
> L1 is running, so APIC-v hardware still will do vEOI updating. The problem
> is that the interrupt is delivered not through APIC-v hardware, this means
> SVI/RVI/vPPR are not setting, but hardware required them when doing vEOI
> updating. The solution is that, when L1 tried to pick up the interrupt
> from vmcs12, then hypervisor will help to update the SVI/RVI/vPPR to make
> sure the following vEOI updating and vPPR updating corrently.
>
> Also, since interrupt is delivered through vmcs12, so APIC-v hardware will
> not cleare vIRR and hypervisor need to clear it before L1 running.
>
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: "Zhang, Yang Z" <yang.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Liu, RongrongX <rongrongx.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> * reusing kvm_get_apic_interrupt here (by modifying kvm_cpu_get_interrupt,
> apic_set_isr and apic_clear_irr)
>
> arch/x86/kvm/irq.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c b/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
> index bd0da43..a1ec6a5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int kvm_cpu_get_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
>
> vector = kvm_cpu_get_extint(v);
>
> - if (kvm_apic_vid_enabled(v->kvm) || vector != -1)
> + if (vector != -1)
> return vector; /* PIC */
>
> return kvm_get_apic_interrupt(v); /* APIC */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 3855103..08e8a89 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -352,25 +352,46 @@ static inline int apic_find_highest_irr(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>
> static inline void apic_clear_irr(int vec, struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> {
> - apic->irr_pending = false;
> + struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> +
> + vcpu = apic->vcpu;
> +
> apic_clear_vector(vec, apic->regs + APIC_IRR);
> - if (apic_search_irr(apic) != -1)
> - apic->irr_pending = true;
> + if (unlikely(kvm_apic_vid_enabled(vcpu->kvm)))
> + /* try to update RVI */
> + kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
> + else {
> + vec = apic_search_irr(apic);
> + apic->irr_pending = (vec != -1);
> + }
> }
>
> static inline void apic_set_isr(int vec, struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> {
> - /* Note that we never get here with APIC virtualization enabled. */
> + struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> +
> + if (__apic_test_and_set_vector(vec, apic->regs + APIC_ISR))
> + return;
> +
> + vcpu = apic->vcpu;
>
> - if (!__apic_test_and_set_vector(vec, apic->regs + APIC_ISR))
> - ++apic->isr_count;
> - BUG_ON(apic->isr_count > MAX_APIC_VECTOR);
> /*
> - * ISR (in service register) bit is set when injecting an interrupt.
> - * The highest vector is injected. Thus the latest bit set matches
> - * the highest bit in ISR.
> + * With APIC virtualization enabled, all caching is disabled
> + * because the processor can modify ISR under the hood. Instead
> + * just set SVI.
> */
> - apic->highest_isr_cache = vec;
> + if (unlikely(kvm_apic_vid_enabled(vcpu->kvm)))
> + kvm_x86_ops->hwapic_isr_update(vcpu->kvm, vec);
> + else {
> + ++apic->isr_count;
> + BUG_ON(apic->isr_count > MAX_APIC_VECTOR);
> + /*
> + * ISR (in service register) bit is set when injecting an interrupt.
> + * The highest vector is injected. Thus the latest bit set matches
> + * the highest bit in ISR.
> + */
> + apic->highest_isr_cache = vec;
> + }
> }
>
> static inline int apic_find_highest_isr(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> @@ -1627,11 +1648,16 @@ int kvm_get_apic_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> int vector = kvm_apic_has_interrupt(vcpu);
> struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
>
> - /* Note that we never get here with APIC virtualization enabled. */
> -
> if (vector == -1)
> return -1;
>
> + /*
> + * We get here even with APIC virtualization enabled, if doing
> + * nested virtualization and L1 runs with the "acknowledge interrupt
> + * on exit" mode. Then we cannot inject the interrupt via RVI,
> + * because the process would deliver it through the IDT.
> + */
> +
> apic_set_isr(vector, apic);
> apic_update_ppr(apic);
> apic_clear_irr(vector, apic);
>

Thanks, this looks good. Felipe, can you test this patch together with
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1762356/raw please?

Paolo
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