Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Check if bus lock vmexit was preempted

[Hao Xiang]

On 2021/9/22 22:58, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
> > On 9/22/2021 6:02 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > On 18/09/21 13:30, Hao Xiang wrote:
> > > > exit_reason.bus_lock_detected is not only set when bus lock VM exit
> > > > was preempted, in fact, this bit is always set if bus locks are
> > > > detected no matter what the exit_reason.basic is.
> > > >
> > > > So the bus_lock_vmexit handling in vmx_handle_exit should be duplicated
> > > > when exit_reason.basic is EXIT_REASON_BUS_LOCK(74). We can avoid it by
> > > > checking if bus lock vmexit was preempted in vmx_handle_exit.
> > > I don't understand, does this mean that bus_lock_detected=1 if
> > > basic=EXIT_REASON_BUS_LOCK?  If so, can we instead replace the contents
> > > of handle_bus_lock_vmexit with
> > >
> > >       /* Do nothing and let vmx_handle_exit exit to userspace.  */
> > >       WARN_ON(!to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason.bus_lock_detected);
> > >       return 0;
> > >
> > > ?
> > >
> > > That would be doable only if this is architectural behavior and not a
> > > processor erratum, of course.
> > EXIT_REASON.bus_lock_detected may or may not be set when exit reason ==
> > EXIT_REASON_BUS_LOCK. Intel will update ISE or SDM to state it.
> >
> > Maybe we can do below in handle_bus_lock_vmexit handler:
> >
> > 	if (!to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason.bus_lock_detected)
> > 		to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason.bus_lock_detected = 1;
> >
> > But is manually changing the hardware reported value for software purpose a
> > good thing?
> In this case, I'd say yes.  Hardware having non-deterministic behavior is the not
> good thing, KVM would simply be correctly the not-technically-an-erratum erratum.
>
> Set it unconditionally and then handle everything in common path.  This has the
> added advantage of having only one site that deals with KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK.
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 33f92febe3ce..aa9372452e49 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -5561,9 +5561,9 @@ static int handle_encls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
>   static int handle_bus_lock_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>   {
> -       vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_X86_BUS_LOCK;
> -       vcpu->run->flags |= KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK;
> -       return 0;
> +       /* The dedicated flag may or may not be set by hardware.  /facepalm. */
> +       vcpu->exit_reason.bus_lock_detected = true;
> +       return 1;
>   }
>
>   /*
> @@ -6050,9 +6050,8 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, fastpath_t exit_fastpath)
>          int ret = __vmx_handle_exit(vcpu, exit_fastpath);
>
>          /*
> -        * Even when current exit reason is handled by KVM internally, we
> -        * still need to exit to user space when bus lock detected to inform
> -        * that there is a bus lock in guest.
> +        * Exit to user space when bus lock detected to inform that there is a
> +        * bus lock in guest.
>           */
>          if (to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason.bus_lock_detected) {
>                  if (ret > 0)
I agree with your modifications. And I will  re-submit the patch. Thanks.