Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: nVMX: Fix the NMI IDT-vectoring handling

From: Radim KrÄmÃÅ
Date: Thu Sep 22 2016 - 19:12:48 EST


2016-09-22 17:55+0800, Wanpeng Li:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Run kvm-unit-tests/eventinj.flat in L1:
>
> Sending NMI to self
> After NMI to self
> FAIL: NMI
>
> This test scenario is to test whether VMM can handle NMI IDT-vectoring info correctly.
>
> At the beginning, L2 writes LAPIC to send a self NMI, the EPT page tables on both L1
> and L0 are empty so:
>
> - The L2 accesses memory can generate EPT violation which can be intercepted by L0.
>
> The EPT violation vmexit occurred during delivery of this NMI, and the NMI info is
> recorded in vmcs02's IDT-vectoring info.
>
> - L0 walks L1's EPT12 and L0 sees the mapping is invalid, it injects the EPT violation into L1.
>
> The vmcs02's IDT-vectoring info is reflected to vmcs12's IDT-vectoring info since
> it is a nested vmexit.
>
> - L1 receives the EPT violation, then fixes its EPT12.
> - L1 executes VMRESUME to resume L2 which generates vmexit and causes L1 exits to L0.
> - L0 emulates VMRESUME which is called from L1, then return to L2.
>
> L0 merges the requirement of vmcs12's IDT-vectoring info and injects it to L2 through
> vmcs02.
>
> - The L2 re-executes the fault instruction and cause EPT violation again.
> - Since the L1's EPT12 is valid, L0 can fix its EPT02
> - L0 resume L2
>
> The EPT violation vmexit occurred during delivery of this NMI again, and the NMI info
> is recorded in vmcs02's IDT-vectoring info. L0 should inject the NMI through vmentry
> event injection since it is caused by EPT02's EPT violation.
>
> However, vmx_inject_nmi() refuses to inject NMI from IDT-vectoring info if vCPU is in
> guest mode, this patch fix it by permitting to inject NMI from IDT-vectoring if it is
> the L0's responsibility to inject NMI from IDT-vectoring info to L2.
>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied to kvm/queue, thanks.