Re: [PATCH 4/4] KVM: nVMX: Fix using __this_cpu_read() in preemptible context

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri May 17 2019 - 16:14:52 EST


On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 04:49:50PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> BUG: using __this_cpu_read() in preemptible [00000000] code: qemu-system-x86/4590
> caller is nested_vmx_enter_non_root_mode+0xebd/0x1790 [kvm_intel]
> CPU: 4 PID: 4590 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Tainted: G OE 5.1.0-rc4+ #1
> Call Trace:
> dump_stack+0x67/0x95
> __this_cpu_preempt_check+0xd2/0xe0
> nested_vmx_enter_non_root_mode+0xebd/0x1790 [kvm_intel]
> nested_vmx_run+0xda/0x2b0 [kvm_intel]
> handle_vmlaunch+0x13/0x20 [kvm_intel]
> vmx_handle_exit+0xbd/0x660 [kvm_intel]
> kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xa2c/0x1e50 [kvm]
> kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x3ad/0x6d0 [kvm]
> do_vfs_ioctl+0xa5/0x6e0
> ksys_ioctl+0x6d/0x80
> __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1a/0x20
> do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x6c0
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
>
> Accessing per-cpu variable should disable preemption, this patch extends the
> preemption disable region for __this_cpu_read().
>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Fixes: 52017608da33 ("KVM: nVMX: add option to perform early consistency checks via H/W")

and probably

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>