Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] x86/hyper-v: Suspend/resume the hypercall page for hibernation

[Vitaly Kuznetsov]

Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This is needed for hibernation, e.g. when we resume the old kernel, we need
> to disable the "current" kernel's hypercall page and then resume the old
> kernel's.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> index 866dfb3..037b0f3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include <linux/hyperv.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
> +#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
>  #include <clocksource/hyperv_timer.h>
>  
>  void *hv_hypercall_pg;
> @@ -223,6 +224,34 @@ static int __init hv_pci_init(void)
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> +static int hv_suspend(void)
> +{
> +	union hv_x64_msr_hypercall_contents hypercall_msr;
> +
> +	/* Reset the hypercall page */
> +	rdmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL, hypercall_msr.as_uint64);
> +	hypercall_msr.enable = 0;
> +	wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL, hypercall_msr.as_uint64);
> +

(trying to think out loud, not sure there's a real issue):

When PV IPIs (or PV TLB flush) are enabled we do the following checks:

	if (!hv_hypercall_pg)
		return false;

or
        if (!hv_hypercall_pg)
                goto do_native;

which will pass as we're not invalidating the pointer. Can we actually
be sure that the kernel will never try to send an IPI/do TLB flush
before we resume?

-- 
Vitaly