[PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: fix lockdep splat due to Xen runstate update

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Mar 30 2021 - 13:01:28 EST


pvclock_gtod_sync_lock can be taken with interrupts disabled if the
preempt notifier calls get_kvmclock_ns to update the Xen
runstate information:

spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:354 [inline]
get_kvmclock_ns+0x25/0x390 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:2587
kvm_xen_update_runstate+0x3d/0x2c0 arch/x86/kvm/xen.c:69
kvm_xen_update_runstate_guest+0x74/0x320 arch/x86/kvm/xen.c:100
kvm_xen_runstate_set_preempted arch/x86/kvm/xen.h:96 [inline]
kvm_arch_vcpu_put+0x2d8/0x5a0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4062

So change the users of the spinlock to spin_lock_irqsave and
spin_unlock_irqrestore. Before doing that, patch 1 just makes
the pvclock_gtod_sync_lock critical sections as small as possible
so that the resulting irq-disabled sections are easier to review.

Paolo

Paolo Bonzini (2):
KVM: x86: reduce pvclock_gtod_sync_lock critical sections
KVM: x86: disable interrupts while pvclock_gtod_sync_lock is taken

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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