Re: KVM: x86: Prevent deadlock against tk_core.seq

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 06/05/21 15:21, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> syzbot reported a possible deadlock in pvclock_gtod_notify():
>
> CPU 0  		  	   	    	    CPU 1
> write_seqcount_begin(&tk_core.seq);
>    pvclock_gtod_notify()			    spin_lock(&pool->lock);
>      queue_work(..., &pvclock_gtod_work)	    ktime_get()
>       spin_lock(&pool->lock);		      do {
>       						seq = read_seqcount_begin(tk_core.seq)
> 						...
> 				              } while (read_seqcount_retry(&tk_core.seq, seq);
>
> While this is unlikely to happen, it's possible.
>
> Delegate queue_work() to irq_work() which postpones it until the
> tk_core.seq write held region is left and interrupts are reenabled.
>
> Fixes: 16e8d74d2da9 ("KVM: x86: notifier for clocksource changes")
> Reported-by: syzbot+6beae4000559d41d80f8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0000000000001d43ac05c0f5c6a0@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |   22 ++++++++++++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -8040,6 +8040,18 @@ static void pvclock_gtod_update_fn(struc
>   static DECLARE_WORK(pvclock_gtod_work, pvclock_gtod_update_fn);
>   
>   /*
> + * Indirection to move queue_work() out of the tk_core.seq write held
> + * region to prevent possible deadlocks against time accessors which
> + * are invoked with work related locks held.
> + */
> +static void pvclock_irq_work_fn(struct irq_work *w)
> +{
> +	queue_work(system_long_wq, &pvclock_gtod_work);
> +}
> +
> +static DEFINE_IRQ_WORK(pvclock_irq_work, pvclock_irq_work_fn);
> +
> +/*
>    * Notification about pvclock gtod data update.
>    */
>   static int pvclock_gtod_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long unused,
> @@ -8050,13 +8062,14 @@ static int pvclock_gtod_notify(struct no
>   
>   	update_pvclock_gtod(tk);
>   
> -	/* disable master clock if host does not trust, or does not
> -	 * use, TSC based clocksource.
> +	/*
> +	 * Disable master clock if host does not trust, or does not use,
> +	 * TSC based clocksource. Delegate queue_work() to irq_work as
> +	 * this is invoked with tk_core.seq write held.
>   	 */
>   	if (!gtod_is_based_on_tsc(gtod->clock.vclock_mode) &&
>   	    atomic_read(&kvm_guest_has_master_clock) != 0)
> -		queue_work(system_long_wq, &pvclock_gtod_work);
> -
> +		irq_work_queue(&pvclock_irq_work);
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> @@ -8168,6 +8181,7 @@ void kvm_arch_exit(void)
>   	cpuhp_remove_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_X86_KVM_CLK_ONLINE);
>   #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>   	pvclock_gtod_unregister_notifier(&pvclock_gtod_notifier);
> +	irq_work_sync(&pvclock_irq_work);
>   	cancel_work_sync(&pvclock_gtod_work);
>   #endif
>   	kvm_x86_ops.hardware_enable = NULL;

Queued, thanks.

Paolo