KVM: x86/pmu: Synthesize at most one PMI per VM-exit
authorJim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:34:46 +0000 (17:34 +0000)
committerSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:42:52 +0000 (14:42 -0700)
commit73554b29bd70546c1a9efc9c160641ef1b849358
treea65c69bed2cb04ddc574ecf050d8600e892b9af9
parenta16eb25b09c02a54c1c1b449d4b6cfa2cf3f013a
KVM: x86/pmu: Synthesize at most one PMI per VM-exit

When the irq_work callback, kvm_pmi_trigger_fn(), is invoked during a
VM-exit that also invokes __kvm_perf_overflow() as a result of
instruction emulation, kvm_pmu_deliver_pmi() will be called twice
before the next VM-entry.

Calling kvm_pmu_deliver_pmi() twice is unlikely to be problematic now that
KVM sets the LVTPC mask bit when delivering a PMI.  But using IRQ work to
trigger the PMI is still broken, albeit very theoretically.

E.g. if the self-IPI to trigger IRQ work is be delayed long enough for the
vCPU to be migrated to a different pCPU, then it's possible for
kvm_pmi_trigger_fn() to race with the kvm_pmu_deliver_pmi() from
KVM_REQ_PMI and still generate two PMIs.

KVM could set the mask bit using an atomic operation, but that'd just be
piling on unnecessary code to workaround what is effectively a hack.  The
*only* reason KVM uses IRQ work is to ensure the PMI is treated as a wake
event, e.g. if the vCPU just executed HLT.

Remove the irq_work callback for synthesizing a PMI, and all of the
logic for invoking it. Instead, to prevent a vcpu from leaving C0 with
a PMI pending, add a check for KVM_REQ_PMI to kvm_vcpu_has_events().

Fixes: 9cd803d496e7 ("KVM: x86: Update vPMCs when retiring instructions")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Tested-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
Tested-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230925173448.3518223-2-mizhang@google.com
[sean: massage changelog]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c