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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
To: "David P. Reed" <dpreed@deepplum.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net>,
	Enrico Weigelt <info@metux.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Martin Molnar <martin.molnar.programming@gmail.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] Fix undefined operation fault that can hang a cpu on crash or panic
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:22:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALCETrVZx4VA9rg-Hn7KdER866ZOtZtmTkR0MSacnj5jGO-Pag@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200704203809.76391-3-dpreed@deepplum.com>

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:38 PM David P. Reed <dpreed@deepplum.com> wrote:
>
> Fix: Mask undefined operation fault during emergency VMXOFF that must be
> attempted to force cpu exit from VMX root operation.
> Explanation: When a cpu may be in VMX root operation (only possible when
> CR4.VMXE is set), crash or panic reboot tries to exit VMX root operation
> using VMXOFF. This is necessary, because any INIT will be masked while cpu
> is in VMX root operation, but that state cannot be reliably
> discerned by the state of the cpu.
> VMXOFF faults if the cpu is not actually in VMX root operation, signalling
> undefined operation.
> Discovered while debugging an out-of-tree x-visor with a race. Can happen
> due to certain kinds of bugs in KVM.

Can you re-wrap lines to 68 characters?  Also, the Fix: and
Explanation: is probably unnecessary.  You could say:

Ignore a potential #UD failut during emergency VMXOFF ...

When a cpu may be in VMX ...

>
> Fixes: 208067 <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208067>
> Reported-by: David P. Reed <dpreed@deepplum.com>

It's not really necessary to say that you, the author, reported the
problem, but I guess it's harmless.

> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: David P. Reed <dpreed@deepplum.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h | 20 ++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
> index 0ede8d04535a..0e0900eacb9c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
> @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ static inline int cpu_has_vmx(void)
>  }
>
>
> -/* Disable VMX on the current CPU
> +/* Exit VMX root mode and isable VMX on the current CPU.

s/isable/disable/


>  /* Disable VMX if it is supported and enabled on the current CPU
> --
> 2.26.2
>

Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>

--Andy

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-05 18:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-25 14:45 [PATCH v2] Fix undefined operation VMXOFF during reboot and crash David P. Reed
2020-06-25 14:59 ` David P. Reed
2020-06-29 20:54   ` David P. Reed
2020-06-29 21:22     ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-29 21:49       ` Sean Christopherson
2020-06-29 22:46         ` David P. Reed
2020-07-04 20:38         ` [PATCH v3 0/3] " David P. Reed
2020-07-04 20:38           ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Correct asm VMXOFF side effects David P. Reed
2020-07-05  5:46             ` Randy Dunlap
2020-07-04 20:38           ` [PATCH v3 2/3] Fix undefined operation fault that can hang a cpu on crash or panic David P. Reed
2020-07-05 18:22             ` Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2020-07-05 19:52               ` David P. Reed
2020-07-05 20:55                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-05 22:07                   ` David P. Reed
2020-07-07  5:09             ` Sean Christopherson
2020-07-07 19:09               ` David P. Reed
2020-07-07 19:24                 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-07-07 19:52                   ` David P. Reed
2020-07-04 20:38           ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Force all cpus to exit VMX root operation on crash/panic reliably David P. Reed
2020-07-05 18:26             ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-05 20:00               ` David P. Reed
2020-07-05 20:53                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-07  5:29                   ` Sean Christopherson

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