From 460df4c1fc7c00829050c08d6368dc6e6beef307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 11:50:15 +0100 Subject: KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals The purpose of the KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK API is to let userspace "kick" a VCPU out of KVM_RUN through a POSIX signal. A signal is attached to a dummy signal handler; by blocking the signal outside KVM_RUN and unblocking it inside, this possible race is closed: VCPU thread service thread -------------------------------------------------------------- check flag set flag raise signal (signal handler does nothing) KVM_RUN However, one issue with KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK is that it has to take tsk->sighand->siglock on every KVM_RUN. This lock is often on a remote NUMA node, because it is on the node of a thread's creator. Taking this lock can be very expensive if there are many userspace exits (as is the case for SMP Windows VMs without Hyper-V reference time counter). As an alternative, we can put the flag directly in kvm_run so that KVM can see it: VCPU thread service thread -------------------------------------------------------------- raise signal signal handler set run->immediate_exit KVM_RUN check run->immediate_exit Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kvm') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c index 2b3e4e620078..1fe1391ba2c2 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c @@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext) case KVM_CAP_ONE_REG: case KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD: case KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL: + case KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT: r = 1; break; case KVM_CAP_PPC_PAIRED_SINGLES: @@ -1117,7 +1118,10 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run) #endif } - r = kvmppc_vcpu_run(run, vcpu); + if (run->immediate_exit) + r = -EINTR; + else + r = kvmppc_vcpu_run(run, vcpu); if (vcpu->sigset_active) sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigsaved, NULL); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522