linux-stable/arch/x86
Boqun Feng a2b7861bb3 kvm/x86: Avoid async PF preempting the kernel incorrectly
Currently, in PREEMPT_COUNT=n kernel, kvm_async_pf_task_wait() could call
schedule() to reschedule in some cases.  This could result in
accidentally ending the current RCU read-side critical section early,
causing random memory corruption in the guest, or otherwise preempting
the currently running task inside between preempt_disable and
preempt_enable.

The difficulty to handle this well is because we don't know whether an
async PF delivered in a preemptible section or RCU read-side critical section
for PREEMPT_COUNT=n, since preempt_disable()/enable() and rcu_read_lock/unlock()
are both no-ops in that case.

To cure this, we treat any async PF interrupting a kernel context as one
that cannot be preempted, preventing kvm_async_pf_task_wait() from choosing
the schedule() path in that case.

To do so, a second parameter for kvm_async_pf_task_wait() is introduced,
so that we know whether it's called from a context interrupting the
kernel, and the parameter is set properly in all the callsites.

Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
2017-10-04 18:28:53 +02:00
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boot Merge branch 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-09-07 09:42:35 -07:00
configs Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/asm, to pick up fixes 2017-08-10 13:14:15 +02:00
crypto crypto: x86/twofish - Fix RBP usage 2017-09-20 17:42:38 +08:00
entry Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-09-04 17:43:56 -07:00
events perf/x86/intel/uncore: Correct num_boxes for IIO and IRP 2017-09-25 12:43:56 +02:00
hyperv tracing/hyper-v: Trace hyperv_mmu_flush_tlb_others() 2017-08-31 14:20:37 +02:00
ia32 x86/fpu: Rename fpu::fpstate_active to fpu::initialized 2017-09-26 09:43:36 +02:00
include kvm/x86: Avoid async PF preempting the kernel incorrectly 2017-10-04 18:28:53 +02:00
kernel kvm/x86: Avoid async PF preempting the kernel incorrectly 2017-10-04 18:28:53 +02:00
kvm kvm/x86: Avoid async PF preempting the kernel incorrectly 2017-10-04 18:28:53 +02:00
lib x86/boot: Add early cmdline parsing for options with arguments 2017-07-18 11:38:06 +02:00
math-emu x86/fpu: Rename fpu__activate_curr() to fpu__initialize() 2017-09-26 09:43:44 +02:00
mm Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-10-01 13:55:32 -07:00
net x86: bpf_jit: small optimization in emit_bpf_tail_call() 2017-08-31 11:57:37 -07:00
oprofile
pci dmi: Mark all struct dmi_system_id instances const 2017-09-14 11:59:30 +02:00
platform Merge branch 'i2c/for-4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2017-09-09 14:18:40 -07:00
power dmi: Mark all struct dmi_system_id instances const 2017-09-14 11:59:30 +02:00
purgatory
ras x86/mce: Merge mce_amd_inj into mce-inject 2017-06-14 07:32:07 +02:00
realmode x86/boot/realmode: Check for memory encryption on the APs 2017-07-18 11:38:04 +02:00
tools
um um: remove a stray tab 2017-09-13 22:36:27 +02:00
video
xen xen: fixes for 4.14-rc3 2017-09-29 12:24:28 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild Merge branch 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-09-07 09:25:15 -07:00
Kconfig libnvdimm for 4.14 2017-09-11 13:10:57 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'x86/asm' into locking/core 2017-08-18 10:29:54 +02:00
Makefile x86/build: Use cc-option to validate stack alignment parameter 2017-08-21 09:53:15 +02:00
Makefile.um
Makefile_32.cpu kbuild: remove cc-option-align 2017-06-25 12:43:00 +09:00