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KVM: X86: Do not yield to self

Message ID 1617880989-8019-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series KVM: X86: Do not yield to self | expand

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Wanpeng Li April 8, 2021, 11:23 a.m. UTC
From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>

If the target is self we do not need to yield, we can avoid malicious 
guest to play this.

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
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Rebased on https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/1617697935-4158-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com/

 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Comments

Sean Christopherson April 8, 2021, 4:56 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> 
> If the target is self we do not need to yield, we can avoid malicious 
> guest to play this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> ---
> Rebased on https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/1617697935-4158-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com/
> 
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 43c9f9b..260650f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -8230,6 +8230,10 @@ static void kvm_sched_yield(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long dest_id)
>  	if (!target)
>  		goto no_yield;
>  
> +	/* yield to self */

If you're going to bother with a comment, maybe elaborate a bit, e.g.

	/* Ignore requests to yield to self. */

> +	if (vcpu->vcpu_id == target->vcpu_id)
> +		goto no_yield;
> +
>  	if (!READ_ONCE(target->ready))
>  		goto no_yield;
>  
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>
Wanpeng Li April 9, 2021, 3:05 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 00:56, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2021, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> >
> > If the target is self we do not need to yield, we can avoid malicious
> > guest to play this.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> > ---
> > Rebased on https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/1617697935-4158-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com/
> >
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index 43c9f9b..260650f 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -8230,6 +8230,10 @@ static void kvm_sched_yield(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long dest_id)
> >       if (!target)
> >               goto no_yield;
> >
> > +     /* yield to self */
>
> If you're going to bother with a comment, maybe elaborate a bit, e.g.
>
>         /* Ignore requests to yield to self. */

Looks good, thanks.

    Wanpeng
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 43c9f9b..260650f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8230,6 +8230,10 @@  static void kvm_sched_yield(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long dest_id)
 	if (!target)
 		goto no_yield;
 
+	/* yield to self */
+	if (vcpu->vcpu_id == target->vcpu_id)
+		goto no_yield;
+
 	if (!READ_ONCE(target->ready))
 		goto no_yield;