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[kvmtool,12/21] Add helpers to pause the VM from vCPU thread

Message ID 20230526221712.317287-13-oliver.upton@linux.dev (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series arm64: Handle PSCI calls in userspace | expand

Commit Message

Oliver Upton May 26, 2023, 10:17 p.m. UTC
Pausing the VM from a vCPU thread is perilous with the current helpers,
as it waits indefinitely for a signal that never comes when invoked from
a vCPU thread. Instead, add a helper for pausing the VM from a vCPU,
working around the issue by explicitly marking the caller as paused
before proceeding.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
---
 include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h |  3 +++
 kvm-cpu.c             | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

Comments

Shaoqin Huang June 9, 2023, 10:59 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Oliver,

I have a play with this series, the guest always hang when hotplug two 
more cpus, it seems the kvm_cpu_continue_vm forget to continue the 
current cpu.

On 5/27/23 06:17, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Pausing the VM from a vCPU thread is perilous with the current helpers,
> as it waits indefinitely for a signal that never comes when invoked from
> a vCPU thread. Instead, add a helper for pausing the VM from a vCPU,
> working around the issue by explicitly marking the caller as paused
> before proceeding.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
> ---
>   include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h |  3 +++
>   kvm-cpu.c             | 15 +++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h b/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h
> index 0f16f8d6e872..9a4901bf94ca 100644
> --- a/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h
> +++ b/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h
> @@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ void kvm_cpu__show_page_tables(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu);
>   void kvm_cpu__arch_nmi(struct kvm_cpu *cpu);
>   void kvm_cpu__run_on_all_cpus(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_cpu_task *task);
>   
> +void kvm_cpu__pause_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu);
> +void kvm_cpu__continue_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu);
> +
>   #endif /* KVM__KVM_CPU_H */
> diff --git a/kvm-cpu.c b/kvm-cpu.c
> index 7dec08894cd3..9eb857b859c3 100644
> --- a/kvm-cpu.c
> +++ b/kvm-cpu.c
> @@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ void kvm_cpu__run_on_all_cpus(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_cpu_task *task)
>   	mutex_unlock(&task_lock);
>   }
>   
> +void kvm_cpu__pause_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Mark the calling vCPU as paused to avoid waiting indefinitely for a
> +	 * signal exit.
> +	 */
> +	vcpu->paused = true;
> +	kvm__pause(vcpu->kvm);
> +}
> +
> +void kvm_cpu__continue_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu)
> +{
Here should add:
	vcpu->paused = false;
> +	kvm__continue(vcpu->kvm);
> +}
> +
>   int kvm_cpu__start(struct kvm_cpu *cpu)
>   {
>   	sigset_t sigset;
Oliver Upton June 15, 2023, 8:59 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Shaoqin,

On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 06:59:53PM +0800, Shaoqin Huang wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
> 
> I have a play with this series, the guest always hang when hotplug two more
> cpus, it seems the kvm_cpu_continue_vm forget to continue the current cpu.

Thanks for testing the series out. Heh, a bit of a silly bug on my part,
sorry about that.

> > +void kvm_cpu__pause_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu)
> > +{
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Mark the calling vCPU as paused to avoid waiting indefinitely for a
> > +	 * signal exit.
> > +	 */
> > +	vcpu->paused = true;
> > +	kvm__pause(vcpu->kvm);
> > +}
> > +
> > +void kvm_cpu__continue_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu)
> > +{
> Here should add:
> 	vcpu->paused = false;
> > +	kvm__continue(vcpu->kvm);
> > +}
> > +

LGTM, I'll stick this in v2.

> >   int kvm_cpu__start(struct kvm_cpu *cpu)
> >   {
> >   	sigset_t sigset;
> 
> -- 
> Shaoqin
>
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diff --git a/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h b/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h
index 0f16f8d6e872..9a4901bf94ca 100644
--- a/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h
+++ b/include/kvm/kvm-cpu.h
@@ -29,4 +29,7 @@  void kvm_cpu__show_page_tables(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_cpu__arch_nmi(struct kvm_cpu *cpu);
 void kvm_cpu__run_on_all_cpus(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_cpu_task *task);
 
+void kvm_cpu__pause_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu);
+void kvm_cpu__continue_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu);
+
 #endif /* KVM__KVM_CPU_H */
diff --git a/kvm-cpu.c b/kvm-cpu.c
index 7dec08894cd3..9eb857b859c3 100644
--- a/kvm-cpu.c
+++ b/kvm-cpu.c
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@  void kvm_cpu__run_on_all_cpus(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_cpu_task *task)
 	mutex_unlock(&task_lock);
 }
 
+void kvm_cpu__pause_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Mark the calling vCPU as paused to avoid waiting indefinitely for a
+	 * signal exit.
+	 */
+	vcpu->paused = true;
+	kvm__pause(vcpu->kvm);
+}
+
+void kvm_cpu__continue_vm(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu)
+{
+	kvm__continue(vcpu->kvm);
+}
+
 int kvm_cpu__start(struct kvm_cpu *cpu)
 {
 	sigset_t sigset;