[PATCH 0/5] KVM: rseq: Fix and a test for a KVM+rseq bug
Paolo Bonzini
pbonzini at redhat.com
Thu Sep 23 00:12:38 AEST 2021
On 18/08/21 02:12, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Patch 1 fixes a KVM+rseq bug where KVM's handling of TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME,
> e.g. for task migration, clears the flag without informing rseq and leads
> to stale data in userspace's rseq struct.
>
> Patch 2 is a cleanup to try and make future bugs less likely. It's also
> a baby step towards moving and renaming tracehook_notify_resume() since
> it has nothing to do with tracing. It kills me to not do the move/rename
> as part of this series, but having a dedicated series/discussion seems
> more appropriate given the sheer number of architectures that call
> tracehook_notify_resume() and the lack of an obvious home for the code.
>
> Patch 3 is a fix/cleanup to stop overriding x86's unistd_{32,64}.h when
> the include path (intentionally) omits tools' uapi headers. KVM's
> selftests do exactly that so that they can pick up the uapi headers from
> the installed kernel headers, and still use various tools/ headers that
> mirror kernel code, e.g. linux/types.h. This allows the new test in
> patch 4 to reference __NR_rseq without having to manually define it.
>
> Patch 4 is a regression test for the KVM+rseq bug.
>
> Patch 5 is a cleanup made possible by patch 3.
>
>
> Sean Christopherson (5):
> KVM: rseq: Update rseq when processing NOTIFY_RESUME on xfer to KVM
> guest
> entry: rseq: Call rseq_handle_notify_resume() in
> tracehook_notify_resume()
> tools: Move x86 syscall number fallbacks to .../uapi/
> KVM: selftests: Add a test for KVM_RUN+rseq to detect task migration
> bugs
> KVM: selftests: Remove __NR_userfaultfd syscall fallback
>
> arch/arm/kernel/signal.c | 1 -
> arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c | 1 -
> arch/csky/kernel/signal.c | 4 +-
> arch/mips/kernel/signal.c | 4 +-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c | 4 +-
> arch/s390/kernel/signal.c | 1 -
> include/linux/tracehook.h | 2 +
> kernel/entry/common.c | 4 +-
> kernel/rseq.c | 4 +-
> .../x86/include/{ => uapi}/asm/unistd_32.h | 0
> .../x86/include/{ => uapi}/asm/unistd_64.h | 3 -
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore | 1 +
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile | 3 +
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c | 131 ++++++++++++++++++
> 14 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> rename tools/arch/x86/include/{ => uapi}/asm/unistd_32.h (100%)
> rename tools/arch/x86/include/{ => uapi}/asm/unistd_64.h (83%)
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
>
Queued v3, thanks. I'll send it in a separate pull request to Linus
since it touches stuff outside my usual turf.
Thanks,
Paolo
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