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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index ed31c31b2485..c73efcd03e29 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -1669,12 +1669,28 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v) &guest_hv_clock, sizeof(guest_hv_clock)))) return 0; - /* - * The interface expects us to write an even number signaling that the - * update is finished. Since the guest won't see the intermediate - * state, we just increase by 2 at the end. + /* This VCPU is paused, but it's legal for a guest to read another + * VCPU's kvmclock, so we really have to follow the specification where + * it says that version is odd if data is being modified, and even after + * it is consistent. + * + * Version field updates must be kept separate. This is because + * kvm_write_guest_cached might use a "rep movs" instruction, and + * writes within a string instruction are weakly ordered. So there + * are three writes overall. + * + * As a small optimization, only write the version field in the first + * and third write. The vcpu->pv_time cache is still valid, because the + * version field is the first in the struct. */ - vcpu->hv_clock.version = guest_hv_clock.version + 2; + BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info, version) != 0); + + vcpu->hv_clock.version = guest_hv_clock.version + 1; + kvm_write_guest_cached(v->kvm, &vcpu->pv_time, + &vcpu->hv_clock, + sizeof(vcpu->hv_clock.version)); + + smp_wmb(); /* retain PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED if set in guest copy */ pvclock_flags = (guest_hv_clock.flags & PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED); @@ -1695,6 +1711,13 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v) kvm_write_guest_cached(v->kvm, &vcpu->pv_time, &vcpu->hv_clock, sizeof(vcpu->hv_clock)); + + smp_wmb(); + + vcpu->hv_clock.version++; + kvm_write_guest_cached(v->kvm, &vcpu->pv_time, + &vcpu->hv_clock, + sizeof(vcpu->hv_clock.version)); return 0; } |