linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/mips
James Hogan 4355c44f06 MIPS: KVM: Fix timer IRQ race when freezing timer
There's a particularly narrow and subtle race condition when the
software emulated guest timer is frozen which can allow a guest timer
interrupt to be missed.

This happens due to the hrtimer expiry being inexact, so very
occasionally the freeze time will be after the moment when the emulated
CP0_Count transitions to the same value as CP0_Compare (so an IRQ should
be generated), but before the moment when the hrtimer is due to expire
(so no IRQ is generated). The IRQ won't be generated when the timer is
resumed either, since the resume CP0_Count will already match CP0_Compare.

With VZ guests in particular this is far more likely to happen, since
the soft timer may be frozen frequently in order to restore the timer
state to the hardware guest timer. This happens after 5-10 hours of
guest soak testing, resulting in an overflow in guest kernel timekeeping
calculations, hanging the guest. A more focussed test case to
intentionally hit the race (with the help of a new hypcall to cause the
timer state to migrated between hardware & software) hits the condition
fairly reliably within around 30 seconds.

Instead of relying purely on the inexact hrtimer expiry to determine
whether an IRQ should be generated, read the guest CP0_Compare and
directly check whether the freeze time is before or after it. Only if
CP0_Count is on or after CP0_Compare do we check the hrtimer expiry to
determine whether the last IRQ has already been generated (which will
have pushed back the expiry by one timer period).

Fixes: e30492bbe9 ("MIPS: KVM: Rewrite count/compare timer emulation")
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.16.x-
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2016-05-10 15:56:50 +02:00
..
alchemy MIPS: Fix misspellings in comments. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
ar7 MIPS: ar7: use gpiochip data pointer 2016-02-19 09:51:43 +01:00
ath25
ath79 MIPS: ath79: Fix the ar913x reference clock rate 2016-04-03 12:32:10 +02:00
bcm47xx FIRMWARE: Broadcom: Fix grammar of warning messages in bcm47xx_sprom.c. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
bcm63xx Merge branch 'ib-mfd-regulator-gpio-4.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd into devel 2016-03-09 17:40:37 +07:00
bmips irqchips/bmips: Add bcm6345-l1 interrupt controller 2016-02-08 15:03:42 +01:00
boot MIPS: BMIPS: Fix gisb-arb compatible string for 7435 2016-04-04 15:25:32 +02:00
cavium-octeon MIPS: Fix misspellings in comments. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
cobalt
configs MIPS: ci20: Enable NAND and UBIFS support in defconfig. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
dec MIPS: Fix misspellings in comments. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
emma
fw MIPS: Fix misspellings in comments. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
include MIPS: traps: Correct the SIGTRAP debug ABI in do_watch' and do_trap_or_bp' 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
jazz
jz4740 MIPS: jz4740: Fix surviving instance of irq_to_gpio() 2016-02-29 11:23:49 +01:00
kernel MIPS: traps.c: Verify the ISA for microMIPS RDHWR emulation 2016-04-04 15:25:34 +02:00
kvm MIPS: KVM: Fix timer IRQ race when freezing timer 2016-05-10 15:56:50 +02:00
lantiq
lasat [mips] switch pvc_proc_cleanup() to remove_proc_subtree() 2015-12-23 10:41:38 -05:00
lib MIPS: Cleanup the unused __arch_local_irq_restore() function 2016-01-22 01:58:49 +01:00
loongson32
loongson64 MIPS: hpet: Choose a safe value for the ETIME check 2016-01-22 02:00:49 +01:00
math-emu MIPS: Fix misspellings in comments. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
mm MIPS: Fix misspellings in comments. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
mti-malta MIPS: Fix early CM probing 2016-02-09 17:18:31 +01:00
mti-sead3
net net: filter: make JITs zero A for SKF_AD_ALU_XOR_X 2016-01-06 00:43:52 -05:00
netlogic
oprofile
paravirt
pci PCI changes for the v4.6 merge window: 2016-03-16 14:45:55 -07:00
pic32 clk: Get rid of HAVE_MACH_CLKDEV 2016-02-25 14:41:20 -08:00
pistachio
pmcs-msp71xx serial: Fix ASYNC_* => UPF_* flags misuse 2016-01-28 14:17:42 -08:00
pnx833x mips: nand: make use of mtd_to_nand() where appropriate 2015-12-08 13:03:07 -08:00
power
ralink MIPS: pci: Add MT7620a PCIE driver 2016-01-20 00:39:20 +01:00
rb532 MIPS: rb532: use gpiochip data pointer 2016-02-19 09:51:44 +01:00
sgi-ip22
sgi-ip27 MIPS: Fix misspellings in comments. 2016-04-03 12:32:09 +02:00
sgi-ip32
sibyte
sni MIPS: Fix build error due to unused variables. 2015-12-22 15:21:18 +01:00
txx9 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
vdso Fix ld-version.sh to handle large 3rd version part 2016-01-04 10:22:52 +01:00
vr41xx
xilfpga
Kbuild
Kbuild.platforms MIPS: Add support for PIC32MZDA platform 2016-01-24 02:53:28 +01:00
Kconfig The clk changes for this release cycle are mostly dominated by 2016-03-23 06:06:45 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile MIPS: Loongson-3: Improve -march option and move it to Platform 2016-01-22 01:59:18 +01:00