KVM: SVM: fix random segfaults with NPT enabled
This patch introduces a guest TLB flush on every NPF exit in KVM. This fixes
random segfaults and #UD exceptions in the guest seen under some workloads
(e.g. long running compile workloads or tbench). A kernbench run with and
without that fix showed that it has a slowdown lower than 0.5%
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index e2ee264..d1106cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
module_param(npt, int, S_IRUGO);
static void kvm_reput_irq(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
+static void svm_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
static inline struct vcpu_svm *to_svm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
@@ -1027,6 +1028,13 @@
KVMTRACE_3D(TDP_FAULT, &svm->vcpu, error_code,
(u32)fault_address, (u32)(fault_address >> 32),
handler);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: Tis shouldn't be necessary here, but there is a flush
+ * missing in the MMU code. Until we find this bug, flush the
+ * complete TLB here on an NPF
+ */
+ if (npt_enabled)
+ svm_flush_tlb(&svm->vcpu);
if (event_injection)
kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt(&svm->vcpu, fault_address);