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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 4406374e3b6..3606154bbc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1002,6 +1002,15 @@ static void __loaded_vmcs_clear(void *arg)
if (per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) == loaded_vmcs->vmcs)
per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) = NULL;
list_del(&loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link);
+
+ /*
+ * we should ensure updating loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link
+ * is before setting loaded_vmcs->vcpu to -1 which is done in
+ * loaded_vmcs_init. Otherwise, other cpu can see vcpu = -1 fist
+ * then adds the vmcs into percpu list before it is deleted.
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
+
loaded_vmcs_init(loaded_vmcs);
}
@@ -1537,6 +1546,14 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu);
local_irq_disable();
+
+ /*
+ * Read loaded_vmcs->cpu should be before fetching
+ * loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link.
+ * See the comments in __loaded_vmcs_clear().
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+
list_add(&vmx->loaded_vmcs->loaded_vmcss_on_cpu_link,
&per_cpu(loaded_vmcss_on_cpu, cpu));
local_irq_enable();