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powerpc: Fix is_kvm_guest() / kvm_para_available()
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Commit a21d1be ("powerpc: Reintroduce is_kvm_guest() as a fast-path
check") added is_kvm_guest() and changed kvm_para_available() to use it.

is_kvm_guest() checks a static key, kvm_guest, and that static key is
set in check_kvm_guest().

The problem is check_kvm_guest() is only called on pseries, and even
then only in some configurations. That means is_kvm_guest() always
returns false on all non-pseries and some pseries depending on
configuration. That's a bug.

For PR KVM guests this is noticable because they no longer do live
patching of themselves, which can be detected by the omission of a
message in dmesg such as:

  KVM: Live patching for a fast VM worked

To fix it make check_kvm_guest() an initcall, to ensure it's always
called at boot. It needs to be core so that it runs before
kvm_guest_init() which is postcore. To be an initcall it needs to return
int, where 0 means success, so update that.

We still call it manually in pSeries_smp_probe(), because that runs
before init calls are run.

Fixes: a21d1be ("powerpc: Reintroduce is_kvm_guest() as a fast-path check")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210623130514.2543232-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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mpe authored and gregkh committed Nov 18, 2021
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_guest.h
Expand Up @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ static inline bool is_kvm_guest(void)
return static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_guest);
}

bool check_kvm_guest(void);
int check_kvm_guest(void);
#else
static inline bool is_kvm_guest(void) { return false; }
static inline bool check_kvm_guest(void) { return false; }
static inline int check_kvm_guest(void) { return 0; }
#endif

#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_KVM_GUEST_H_ */
10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions arch/powerpc/kernel/firmware.c
Expand Up @@ -23,18 +23,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(powerpc_firmware_features);

#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES) || defined(CONFIG_KVM_GUEST)
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kvm_guest);
bool check_kvm_guest(void)
int __init check_kvm_guest(void)
{
struct device_node *hyper_node;

hyper_node = of_find_node_by_path("/hypervisor");
if (!hyper_node)
return false;
return 0;

if (!of_device_is_compatible(hyper_node, "linux,kvm"))
return false;
return 0;

static_branch_enable(&kvm_guest);
return true;

return 0;
}
core_initcall(check_kvm_guest); // before kvm_guest_init()
#endif
4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
Expand Up @@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ static __init void pSeries_smp_probe(void)
if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SMT))
return;

if (check_kvm_guest()) {
check_kvm_guest();

if (is_kvm_guest()) {
/*
* KVM emulates doorbells by disabling FSCR[MSGP] so msgsndp
* faults to the hypervisor which then reads the instruction
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