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Date:   Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:18:33 +0100
From:   Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
To:     Chris Co <chrco@linux.microsoft.com>
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        andrea.parri@microsoft.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Allow cleanup of VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU
 if disconnected
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 07:01:18PM +0000, Chris Co wrote:
> From: Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com>
> 
> When invoking kexec() on a Linux guest running on a Hyper-V host, the
> kernel panics.
> 
>     RIP: 0010:cpuhp_issue_call+0x137/0x140
>     Call Trace:
>     __cpuhp_remove_state_cpuslocked+0x99/0x100
>     __cpuhp_remove_state+0x1c/0x30
>     hv_kexec_handler+0x23/0x30 [hv_vmbus]
>     hv_machine_shutdown+0x1e/0x30
>     machine_shutdown+0x10/0x20
>     kernel_kexec+0x6d/0x96
>     __do_sys_reboot+0x1ef/0x230
>     __x64_sys_reboot+0x1d/0x20
>     do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x3d8
>     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
> 
> This was due to hv_synic_cleanup() callback returning -EBUSY to
> cpuhp_issue_call() when tearing down the VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU, even
> if the vmbus_connection.conn_state = DISCONNECTED. hv_synic_cleanup()
> should succeed in the case where vmbus_connection.conn_state
> is DISCONNECTED.
> 
> Fix is to add an extra condition to test for
> vmbus_connection.conn_state == CONNECTED on the VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU and
> only return early if true. This way the kexec() path can still shut
> everything down while preserving the initial behavior of preventing
> CPU offlining on the VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU while the VM is running.
> 
> Fixes: 8a857c55420f29 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Always handle the VMBus messages on CPU0")
> Signed-off-by: Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

Reviewed-by: Andrea Parri (Microsoft) <parri.andrea@gmail.com>

Thanks,
  Andrea


> ---
>  drivers/hv/hv.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv.c b/drivers/hv/hv.c
> index 0cde10fe0e71..f202ac7f4b3d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
> @@ -244,9 +244,13 @@ int hv_synic_cleanup(unsigned int cpu)
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Hyper-V does not provide a way to change the connect CPU once
> -	 * it is set; we must prevent the connect CPU from going offline.
> +	 * it is set; we must prevent the connect CPU from going offline
> +	 * while the VM is running normally. But in the panic or kexec()
> +	 * path where the vmbus is already disconnected, the CPU must be
> +	 * allowed to shut down.
>  	 */
> -	if (cpu == VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU)
> +	if (cpu == VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU &&
> +	    vmbus_connection.conn_state == CONNECTED)
>  		return -EBUSY;
>  
>  	/*
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>