Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86: cphp: prevent guest crash on CPU hotplug when broadcast SMI is in use

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 07/20/20 16:16, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> There were reports of guest crash on CPU hotplug, when using q35 machine
> type and OVMF with SMM, due to hotplugged CPU trying to process SMI at
> default SMI handler location without it being relocated by firmware first.
> 
> Fix it by refusing hotplug if firmware hasn't negotiated CPU hotplug with
> SMI support while SMI broadcast is in use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
> ---
> v1:
>    fix typos an use suggested wording in commit and error msg
>    s/secure boot/smm/; s/hotplug SMI/hotplug with SMI/
>       (Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>)
> ---
>  hw/acpi/ich9.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  hw/i386/pc.c   | 11 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/acpi/ich9.c b/hw/acpi/ich9.c
> index 6a19070cec..0acc9a3107 100644
> --- a/hw/acpi/ich9.c
> +++ b/hw/acpi/ich9.c
> @@ -408,10 +408,20 @@ void ich9_pm_device_pre_plug_cb(HotplugHandler 
> *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
>      ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
>  
>      if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) &&
> -        !lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled)
> +        !lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled) {
>          error_setg(errp,
>                     "memory hotplug is not enabled: %s.memory-hotplug-support 
> "
>                     "is not set", object_get_typename(OBJECT(lpc)));
> +    } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) {
> +        uint64_t negotiated = lpc->smi_negotiated_features;
> +
> +        if (negotiated & BIT_ULL(ICH9_LPC_SMI_F_BROADCAST_BIT) &&
> +            !(negotiated & BIT_ULL(ICH9_LPC_SMI_F_CPU_HOTPLUG_BIT))) {
> +            error_setg(errp, "cpu hotplug with SMI wasn't enabled by 
> firmware");
> +            error_append_hint(errp, "update machine type to newer than 5.1 "
> +                "and firmware that suppors CPU hotplug with SMM");
> +        }
> +    }
>  }
>  
>  void ich9_pm_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
> diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
> index 57d50fad6b..3f4b7e3d9a 100644
> --- a/hw/i386/pc.c
> +++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
> @@ -1497,6 +1497,17 @@ static void pc_cpu_pre_plug(HotplugHandler 
> *hotplug_dev,
>          return;
>      }
>  
> +    if (pcms->acpi_dev) {
> +        Error *local_err = NULL;
> +
> +        hotplug_handler_pre_plug(HOTPLUG_HANDLER(pcms->acpi_dev), dev,
> +                                 &local_err);
> +        if (local_err) {
> +            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> +            return;
> +        }
> +    }
> +
>      init_topo_info(&topo_info, x86ms);
>  
>      env->nr_dies = x86ms->smp_dies;
> 

Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>