KVM: Fix unlikely kvm_create vs decache_vcpus_on_cpu race We add the kvm to the vm_list before initializing the vcpu mutexes, which can be mutex_trylock()'ed by decache_vcpus_on_cpu(). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
diff --git a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c index a0a3fdd..46efbe7 100644 --- a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c +++ b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -297,9 +297,6 @@ kvm_io_bus_init(&kvm->pio_bus); spin_lock_init(&kvm->lock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->active_mmu_pages); - spin_lock(&kvm_lock); - list_add(&kvm->vm_list, &vm_list); - spin_unlock(&kvm_lock); kvm_io_bus_init(&kvm->mmio_bus); for (i = 0; i < KVM_MAX_VCPUS; ++i) { struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &kvm->vcpus[i]; @@ -309,6 +306,9 @@ vcpu->kvm = kvm; vcpu->mmu.root_hpa = INVALID_PAGE; } + spin_lock(&kvm_lock); + list_add(&kvm->vm_list, &vm_list); + spin_unlock(&kvm_lock); return kvm; }