[Xen-devel] [HVM] Don't invoke pt_{save/restore}_timer for one_shot timer

["Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx>]

HVM guest can set vlapic timer to one-shot mode; in
vmx_asm_vmexit_handler -> do_softirq(), we may invoke pt_timer_fn() for
some timer T (T is used for some vlapic timer vpt and fires at this
time), hence T is removed from the timer_heap; soon after that, when we
remain in do_softirq(), we may invoke schedule() due to
SCHEDULE_SOFTIRQ, and the vcpu is switched out;
When the vcpu is switched in, in hvm_do_resume() -> pt_restore_timer(),
we use set_timer() to unconditionally add the fired T into the
timer_heap!
Next, in vmx_asm_vmexit_handler -> vmx_intr_assist() -> pt_intr_post(),
we "pt->enabled = 0";
Next, the guest may re-program the vlapic timer: vlapic_write() ->
create_periodic_time() -> set_timer(), so T is added into the timer_heap
again! And later, when we remove T from the timer_heap for the 2nd time,
we can crash Xen.

The issue can be reproduced easily on Woodcrest and Weybridge platforms
by installing 32-bit Fedora 7 with vcpus=8.

The patch fixes the issue by not invoking pt_{save/restore}_timer for
one_shot timer.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx>

donnot_save_restore_one-shot_vpt.patch
Description: donnot_save_restore_one-shot_vpt.patch

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