[Bug 1920944] Re: kvm: properly tear down PV features on hibernate

This bug was fixed in the package linux-aws - 5.4.0-1051.53

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linux-aws (5.4.0-1051.53) focal; urgency=medium

[ Ubuntu: 5.4.0-77.86 ]

* UAF on CAN J1939 j1939_can_recv (LP: #1932209)
- SAUCE: can: j1939: delay release of j1939_priv after synchronize_rcu
* UAF on CAN BCM bcm_rx_handler (LP: #1931855)
- SAUCE: can: bcm: delay release of struct bcm_op after synchronize_rcu

[ Ubuntu: 5.4.0-76.85 ]

* focal/linux: 5.4.0-76.85 -proposed tracker (LP: #1932123)
* Upstream v5.9 introduced 'module' patches that removed exported symbols
(LP: #1932065)
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE"
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: return licensing information from find_symbol"
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: rename the licence field in struct symsearch to
license"
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: unexport __module_address"
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: unexport __module_text_address"
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: mark each_symbol_section static"
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: mark find_symbol static"
- SAUCE: Revert "modules: mark ref_module static"

-- Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com> Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:23:21
+0200

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Title:
kvm: properly tear down PV features on hibernate

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux-aws package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in linux source package in Focal:
Fix Released
Status in linux-aws source package in Focal:
Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Groovy:
Fix Released
Status in linux-aws source package in Groovy:
Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Hirsute:
Fix Released
Status in linux-aws source package in Hirsute:
Fix Released

Bug description:
[Impact]

In LP: #1918694 we applied a fix and a workaround to solve the
hibernation issues on c5.18xlarge. The workaround was in the form of a
SAUCE patch:

  "UBUNTU: SAUCE: aws: kvm: double the size of hv_clock_boot"

It looks like we can replace this workaround with a proper fix, by
applying this patch:

http://next.patchew.org/Linux/20210414123544.1060604-1-vkuznets@redhat.com/

This is required because various PV features (Async PF, PV EOI, steal
time) work through memory shared with hypervisor and when we restore
from hibernation we must properly tear down all these features to make
sure hypervisor doesn't write to stale locations after we jump to the
previously hibernated kernel.

For this reason it is safe to apply this patch set also to all the
generic kernels and not just AWS.

[Test plan]

This can be easily tested on AWS (but it should be reproduced by
hibernating any kvm instance with multiple CPUs). Create a c5.18xlarge
instance, run the memory stress test script (the same test script that
we are using to stress test hibernation), trigger the hibernate event,
trigger the resume event. Repeat a couple of times and the problem is
very likely to happen.

[Fix]

On the AWS kernel replace "UBUNTU: SAUCE: aws: kvm: double the size of
hv_clock_boot" with:

http://next.patchew.org/Linux/20210414123544.1060604-1-vkuznets@redhat.com/

For the other kernels, simply apply this patch set.

The fix has been tested extensively in the AWS infrastructure with
positive results.

[Regression potential]

This new code introduced by the fix can be executed also when a CPU is
put offline, so we may see potential regressions in the KVM CPU hot-
plugging.

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