[edk2-devel] [Patch 1/1] UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib: Fix AP VolatileRegisters race condition
Michael D Kinney
michael.d.kinney at intel.com
Mon Jan 25 05:15:43 UTC 2021
Hi Star,
That line is only active when (CpuMpData->SevEsIsEnabled) is TRUE.
The race condition addressed by this BZ is for systems with SecEsIsEnabled FALSE.
>From comments in this file the SecEsIsEnabled cases have already been handled.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeng, Star <star.zeng at intel.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:15 PM
> To: devel at edk2.groups.io; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
> Cc: Dong, Eric <eric.dong at intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray.ni at intel.com>; Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>; Kumar, Rahul1
> <rahul1.kumar at intel.com>; Zeng, Star <star.zeng at intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [Patch 1/1] UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib: Fix AP VolatileRegisters race condition
>
> Does https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c#L909 (also decrements
> NumApsExecuting) also need be handled?
>
> Thanks,
> Star
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: devel at edk2.groups.io <devel at edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael
> > D Kinney
> > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 1:10 AM
> > To: devel at edk2.groups.io
> > Cc: Dong, Eric <eric.dong at intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray.ni at intel.com>; Laszlo
> > Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>; Kumar, Rahul1 <rahul1.kumar at intel.com>
> > Subject: [edk2-devel] [Patch 1/1] UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib: Fix AP
> > VolatileRegisters race condition
> >
> > REF: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3182
> >
> > Fix the order of operations in ApWakeupFunction() when
> > PcdCpuApLoopMode
> > is set to HLT mode that uses INIT-SIPI-SIPI to wake APs. In this mode,
> > volatile state is restored and saved each time a INIT-SIPI-SIPI is sent
> > to an AP to request a function to be executed on the AP. When the
> > function is completed the volatile state of the AP is saved. However,
> > the counters NumApsExecuting and FinishedCount are updated before
> > the volatile state is saved. This allows for a race condition window
> > for the BSP that is waiting on these counters to request a new
> > INIT-SIPI-SIPI before all the APs have completely saved their volatile
> > state. The fix is to save the AP volatile state before updating the
> > NumApsExecuting and FinishedCount counters.
> >
> > Cc: Eric Dong <eric.dong at intel.com>
> > Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni at intel.com>
> > Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>
> > Cc: Rahul Kumar <rahul1.kumar at intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
> > ---
> > UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++------------
> > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c
> > b/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c
> > index 681fa79b4cff..8b1f7f84bad6 100644
> > --- a/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c
> > +++ b/UefiCpuPkg/Library/MpInitLib/MpLib.c
> > @@ -769,15 +769,6 @@ ApWakeupFunction (
> > RestoreVolatileRegisters (&CpuMpData->CpuData[0].VolatileRegisters,
> > FALSE);
> > InitializeApData (CpuMpData, ProcessorNumber, BistData,
> > ApTopOfStack);
> > ApStartupSignalBuffer = CpuMpData-
> > >CpuData[ProcessorNumber].StartupApSignal;
> > -
> > - //
> > - // Delay decrementing the APs executing count when SEV-ES is enabled
> > - // to allow the APs to issue an AP_RESET_HOLD before the BSP possibly
> > - // performs another INIT-SIPI-SIPI sequence.
> > - //
> > - if (!CpuMpData->SevEsIsEnabled) {
> > - InterlockedDecrement ((UINT32 *) &CpuMpData-
> > >MpCpuExchangeInfo->NumApsExecuting);
> > - }
> > } else {
> > //
> > // Execute AP function if AP is ready
> > @@ -866,19 +857,33 @@ ApWakeupFunction (
> > }
> > }
> >
> > + if (CpuMpData->ApLoopMode == ApInHltLoop) {
> > + //
> > + // Save AP volatile registers
> > + //
> > + SaveVolatileRegisters (&CpuMpData-
> > >CpuData[ProcessorNumber].VolatileRegisters);
> > + }
> > +
> > //
> > // AP finished executing C code
> > //
> > InterlockedIncrement ((UINT32 *) &CpuMpData->FinishedCount);
> >
> > + if (CpuMpData->InitFlag == ApInitConfig) {
> > + //
> > + // Delay decrementing the APs executing count when SEV-ES is enabled
> > + // to allow the APs to issue an AP_RESET_HOLD before the BSP possibly
> > + // performs another INIT-SIPI-SIPI sequence.
> > + //
> > + if (!CpuMpData->SevEsIsEnabled) {
> > + InterlockedDecrement ((UINT32 *) &CpuMpData-
> > >MpCpuExchangeInfo->NumApsExecuting);
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > //
> > // Place AP is specified loop mode
> > //
> > if (CpuMpData->ApLoopMode == ApInHltLoop) {
> > - //
> > - // Save AP volatile registers
> > - //
> > - SaveVolatileRegisters (&CpuMpData-
> > >CpuData[ProcessorNumber].VolatileRegisters);
> > //
> > // Place AP in HLT-loop
> > //
> > --
> > 2.29.2.windows.2
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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