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KVM: Assert that a destroyed/freed vCPU is no longer visible
After freeing a vCPU, assert that it is no longer reachable, and that
kvm_get_vcpu() doesn't return garbage or a pointer to some other vCPU.
While KVM obviously shouldn't be attempting to access a freed vCPU, it's
all too easy for KVM to make a VM-wide request, e.g. via KVM_BUG_ON() or
kvm_flush_remote_tlbs().
Alternatively, KVM could short-circuit problematic paths if the VM's
refcount has gone to zero, e.g. in kvm_make_all_cpus_request(), or KVM
could try disallow making global requests during teardown. But given that
deleting the vCPU from the array Just Works, adding logic to the requests
path is unnecessary, and trying to make requests illegal during teardown
would be a fool's errand.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-ID: <20250224235542.2562848-4-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>1 parent ed09b50 commit ed8f966
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