Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:04:52 -0400 | From | Kimberly Brown <> | Subject | [PATCH v3 0/3] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a race condition in "_show" functions |
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This patchset fixes a race condition in the "_show" functions that access the channel ring buffers.
Changes in v3: Patch 1: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Refactor chan->state if statement - Added the “reviewed-by” line from v2.
Patch 2: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Set ring_info field to 0 and remove memset - This patch is new. This change allows the new mutex locks in patch 3 to be initialized when the channel is initialized.
Patch 3: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix race condition with new ring_buffer_info mutex - Added two ring buffer info mutex locks instead of the single channel mutex lock that was proposed in v2. - Changed the mutex acquire/release calls as needed for the new ring buffer info mutex locks. - Updated the commit message.
Changes in v2: - In v1, I proposed using “vmbus_connection.channel_mutex” in the “_show” functions to prevent the race condition. However, using this mutex could result in a deadlock, so a new approach is proposed in this patchset. - Patch 1 is new and consists of refactoring an if statement. - Patch 2 introduces a new mutex lock in the “vmbus_channel” struct, which is used to eliminate the race condition.
Kimberly Brown (3): Drivers: hv: vmbus: Refactor chan->state if statement Drivers: hv: vmbus: Set ring_info field to 0 and remove memset Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix race condition with new ring_buffer_info mutex
drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 2 + drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h | 1 + drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c | 22 ++++++++-- drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ include/linux/hyperv.h | 7 ++- 5 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
-- 2.17.1
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