Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Paolo Bonzini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: mmu: Add slots_arch_lock for memslot arch fields | Date | Mon, 3 May 2021 15:29:14 +0200 |
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On 29/04/21 23:18, Ben Gardon wrote: > Add a new lock to protect the arch-specific fields of memslots if they > need to be modified in a kvm->srcu read critical section. A future > commit will use this lock to lazily allocate memslot rmaps for x86.
Here there should be a blurb about the possible races that can happen and why we decided for the slots_arch_lock.
> Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com> > --- > include/linux/kvm_host.h | 9 +++++++++ > virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h > index 8895b95b6a22..2d5e797fbb08 100644 > --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h > @@ -472,6 +472,15 @@ struct kvm { > #endif /* KVM_HAVE_MMU_RWLOCK */ > > struct mutex slots_lock; > + > + /* > + * Protects the arch-specific fields of struct kvm_memory_slots in > + * use by the VM. To be used under the slots_lock (above) or in a > + * kvm->srcu read cirtical section where acquiring the slots_lock > + * would lead to deadlock with the synchronize_srcu in > + * install_new_memslots. > + */
I think usage under slots_lock need not be mentioned here. More like this:
/* * Protects the arch-specific fields of struct kvm_memory_slots * in use by the VM. Usually these are initialized by * kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region and then protected by * kvm->srcu; however, if they need to be initialized outside * kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region, slots_arch_lock can * be used instead as it is also held when calling * kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region itself. Note that using * slots_lock would lead to deadlock with install_new_memslots, * because it is held during synchronize_srcu: * * idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu); * mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock); * mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock); * synchronize_srcu(&kvm->srcu); */
(Though a better place for this is in Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.rst).
Paolo
> + struct mutex slots_arch_lock; > struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */ > struct kvm_memslots __rcu *memslots[KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM]; > struct kvm_vcpu *vcpus[KVM_MAX_VCPUS]; > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c > index c8010f55e368..97b03fa2d0c8 100644 > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c > @@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type) > mutex_init(&kvm->lock); > mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock); > mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock); > + mutex_init(&kvm->slots_arch_lock); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->devices); > > BUILD_BUG_ON(KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM > SHRT_MAX); > @@ -1280,6 +1281,10 @@ static struct kvm_memslots *install_new_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, > slots->generation = gen | KVM_MEMSLOT_GEN_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS; > > rcu_assign_pointer(kvm->memslots[as_id], slots); > + > + /* Acquired in kvm_set_memslot. */ > + mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock); > + > synchronize_srcu_expedited(&kvm->srcu); > > /* > @@ -1351,6 +1356,9 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, > struct kvm_memslots *slots; > int r; > > + /* Released in install_new_memslots. */ > + mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock); > + > slots = kvm_dup_memslots(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), change); > if (!slots) > return -ENOMEM; > @@ -1364,10 +1372,9 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, > slot->flags |= KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID; > > /* > - * We can re-use the old memslots, the only difference from the > - * newly installed memslots is the invalid flag, which will get > - * dropped by update_memslots anyway. We'll also revert to the > - * old memslots if preparing the new memory region fails. > + * We can re-use the memory from the old memslots. > + * It will be overwritten with a copy of the new memslots > + * after reacquiring the slots_arch_lock below. > */ > slots = install_new_memslots(kvm, as_id, slots); > > @@ -1379,6 +1386,17 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, > * - kvm_is_visible_gfn (mmu_check_root) > */ > kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot(kvm, slot); > + > + /* Released in install_new_memslots. */ > + mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock); > + > + /* > + * The arch-specific fields of the memslots could have changed > + * between releasing the slots_arch_lock in > + * install_new_memslots and here, so get a fresh copy of the > + * slots. > + */ > + kvm_copy_memslots(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), slots); > } > > r = kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(kvm, new, mem, change); > @@ -1394,8 +1412,11 @@ static int kvm_set_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, > return 0; > > out_slots: > - if (change == KVM_MR_DELETE || change == KVM_MR_MOVE) > + if (change == KVM_MR_DELETE || change == KVM_MR_MOVE) { > + slot = id_to_memslot(slots, old->id); > + slot->flags &= ~KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID; > slots = install_new_memslots(kvm, as_id, slots); > + } > kvfree(slots); > return r; > } >
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