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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] s390/vfio-ap: replace open coded locks for VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM notification
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On 7/28/21 3:42 PM, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:43:03 -0400
> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> This solution was suggested by Jason G and it does in fact resolve
>> the lockdep splat encountered when starting an SE guest with
>> access to crypto resources. There is a chance that the KVM lock
>> can get held while waiting for the lock on the matrix_dev->mutex,
>> but this does not seem like a grave concern to me.
> Yes I agree. I was thinking along the lines: matrix modifications
> via the sysfs take the matrix_dev->lock so the level of contention
> may depend on what userspace is doing...

The probe/remove functions also take the matrix_dev->lock
as does the handle_pqap() function. In any case, while all of
those are possible, in our implementation of AP queue
pass-through, the two functions that take the KVM lock
are invoked when the guest is starting or shutting down,
or when the mdev is hot plugged/unplugged. For the cases of
guest startup/shutdown, it would seem that holding the
kvm->lock while waiting for the matrix_dev->lock shouldn't
be a big problem since the guest will either not be fully up
yet or on its way down. I suppose the hot plug/unplug case
could potentially cause the guest vcpus to pause while processing,
but how often do you anticipate a hot plug to take place?

>
> Regards,
> Halil

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