linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: fix spin_lock

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Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:19:14 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, bp@...en8.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: fix spin_lock_init order on x86



On 21/03/2016 15:47, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 10:24 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> kvm_arch_init_vm is now using mmu_lock, causing lockdep to
>> complain:
> ...
>>
>> Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>> index 7ba1d10ffed2..cb45b86a1c48 100644
>> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>> @@ -536,6 +536,16 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
>>  	if (!kvm)
>>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>  
>> +	spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>> +	kvm->mm = current->mm;
>> +	atomic_inc(&kvm->mm->mm_count);
> 
> current->mm->mm_count is incremented here.
> 
>> +	kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
>> +	mutex_init(&kvm->lock);
>> +	mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);
>> +	mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock);
>> +	atomic_set(&kvm->users_count, 1);
>> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->devices);
>> +
>>  	r = kvm_arch_init_vm(kvm, type);
>>  	if (r)
>>  		goto out_err_no_disable;
> 
> 
> But out_err_no_disable wont decrement it in case of an error.
> 
> This is not clear to me where the cleanup is done ?

Indeed, a slightly more complex patch is necessary.  Will try again,
this time not doing this as the first thing in the morning.

Paolo

>> @@ -568,16 +578,6 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
>>  			goto out_err;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	spin_lock_init(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>> -	kvm->mm = current->mm;
>> -	atomic_inc(&kvm->mm->mm_count);
>> -	kvm_eventfd_init(kvm);
>> -	mutex_init(&kvm->lock);
>> -	mutex_init(&kvm->irq_lock);
>> -	mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock);
>> -	atomic_set(&kvm->users_count, 1);
>> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->devices);
>> -
>>  	r = kvm_init_mmu_notifier(kvm);
>>  	if (r)
>>  		goto out_err;
> 
>