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Date:	Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:22:01 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] vhost: handle polling errors

On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 03:18:38PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Polling errors were ignored by vhost/vhost_net, this may lead to crash when
> trying to remove vhost from waitqueue when after the polling is failed. Solve
> this problem by:
> 
> - checking the poll->wqh before trying to remove from waitqueue
> - report an error when poll() returns a POLLERR in vhost_start_poll()
> - report an error when vhost_start_poll() fails in
>   vhost_vring_ioctl()/vhost_net_set_backend() which is used to notify the
>   failure to userspace.
> - report an error in the data path in vhost_net when meet polling errors.
> 
> After those changes, we can safely drop the tx polling state in vhost_net since
> it was replaced by the checking of poll->wqh.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/vhost/net.c   |   74 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------------
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c |   31 +++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.h |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> index d10ad6f..125c1e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> @@ -64,20 +64,10 @@ enum {
>  	VHOST_NET_VQ_MAX = 2,
>  };
>  
> -enum vhost_net_poll_state {
> -	VHOST_NET_POLL_DISABLED = 0,
> -	VHOST_NET_POLL_STARTED = 1,
> -	VHOST_NET_POLL_STOPPED = 2,
> -};
> -
>  struct vhost_net {
>  	struct vhost_dev dev;
>  	struct vhost_virtqueue vqs[VHOST_NET_VQ_MAX];
>  	struct vhost_poll poll[VHOST_NET_VQ_MAX];
> -	/* Tells us whether we are polling a socket for TX.
> -	 * We only do this when socket buffer fills up.
> -	 * Protected by tx vq lock. */
> -	enum vhost_net_poll_state tx_poll_state;
>  	/* Number of TX recently submitted.
>  	 * Protected by tx vq lock. */
>  	unsigned tx_packets;
> @@ -155,24 +145,6 @@ static void copy_iovec_hdr(const struct iovec *from, struct iovec *to,
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -/* Caller must have TX VQ lock */
> -static void tx_poll_stop(struct vhost_net *net)
> -{
> -	if (likely(net->tx_poll_state != VHOST_NET_POLL_STARTED))
> -		return;
> -	vhost_poll_stop(net->poll + VHOST_NET_VQ_TX);
> -	net->tx_poll_state = VHOST_NET_POLL_STOPPED;
> -}
> -
> -/* Caller must have TX VQ lock */
> -static void tx_poll_start(struct vhost_net *net, struct socket *sock)
> -{
> -	if (unlikely(net->tx_poll_state != VHOST_NET_POLL_STOPPED))
> -		return;
> -	vhost_poll_start(net->poll + VHOST_NET_VQ_TX, sock->file);
> -	net->tx_poll_state = VHOST_NET_POLL_STARTED;
> -}
> -
>  /* In case of DMA done not in order in lower device driver for some reason.
>   * upend_idx is used to track end of used idx, done_idx is used to track head
>   * of used idx. Once lower device DMA done contiguously, we will signal KVM
> @@ -227,6 +199,7 @@ static void vhost_zerocopy_callback(struct ubuf_info *ubuf, bool success)
>  static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
>  {
>  	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = &net->dev.vqs[VHOST_NET_VQ_TX];
> +	struct vhost_poll *poll = net->poll + VHOST_NET_VQ_TX;
>  	unsigned out, in, s;
>  	int head;
>  	struct msghdr msg = {
> @@ -252,7 +225,8 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
>  	wmem = atomic_read(&sock->sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
>  	if (wmem >= sock->sk->sk_sndbuf) {
>  		mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
> -		tx_poll_start(net, sock);
> +		if (vhost_poll_start(poll, sock->file))
> +			vq_err(vq, "Fail to start TX polling\n");

s/Fail/Failed/

A question though: how can this happen? Could you clarify please?
Maybe we can find a way to prevent this error?

>  		mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
>  		return;
>  	}
> @@ -261,7 +235,7 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
>  	vhost_disable_notify(&net->dev, vq);
>  
>  	if (wmem < sock->sk->sk_sndbuf / 2)
> -		tx_poll_stop(net);
> +		vhost_poll_stop(poll);
>  	hdr_size = vq->vhost_hlen;
>  	zcopy = vq->ubufs;
>  
> @@ -283,8 +257,10 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
>  
>  			wmem = atomic_read(&sock->sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
>  			if (wmem >= sock->sk->sk_sndbuf * 3 / 4) {
> -				tx_poll_start(net, sock);
> -				set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sock->flags);
> +				if (vhost_poll_start(poll, sock->file))
> +					vq_err(vq, "Fail to start TX polling\n");
> +				else
> +					set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sock->flags);
>  				break;
>  			}
>  			/* If more outstanding DMAs, queue the work.
> @@ -294,8 +270,10 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
>  				    (vq->upend_idx - vq->done_idx) :
>  				    (vq->upend_idx + UIO_MAXIOV - vq->done_idx);
>  			if (unlikely(num_pends > VHOST_MAX_PEND)) {
> -				tx_poll_start(net, sock);
> -				set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sock->flags);
> +				if (vhost_poll_start(poll, sock->file))
> +					vq_err(vq, "Fail to start TX polling\n");
> +				else
> +					set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sock->flags);
>  				break;
>  			}
>  			if (unlikely(vhost_enable_notify(&net->dev, vq))) {
> @@ -360,7 +338,8 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
>  			}
>  			vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, 1);
>  			if (err == -EAGAIN || err == -ENOBUFS)
> -				tx_poll_start(net, sock);
> +				if (vhost_poll_start(poll, sock->file))
> +					vq_err(vq, "Fail to start TX polling\n");
>  			break;
>  		}
>  		if (err != len)
> @@ -623,7 +602,6 @@ static int vhost_net_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
>  
>  	vhost_poll_init(n->poll + VHOST_NET_VQ_TX, handle_tx_net, POLLOUT, dev);
>  	vhost_poll_init(n->poll + VHOST_NET_VQ_RX, handle_rx_net, POLLIN, dev);
> -	n->tx_poll_state = VHOST_NET_POLL_DISABLED;
>  
>  	f->private_data = n;
>  
> @@ -633,29 +611,25 @@ static int vhost_net_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
>  static void vhost_net_disable_vq(struct vhost_net *n,
>  				 struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
>  {
> +	struct vhost_poll *poll = n->poll + (vq - n->vqs);
> +
>  	if (!vq->private_data)
>  		return;
> -	if (vq == n->vqs + VHOST_NET_VQ_TX) {
> -		tx_poll_stop(n);
> -		n->tx_poll_state = VHOST_NET_POLL_DISABLED;
> -	} else
> -		vhost_poll_stop(n->poll + VHOST_NET_VQ_RX);
> +	vhost_poll_stop(poll);
>  }
>  
> -static void vhost_net_enable_vq(struct vhost_net *n,
> +static int vhost_net_enable_vq(struct vhost_net *n,
>  				struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
>  {
>  	struct socket *sock;
> +	struct vhost_poll *poll = n->poll + (vq - n->vqs);
>  
>  	sock = rcu_dereference_protected(vq->private_data,
>  					 lockdep_is_held(&vq->mutex));
>  	if (!sock)
> -		return;
> -	if (vq == n->vqs + VHOST_NET_VQ_TX) {
> -		n->tx_poll_state = VHOST_NET_POLL_STOPPED;
> -		tx_poll_start(n, sock);
> -	} else
> -		vhost_poll_start(n->poll + VHOST_NET_VQ_RX, sock->file);
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	return vhost_poll_start(poll, sock->file);
>  }
>  
>  static struct socket *vhost_net_stop_vq(struct vhost_net *n,
> @@ -833,7 +807,9 @@ static long vhost_net_set_backend(struct vhost_net *n, unsigned index, int fd)
>  		r = vhost_init_used(vq);
>  		if (r)
>  			goto err_used;
> -		vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
> +		r = vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
> +		if (r)
> +			goto err_used;
>  
>  		oldubufs = vq->ubufs;
>  		vq->ubufs = ubufs;
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index 34389f7..5c7a466 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -77,26 +77,41 @@ void vhost_poll_init(struct vhost_poll *poll, vhost_work_fn_t fn,
>  	init_poll_funcptr(&poll->table, vhost_poll_func);
>  	poll->mask = mask;
>  	poll->dev = dev;
> +	poll->wqh = NULL;
>  
>  	vhost_work_init(&poll->work, fn);
>  }
>  
> +/* Stop polling a file. After this function returns, it becomes safe to drop the
> + * file reference. You must also flush afterwards. */
> +void vhost_poll_stop(struct vhost_poll *poll)
> +{
> +	if (poll->wqh) {
> +		remove_wait_queue(poll->wqh, &poll->wait);
> +		poll->wqh = NULL;
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /* Start polling a file. We add ourselves to file's wait queue. The caller must
>   * keep a reference to a file until after vhost_poll_stop is called. */
> -void vhost_poll_start(struct vhost_poll *poll, struct file *file)
> +int vhost_poll_start(struct vhost_poll *poll, struct file *file)
>  {
>  	unsigned long mask;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	if (poll->wqh)
> +		return -EBUSY;
>  

I think this should return success: we are already polling.
Otherwise this would trigger a bug below I think.

>  	mask = file->f_op->poll(file, &poll->table);
>  	if (mask)
>  		vhost_poll_wakeup(&poll->wait, 0, 0, (void *)mask);
> -}
>  
> -/* Stop polling a file. After this function returns, it becomes safe to drop the
> - * file reference. You must also flush afterwards. */
> -void vhost_poll_stop(struct vhost_poll *poll)
> -{
> -	remove_wait_queue(poll->wqh, &poll->wait);
> +	if (mask & POLLERR) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		vhost_poll_stop(poll);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static bool vhost_work_seq_done(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work,
> @@ -792,7 +807,7 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
>  		fput(filep);
>  
>  	if (pollstart && vq->handle_kick)
> -		vhost_poll_start(&vq->poll, vq->kick);
> +		r = vhost_poll_start(&vq->poll, vq->kick);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> index 2639c58..17261e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work);
>  
>  void vhost_poll_init(struct vhost_poll *poll, vhost_work_fn_t fn,
>  		     unsigned long mask, struct vhost_dev *dev);
> -void vhost_poll_start(struct vhost_poll *poll, struct file *file);
> +int vhost_poll_start(struct vhost_poll *poll, struct file *file);
>  void vhost_poll_stop(struct vhost_poll *poll);
>  void vhost_poll_flush(struct vhost_poll *poll);
>  void vhost_poll_queue(struct vhost_poll *poll);
> -- 
> 1.7.1
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