linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] Protect against iommu driver disconnect

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Date:	Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:24:08 -0600
From:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To:	alex.williamson@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Protect against iommu driver disconnect

Michael Tsirkin pointed out that file operations on /dev/vfio/vfio
dereference iommu_driver and iommu_data without a lock.  If releasing
a group or unsetting the container occurs concurrently, we could race.
We currently use a mutex when setting this association, so we can
convert to a rwsem keeping the existing mutex critical sections as
down_writes and add down_reads where these are used.  Thanks,

Alex

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Alex Williamson (2):
      vfio: Convert container->group_lock to rwsem
      vfio: Use down_reads to protect iommu disconnects

 drivers/vfio/vfio.c |   83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
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