linux-kernel - [PATCH] kvmgt: Hold struct kvm reference

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Date:   Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:38:40 -0600
From:   Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To:     intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     Jike Song <jike.song@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org#v4.10, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Zhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kvmgt: Hold struct kvm reference

The kvmgt code keeps a pointer to the struct kvm associated with the
device, but doesn't actually hold a reference to it.  If we do unclean
shutdown testing (ie. killing the user process), then we can see the
kvm association to the device unset, which causes kvmgt to trigger a
device release via a work queue.  Naturally we cannot guarantee that
the cached struct kvm pointer is still valid at this point without
holding a reference.  The observed failure in this case is a stuck
cpu trying to acquire the spinlock from the invalid reference, but
other failure modes are clearly possible.  Hold a reference to avoid
this.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org #v4.10
Cc: Jike Song <jike.song@...el.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Zhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@...el.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
index 84d801638ede..142b8bd4ba6b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
@@ -1324,6 +1324,7 @@ static int kvmgt_guest_init(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 	vgpu->handle = (unsigned long)info;
 	info->vgpu = vgpu;
 	info->kvm = kvm;
+	kvm_get_kvm(info->kvm);
 
 	kvmgt_protect_table_init(info);
 	gvt_cache_init(vgpu);
@@ -1343,6 +1344,7 @@ static bool kvmgt_guest_exit(struct kvmgt_guest_info *info)
 	}
 
 	kvm_page_track_unregister_notifier(info->kvm, &info->track_node);
+	kvm_put_kvm(info->kvm);
 	kvmgt_protect_table_destroy(info);
 	gvt_cache_destroy(info->vgpu);
 	vfree(info);