linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: avoid using rcu_dereference

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Date:   Wed,  2 Aug 2017 17:55:54 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     borntraeger@...ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: avoid using rcu_dereference_protected

During teardown, accesses to memslots and buses are using
rcu_dereference_protected with an always-true condition because
these accesses are done outside the usual mutexes.  This
is because the last reference is gone and there cannot be any
concurrent modifications, but rcu_dereference_protected is
ugly and unobvious.

Instead, check the refcount in kvm_get_bus and __kvm_memslots.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h |  6 ++++--
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 11 ++++-------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index aa492cb12ce8..294082cbff0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ struct kvm {
 static inline struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus idx)
 {
 	return srcu_dereference_check(kvm->buses[idx], &kvm->srcu,
-				      lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock));
+				      lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock) ||
+				      !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
 }
 
 static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
@@ -562,7 +563,8 @@ int kvm_init(void *opaque, unsigned vcpu_size, unsigned vcpu_align,
 static inline struct kvm_memslots *__kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id)
 {
 	return srcu_dereference_check(kvm->memslots[as_id], &kvm->srcu,
-			lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock));
+			lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock) ||
+			!refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
 }
 
 static inline struct kvm_memslots *kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7001657be535..26ae5cb726b1 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -705,10 +705,9 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	hardware_disable_all();
 out_err_no_disable:
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
-		kfree(rcu_access_pointer(kvm->buses[i]));
+		kfree(kvm_get_bus(kvm, i));
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
-		kvm_free_memslots(kvm,
-			rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->memslots[i], 1));
+		kvm_free_memslots(kvm, __kvm_memslots(kvm, i));
 	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
 	mmdrop(current->mm);
 	return ERR_PTR(r);
@@ -741,9 +740,8 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 	kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++) {
-		struct kvm_io_bus *bus;
+		struct kvm_io_bus *bus = kvm_get_bus(kvm, i);
 
-		bus = rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[i], 1);
 		if (bus)
 			kvm_io_bus_destroy(bus);
 		kvm->buses[i] = NULL;
@@ -757,8 +755,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm_arch_destroy_vm(kvm);
 	kvm_destroy_devices(kvm);
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
-		kvm_free_memslots(kvm,
-			rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->memslots[i], 1));
+		kvm_free_memslots(kvm, __kvm_memslots(kvm, i));
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu);
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu);
 	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
-- 
1.8.3.1