linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net V2 3/4] Revert "net: vhost: lock the vqs one by one"

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Date:   Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:27:26 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V2 3/4] Revert "net: vhost: lock the vqs one by one"


On 2018/12/12 下午10:24, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 06:08:18PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> This reverts commit 78139c94dc8c96a478e67dab3bee84dc6eccb5fd. We don't
>> protect device IOTLB with vq mutex, which will lead e.g use after free
>> for device IOTLB entries. And since we've switched to use
>> mutex_trylock() in previous patch, it's safe to revert it without
>> having deadlock.
>>
>> Fixes: commit 78139c94dc8c ("net: vhost: lock the vqs one by one")
>> Cc: Tonghao Zhang<xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang<jasowang@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin<mst@...hat.com>
>
> I'd try to put this in 4.20 if we can
> and it's needed for -stable I think.
>
> Also looks like we should allow iotlb entries per vq
> to improve locking. What do you think?
>

Yes, we can do it for -next.

Thanks