linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_console: free unused buffers with virtio port

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Message-ID: <20190311023544-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:36:17 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, amit@...nel.org,
        arnd@...db.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, xiaohli@...hat.com,
        Gal Hammer <ghammer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_console: free unused buffers with virtio port

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 01:58:11AM -0400, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The commit a7a69ec0d8e4 ("virtio_console: free buffers after reset")
> >   deffered detaching of unused buffer to virtio device unplug time.
> > 
> >   This causes unplug/replug of single port in virtio device with an
> >   error "Error allocating inbufs\n". As we don't free the unused buffers
> >   attached with the port. Re-plug the same port tries to allocate new
> >   buffers in virtqueue and results in this error if queue is full.
> > 
> >   This patch removes the unused buffers in vq's when we unplug the port.
> >   This is the best we can do as we cannot call device_reset because virtio
> >   device is still active. This was the working behaviour before the change
> >   introduced in commit b3258ff1d6.
> 
> ping.
> 
> This patch fixes a regression in upstream kernel, virtio_console driver.
> Can we please have this merged.
> 
> Thanks,
> Pankaj

Sorry, no, I don't think that's a full fix.

> > 
> >   Reported-by: Xiaohui Li <xiaohli@...hat.com>
> >   Fixes: b3258ff1d6 ("virtio_console: free buffers after reset")
> >   Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 14 +++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> > index fbeb71953526..5fbf2ac73111 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> > @@ -1506,15 +1506,25 @@ static void remove_port(struct kref *kref)
> >  	kfree(port);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void remove_unused_bufs(struct virtqueue *vq)
> > +{
> > +	struct port_buffer *buf;
> > +
> > +	while ((buf = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vq)))
> > +		free_buf(buf, true);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void remove_port_data(struct port *port)
> >  {
> >  	spin_lock_irq(&port->inbuf_lock);
> >  	/* Remove unused data this port might have received. */
> >  	discard_port_data(port);
> > +	remove_unused_bufs(port->in_vq);
> >  	spin_unlock_irq(&port->inbuf_lock);
> >  
> >  	spin_lock_irq(&port->outvq_lock);
> >  	reclaim_consumed_buffers(port);
> > +	remove_unused_bufs(port->out_vq);
> >  	spin_unlock_irq(&port->outvq_lock);
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -1950,11 +1960,9 @@ static void remove_vqs(struct ports_device *portdev)
> >  	struct virtqueue *vq;
> >  
> >  	virtio_device_for_each_vq(portdev->vdev, vq) {
> > -		struct port_buffer *buf;
> >  
> >  		flush_bufs(vq, true);
> > -		while ((buf = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vq)))
> > -			free_buf(buf, true);
> > +		remove_unused_bufs(vq);
> >  	}
> >  	portdev->vdev->config->del_vqs(portdev->vdev);
> >  	kfree(portdev->in_vqs);
> > --
> > 2.20.1
> > 
> >