linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] s390: zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in use

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Message-Id: <46d627f1-9414-8636-6975-793bbe11b616@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:13:58 +0200
From:   Pierre Morel <pmorel@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     freude@...ux.ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com, cohuck@...hat.com,
        frankja@...ux.ibm.com, david@...hat.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, pasic@...ux.ibm.com,
        alex.williamson@...hat.com, kwankhede@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] s390: zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in
 use

On 16/04/2019 15:11, Tony Krowiak wrote:
> On 4/16/19 3:52 AM, Pierre Morel wrote:
>> On 11/04/2019 23:03, Tony Krowiak wrote:
>>> Introduces a new driver callback to prevent a root user from unbinding
>>> an AP queue from its device driver if the queue is in use. This prevents
>>> a root user from inadvertently taking a queue away from a guest and
>>> giving it to the host, or vice versa. The callback will be invoked
>>> whenever a change to the AP bus's apmask or aqmask sysfs interfaces may
>>> result in one or more AP queues being removed from its driver. If the
>>> callback responds in the affirmative for any driver queried, the change
>>> to the apmask or aqmask will be rejected with a device in use error.
>>>
>>> For this patch, only non-default drivers will be queried. Currently,
>>> there is only one non-default driver, the vfio_ap device driver. The
>>> vfio_ap device driver manages AP queues passed through to one or more
>>> guests and we don't want to unexpectedly take AP resources away from
>>> guests which are most likely independently administered.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c | 138 
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>   drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.h |   3 +
>>>   2 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
>>> index 1546389d71db..66a5a9d9fae6 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
>>> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
>>>   #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
>>>   #include <linux/debugfs.h>
>>>   #include <linux/ctype.h>
>>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>>>   #include "ap_bus.h"
>>>   #include "ap_debug.h"
>>> @@ -980,9 +981,11 @@ int ap_parse_mask_str(const char *str,
>>>       newmap = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>>>       if (!newmap)
>>>           return -ENOMEM;
>>> -    if (mutex_lock_interruptible(lock)) {
>>> -        kfree(newmap);
>>> -        return -ERESTARTSYS;
>>> +    if (lock) {
>>> +        if (mutex_lock_interruptible(lock)) {
>>> +            kfree(newmap);
>>> +            return -ERESTARTSYS;
>>> +        }
>>>       }
>>>       if (*str == '+' || *str == '-') {
>>> @@ -994,7 +997,10 @@ int ap_parse_mask_str(const char *str,
>>>       }
>>>       if (rc == 0)
>>>           memcpy(bitmap, newmap, size);
>>> -    mutex_unlock(lock);
>>> +
>>> +    if (lock)
>>> +        mutex_unlock(lock);
>>> +
>>>       kfree(newmap);
>>>       return rc;
>>>   }
>>> @@ -1181,12 +1187,72 @@ static ssize_t apmask_show(struct bus_type 
>>> *bus, char *buf)
>>>       return rc;
>>>   }
>>> +static int __verify_card_reservations(struct device_driver *drv, 
>>> void *data)
>>> +{
>>> +    int rc = 0;
>>> +    struct ap_driver *ap_drv = to_ap_drv(drv);
>>> +    unsigned long *newapm = (unsigned long *)data;
>>> +
>>> +    /*
>>> +     * If the reserved bits do not identify cards reserved for use 
>>> by the
>>> +     * non-default driver, there is no need to verify the driver is 
>>> using
>>> +     * the queues.
>>> +     */
>>> +    if (ap_drv->flags & AP_DRIVER_FLAG_DEFAULT)
>>> +        return 0;
>>
>> I prefer you suppress this asymmetry with the assumption that the 
>> "default driver" will not register a "in_use" callback.
> 
> Based on comments by Connie, I plan on removing this patch from the
> next version.

Yes it was the goal.

> 
>>
>>
>>> +
>>> +    /* Pin the driver's module code */
>>> +    if (!try_module_get(drv->owner))
>>> +        return 0;
>>> +
>>> +    if (ap_drv->in_use)
>>> +        if (ap_drv->in_use(newapm, ap_perms.aqm))
>>> +            rc = -EADDRINUSE;
>>> +
>>> +    module_put(drv->owner);
>>> +
>>> +    return rc;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>
> 


-- 
Pierre Morel
Linux/KVM/QEMU in Böblingen - Germany