linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] s390: zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in use

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:25:58 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, freude@...ux.ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        frankja@...ux.ibm.com, david@...hat.com, mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com,
        schwidefsky@...ibm.com, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com,
        pmorel@...ux.ibm.com, pasic@...ux.ibm.com,
        alex.williamson@...hat.com, kwankhede@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] s390: zcrypt: driver callback to indicate
 resource in use

On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:39:36 -0400
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com> 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(-)

Hm... I recall objecting to this patch before, fearing that it makes it
possible for a bad actor to hog resources that can't be removed by
root, even forcefully. (I have not had time to look at the intervening
versions, so I might be missing something.)

Is there a way for root to forcefully override this?