linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] iommu/amd: fix a warning in increase_address

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Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:36:51 -0400
From:   Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
To:     Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
Cc:     jroedel@...e.de, don.brace@...rosemi.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, esc.storagedev@...rosemi.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] iommu/amd: fix a warning in increase_address_space



> On Oct 16, 2019, at 6:59 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> I guess the mode level 6 check is really for other potential callers
> increase_address_space, none exist at the moment, and the condition
> of the while loop in alloc_pte should fail if the mode level is 6.

Because there is no locking around iommu_map_page(), if there are several concurrent callers of it for the same domain, could it be that it silently corrupt data due to invalid access?