linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: vgic: Use wrapper function to lock/unlock all vcpus in kvm_vgic

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:04:33 +0000
From:   Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
To:     linmiaohe <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, maz@...nel.org,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, rkrcmar@...hat.com, james.morse@....com,
        julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com, suzuki.poulose@....com,
        christoffer.dall@....com, catalin.marinas@....com,
        eric.auger@...hat.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, will@...nel.org,
        andre.przywara@....com, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: vgic: Use wrapper function to lock/unlock all
 vcpus in kvm_vgic_create()

On 28/11/2019 09:26, linmiaohe wrote:
> From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
> 
> Use wrapper function lock_all_vcpus()/unlock_all_vcpus()
> in kvm_vgic_create() to remove duplicated code dealing
> with locking and unlocking all vcpus in a vm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
> ---
> -v2:
> 	Fix some spelling mistake in patch title and commit log.
> ---
>   virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 14 ++++----------
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> index b3c5de48064c..53e3969dfb52 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void kvm_vgic_early_init(struct kvm *kvm)
>    */
>   int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
>   {
> -	int i, vcpu_lock_idx = -1, ret;
> +	int i, ret;
>   	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
>   
>   	if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))
> @@ -92,11 +92,8 @@ int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
Extra context:

	/*
	 * Any time a vcpu is run, vcpu_load is called which tries to grab the
	 * vcpu->mutex.  By grabbing the vcpu->mutex of all VCPUs we ensure
>   	 * that no other VCPUs are run while we create the vgic.
>   	 */

That comment no longer makes sense here - there's a very similar one already
in lock_all_vcpus(). With that removed:

Reviewed-by: Steven Price <steven.price@....com>

>   	ret = -EBUSY;
> -	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
> -		if (!mutex_trylock(&vcpu->mutex))
> -			goto out_unlock;
> -		vcpu_lock_idx = i;
> -	}
> +	if (!lock_all_vcpus(kvm))
> +		return ret;
>   
>   	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
>   		if (vcpu->arch.has_run_once)
> @@ -125,10 +122,7 @@ int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
>   		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->arch.vgic.rd_regions);
>   
>   out_unlock:
> -	for (; vcpu_lock_idx >= 0; vcpu_lock_idx--) {
> -		vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, vcpu_lock_idx);
> -		mutex_unlock(&vcpu->mutex);
> -	}
> +	unlock_all_vcpus(kvm);
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
>