linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 03/15] s390/zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in use

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Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:10:10 -0400
From:   Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, freude@...ux.ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com, pmorel@...ux.ibm.com, pasic@...ux.ibm.com,
        alex.williamson@...hat.com, kwankhede@...dia.com,
        jjherne@...ux.ibm.com, fiuczy@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 03/15] s390/zcrypt: driver callback to indicate
 resource in use



On 4/14/20 8:58 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Tue,  7 Apr 2020 15:20:03 -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. The intent of
>> this callback is to provide a driver with the means to prevent a root user
>> from inadvertently taking a queue away from a guest and giving it to the
>> host while the guest is still using it. The callback will
>> be invoked whenever a change to the AP bus's sysfs apmask or aqmask
>> attributes would 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 | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>   drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.h |   4 +
>>   2 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> (...)
>
>> @@ -1196,12 +1202,75 @@ static ssize_t apmask_show(struct bus_type *bus, char *buf)
>>   	return rc;
>>   }
>>   
>> +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.
> I had to read that one several times... what about
> "No need to verify whether the driver is using the queues if it is the
> default driver."
>
> ?

Sure, that's better.

>
>> +	 */
>> +	if (ap_drv->flags & AP_DRIVER_FLAG_DEFAULT)
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	/* The non-default driver's module must be loaded */
>> +	if (!try_module_get(drv->owner))
>> +		return 0;
> Is that really needed? I would have thought that the driver core's
> klist usage would make sure that the callback would not be invoked for
> drivers that are not registered anymore. Or am I missing a window?
>
>> +
>> +	if (ap_drv->in_use)
>> +		if (ap_drv->in_use(newapm, ap_perms.aqm))
> Can we log the offending apm somewhere, preferably with additional info
> that allows the admin to figure out why an error was returned?

One of the things on my TODO list is to add logging to the vfio_ap
module which will track all significant activity within the device
driver. I plan to do that with a patch or set of patches specifically
put together for that purpose. Having said that, the best place to
log this would be in the in_use callback in the vfio_ap device driver
(see next patch) where the APQNs that are in use can be identified.
For now, I will log a message to the dmesg log indicating which
APQNs are in use by the matrix mdev.

>
>> +			rc = -EADDRINUSE;
>> +
>> +	module_put(drv->owner);
>> +
>> +	return rc;
>> +}
> (Same comments for the other changes further along in this patch.)
>