linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v4.1: Ensure accessing the correct RD when writing INVALLR

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:41:30 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        jason@...edaemon.net, wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v4.1: Ensure accessing the correct RD when
 writing INVALLR

Hi Zenghui,

On 2020-07-20 03:27, Zenghui Yu wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On 2020/7/17 19:07, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:49:59 +0100,
>> Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The GICv4.1 spec tells us that it's CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE to 
>>> issue a
>>> register-based invalidation operation for a vPEID not mapped to that 
>>> RD,
>>> or another RD within the same CommonLPIAff group.
>>> 
>>> To follow this rule, commit f3a059219bc7 ("irqchip/gic-v4.1: Ensure 
>>> mutual
>>> exclusion between vPE affinity change and RD access") tried to 
>>> address the
>>> race between the RD accesses and the vPE affinity change, but somehow
>>> forgot to take GICR_INVALLR into account. Let's take the vpe_lock 
>>> before
>>> evaluating vpe->col_idx to fix it.
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>
>> 
>> Shouldn't this deserve a Fixes: tag?
> 
> Yes, I think a
> 
> Fixes: f3a059219bc7 ("irqchip/gic-v4.1: Ensure mutual exclusion
> between vPE affinity change and RD access")
> 
> should be enough. Should I resend a version with the tag added?

Yes, please, together with a Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, as the
original patch is in 5.7 and I intend to take it via the 5.9
branch.

Thanks,

         M.
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