linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/16] perf: Ensure perf_guest_cbs aren't reloaded between !NULL check and deref

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Date:   Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:07:54 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/16] perf: Ensure perf_guest_cbs aren't reloaded
 between !NULL check and deref

On 11/4/21 15:18, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> If I'm interpeting Paolo's suggestion
> correctly, he's pointing out that oustanding stores to the function pointers in
> @cbs need to complete before assigning a non-NULL pointer to perf_guest_cbs,
> otherwise a perf event handler may see a valid pointer with half-baked callbacks.
> 
> I think smp_store_release() with a comment would be appropriate, assuming my
> above interpretation is correct.
> 

Yes, exactly.  It should even be rcu_assign_pointer(), matching the 
synchronize_rcu() in patch 1 (and the change can be done in patch 1, too).

Paolo