linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] vfio: fix potential deadlock on vfio group lock

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:03:42 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     alex.williamson@...hat.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, cohuck@...hat.com,
        farman@...ux.ibm.com, pmorel@...ux.ibm.com,
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        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] vfio: fix potential deadlock on vfio group lock

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 07:03:51PM -0500, Matthew Rosato wrote:
> Currently it is possible that the final put of a KVM reference comes from
> vfio during its device close operation.  This occurs while the vfio group
> lock is held; however, if the vfio device is still in the kvm device list,
> then the following call chain could result in a deadlock:
> 
> kvm_put_kvm
>  -> kvm_destroy_vm
>   -> kvm_destroy_devices
>    -> kvm_vfio_destroy
>     -> kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm
>      -> vfio_file_set_kvm
>       -> group->group_lock/group_rwsem
> 
> Avoid this scenario by having vfio core code acquire a KVM reference
> the first time a device is opened and hold that reference until right
> after the group lock is released after the last device is closed.
> 
> Fixes: 421cfe6596f6 ("vfio: remove VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM")
> Reported-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason