linux-kernel - Re: [RFC V1 08/13] vduse: flush workers on suspend

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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

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

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:09:35 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com>
Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@...cle.com>, 
	Eugenio Perez Martin <eperezma@...hat.com>, Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, 
	Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>, Eli Cohen <elic@...dia.com>, 
	Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC V1 08/13] vduse: flush workers on suspend

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 4:40 AM Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> To pass ownership of a live vdpa device to a new process, the user
> suspends the device, calls VHOST_NEW_OWNER to change the mm, and calls
> VHOST_IOTLB_REMAP to change the user virtual addresses to match the new
> mm.  Flush workers in suspend to guarantee that no worker sees the new
> mm and old VA in between.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com>

It seems we need a better title, probably "suspend support for vduse"?
And it looks better to be an separate patch.

Thanks