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Message-ID: <20250203094700-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 09:48:56 -0500
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: Eric Auger <eauger@...hat.com>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
	Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...el.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hongyu Ning <hongyu.ning@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: Remove virtio devices on device_shutdown()

On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 10:53:15AM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
> Hi Kirill, Michael
> 
> On 8/8/24 9:51 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Hongyu reported a hang on kexec in a VM. QEMU reported invalid memory
> > accesses during the hang.
> > 
> > 	Invalid read at addr 0x102877002, size 2, region '(null)', reason: rejected
> > 	Invalid write at addr 0x102877A44, size 2, region '(null)', reason: rejected
> > 	...
> > 
> > It was traced down to virtio-console. Kexec works fine if virtio-console
> > is not in use.
> > 
> > Looks like virtio-console continues to write to the MMIO even after
> > underlying virtio-pci device is removed.
> > 
> > The problem can be mitigated by removing all virtio devices on virtio
> > bus shutdown.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> > Reported-by: Hongyu Ning <hongyu.ning@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Gentle ping on that patch that seems to have fallen though the cracks.
> 
> I think this fix is really needed. I have another test case with a
> rebooting guest exposed with virtio-net (backed by vhost-net) and
> viommu. Since there is currently no shutdown for the virtio-net, on
> reboot, the IOMMU is disabled through the native_machine_shutdown()/
> x86_platform.iommu_shutdown() while the virtio-net is still alive.
> 
> Normally device_shutdown() should call virtio-net shutdown before the
> IOMMU tear down and we wouldn't see any spurious transactions after
> iommu shutdown.
> 
> With that fix, the above test case is fixed and I do not see spurious
> vhost IOTLB miss spurious requests.
> 
> For more details, see qemu thread ([PATCH] hw/virtio/vhost: Disable
> IOTLB callbacks when IOMMU gets disabled,
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250120173339.865681-1-eric.auger@redhat.com/)
> 
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
> Tested-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Eric
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/virtio/virtio.c | 10 ++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > index a9b93e99c23a..6c2f908eb22c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > @@ -356,6 +356,15 @@ static void virtio_dev_remove(struct device *_d)
> >  	of_node_put(dev->dev.of_node);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void virtio_dev_shutdown(struct device *_d)
> > +{
> > +	struct virtio_device *dev = dev_to_virtio(_d);
> > +	struct virtio_driver *drv = drv_to_virtio(dev->dev.driver);
> > +
> > +	if (drv && drv->remove)
> > +		drv->remove(dev);


I am concerned that full remove is a heavyweight operation.
Do not want to slow down reboots even more.
How about just doing a reset, instead?

> > +}
> > +
> >  static const struct bus_type virtio_bus = {
> >  	.name  = "virtio",
> >  	.match = virtio_dev_match,
> > @@ -363,6 +372,7 @@ static const struct bus_type virtio_bus = {
> >  	.uevent = virtio_uevent,
> >  	.probe = virtio_dev_probe,
> >  	.remove = virtio_dev_remove,
> > +	.shutdown = virtio_dev_shutdown,
> >  };
> >  
> >  int __register_virtio_driver(struct virtio_driver *driver, struct module *owner)