linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 1/5] iommu: Lock group->mutex in iommu_deferred

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Message-ID: <bad420df60c3ed07a51591ce3ab001d7e4254a2a.1763512374.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:52:07 -0800
From: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
To: <robin.murphy@....com>, <joro@...tes.org>, <afael@...nel.org>,
	<bhelgaas@...gle.com>, <alex@...zbot.org>, <jgg@...dia.com>,
	<kevin.tian@...el.com>
CC: <will@...nel.org>, <lenb@...nel.org>, <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	<patches@...ts.linux.dev>, <pjaroszynski@...dia.com>, <vsethi@...dia.com>,
	<helgaas@...nel.org>, <etzhao1900@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/5] iommu: Lock group->mutex in iommu_deferred_attach()

The iommu_deferred_attach() function invokes __iommu_attach_device(), but
doesn't hold the group->mutex like other __iommu_attach_device() callers.

Though there is no pratical bug being triggered so far, it would be better
to apply the same locking to this __iommu_attach_device(), since the IOMMU
drivers nowaday are more aware of the group->mutex -- some of them use the
iommu_group_mutex_assert() function that could be potentially in the path
of an attach_dev callback function invoked by the __iommu_attach_device().

Worth mentioning that the iommu_deferred_attach() will soon need to check
group->resetting_domain that must be locked also.

Thus, grab the mutex to guard __iommu_attach_device() like other callers.

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/iommu.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index 2ca990dfbb884..170e522b5bda4 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -2185,10 +2185,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_attach_device);
 
 int iommu_deferred_attach(struct device *dev, struct iommu_domain *domain)
 {
-	if (dev->iommu && dev->iommu->attach_deferred)
-		return __iommu_attach_device(domain, dev, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * This is called on the dma mapping fast path so avoid locking. This is
+	 * racy, but we have an expectation that the driver will setup its DMAs
+	 * inside probe while being single threaded to avoid racing.
+	 */
+	if (!dev->iommu || !dev->iommu->attach_deferred)
+		return 0;
 
-	return 0;
+	guard(mutex)(&dev->iommu_group->mutex);
+
+	return __iommu_attach_device(domain, dev, NULL);
 }
 
 void iommu_detach_device(struct iommu_domain *domain, struct device *dev)
-- 
2.43.0