netdev - Re: [PATCH] vhost/vsock: don't check owner in vhost_vsock

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Message-ID: <YhO6bwu7iDtUFQGj@anirudhrb.com>
Date:   Mon, 21 Feb 2022 21:44:39 +0530
From:   Anirudh Rayabharam <mail@...rudhrb.com>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost/vsock: don't check owner in vhost_vsock_stop()
 while releasing

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 02:59:30PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 12:49 PM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > vhost_vsock_stop() calls vhost_dev_check_owner() to check the device
> > ownership. It expects current->mm to be valid.
> >
> > vhost_vsock_stop() is also called by vhost_vsock_dev_release() when
> > the user has not done close(), so when we are in do_exit(). In this
> > case current->mm is invalid and we're releasing the device, so we
> > should clean it anyway.
> >
> > Let's check the owner only when vhost_vsock_stop() is called
> > by an ioctl.
> >
> > Fixes: 433fc58e6bf2 ("VSOCK: Introduce vhost_vsock.ko")
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Reported-by: syzbot+1e3ea63db39f2b4440e0@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 14 ++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+0abd373e2e50d704db87@...kaller.appspotmail.com

I don't think this patch fixes "INFO: task hung in vhost_work_dev_flush"
even though syzbot says so. I am able to reproduce the issue locally
even with this patch applied.

Thanks,

	- Anirudh.

> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+3140b17cb44a7b174008@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>