netdev - Re: [RFC] vhost: Clear the pending messages on vhost_init_device

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2022 18:06:02 -0500
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
Cc:     eric.auger.pro@...il.com, jasowang@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterx@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] vhost: Clear the pending messages on
 vhost_init_device_iotlb()

On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 10:10:06PM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> On 11/7/22 21:42, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 09:34:31PM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
> >> When the vhost iotlb is used along with a guest virtual iommu
> >> and the guest gets rebooted, some MISS messages may have been
> >> recorded just before the reboot and spuriously executed by
> >> the virtual iommu after the reboot. Despite the device iotlb gets
> >> re-initialized, the messages are not cleared. Fix that by calling
> >> vhost_clear_msg() at the end of vhost_init_device_iotlb().
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 1 +
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> >> index 40097826cff0..422a1fdee0ca 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> >> @@ -1751,6 +1751,7 @@ int vhost_init_device_iotlb(struct vhost_dev *d, bool enabled)
> >>  	}
> >>  
> >>  	vhost_iotlb_free(oiotlb);
> >> +	vhost_clear_msg(d);
> >>  
> >>  	return 0;
> >>  }
> > Hmm.  Can't messages meanwhile get processes and affect the
> > new iotlb?
> Isn't the msg processing stopped at the moment this function is called
> (VHOST_SET_FEATURES)?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Eric

It's pretty late here I'm not sure.  You tell me what prevents it.

BTW vhost_init_device_iotlb gets enabled parameter but ignores
it, we really should drop that.

Also, it looks like if features are set with VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM
and then cleared, iotlb is not properly cleared - bug?


> >
> >
> >> -- 
> >> 2.37.3