netdev - Re: [PATCH] vhost-vdpa: switch to use vmf_insert

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: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

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

Message-ID: <ZoKjIpwno/84WQK7@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 14:37:54 +0200
From: Michal Kubiak <michal.kubiak@...el.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
CC: <mst@...hat.com>, <eperezma@...hat.com>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	<virtualization@...ts.linux.dev>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost-vdpa: switch to use vmf_insert_pfn() in the fault
 handler

On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 11:31:59AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> remap_pfn_page() should not be called in the fault handler as it may
> change the vma->flags which may trigger lockdep warning since the vma
> write lock is not held. Actually there's no need to modify the
> vma->flags as it has been set in the mmap(). So this patch switches to
> use vmf_insert_pfn() instead.
> 
> Reported-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
> Tested-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
> Fixes: ddd89d0a059d ("vhost_vdpa: support doorbell mapping via mmap")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> index 63a53680a85c..6b9c12acf438 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> @@ -1483,13 +1483,7 @@ static vm_fault_t vhost_vdpa_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  
>  	notify = ops->get_vq_notification(vdpa, index);
>  
> -	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
> -	if (remap_pfn_range(vma, vmf->address & PAGE_MASK,
> -			    PFN_DOWN(notify.addr), PAGE_SIZE,
> -			    vma->vm_page_prot))
> -		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> -
> -	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
> +	return vmf_insert_pfn(vma, vmf->address & PAGE_MASK, PFN_DOWN(notify.addr));
>  }
>  
>  static const struct vm_operations_struct vhost_vdpa_vm_ops = {
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 
> 

I would only consider pasting an example warning log. (It's my
suggestion only).

Anyway, the patch looks OK to me.

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Michal Kubiak <michal.kubiak@...el.com>