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From: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 7/9] make kvm_get_kvm() more robust
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:55:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100615135527.262CFEA2@kernel.beaverton.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100615135518.BC244431@kernel.beaverton.ibm.com>


The comment tells most of the story here.  This patch guarantees
that once a user decrements kvm->users_count to 0 that no one
will increment it again.

We'll need this in a moment because we are going to use
kvm->users_count as a more generic refcount.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/kvm_host.h |    2 -
 linux-2.6.git-dave/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      |   32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN include/linux/kvm_host.h~make-kvm_get_kvm-more-robust include/linux/kvm_host.h
--- linux-2.6.git/include/linux/kvm_host.h~make-kvm_get_kvm-more-robust	2010-06-11 08:39:16.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/kvm_host.h	2010-06-11 08:39:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ int kvm_init(void *opaque, unsigned vcpu
 		  struct module *module);
 void kvm_exit(void);
 
-void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
+int kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
 
 static inline struct kvm_memslots *kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm)
diff -puN virt/kvm/kvm_main.c~make-kvm_get_kvm-more-robust virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
--- linux-2.6.git/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c~make-kvm_get_kvm-more-robust	2010-06-11 08:39:16.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.git-dave/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c	2010-06-11 08:39:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -496,9 +496,30 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *k
 	mmdrop(mm);
 }
 
-void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
+/*
+ * Once the counter goes to 0, we destroy the
+ * kvm object.  Do not allow additional refs
+ * to be obtained once this occurs.
+ *
+ * Any calls which are done via the kvm fd
+ * could use atomic_inc().  That is because
+ * ->users_count is set to 1 when the kvm fd
+ * is created, and stays at least 1 while
+ * the fd exists.
+ *
+ * But, those calls are currently rare, so do
+ * this (more expensive) atomic_add_unless()
+ * to keep the number of functions down.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the reference was obtained
+ * successfully.
+ */
+int kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&kvm->users_count);
+	int did_add = atomic_add_unless(&kvm->users_count, 1, 0);
+	if (did_add)
+		return 0;
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_get_kvm);
 
@@ -1332,7 +1353,12 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(stru
 	BUG_ON(kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)]);
 
 	/* Now it's all set up, let userspace reach it */
-	kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
+	r = kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
+	/*
+	 * Getting called via the kvm fd _should_ guarantee
+	 * that we can always get a reference.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON(r);
 	r = create_vcpu_fd(vcpu);
 	if (r < 0) {
 		kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
diff -puN arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c~make-kvm_get_kvm-more-robust arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
_

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-06-15 13:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-15 13:55 [RFC][PATCH 0/9] rework KVM mmu_shrink() code Dave Hansen
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/9] abstract kvm x86 mmu->n_free_mmu_pages Dave Hansen
2010-06-16  8:40   ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/9] rename x86 kvm->arch.n_alloc_mmu_pages Dave Hansen
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/9] replace x86 kvm n_free_mmu_pages with n_used_mmu_pages Dave Hansen
2010-06-16 14:25   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-06-16 15:42     ` Dave Hansen
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/9] create aggregate kvm_total_used_mmu_pages value Dave Hansen
2010-06-16  8:48   ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-16 15:06     ` Dave Hansen
2010-06-17  8:43       ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-16 16:55     ` Dave Hansen
2010-06-17  8:23       ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/9] break out some mmu_skrink() code Dave Hansen
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/9] remove kvm_freed variable Dave Hansen
2010-06-15 13:55 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 8/9] reduce kvm_lock hold times in mmu_skrink() Dave Hansen
2010-06-16  8:54   ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-15 13:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 9/9] make kvm mmu shrinker more aggressive Dave Hansen
2010-06-16  9:24   ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-16 15:25     ` Dave Hansen
2010-06-17  8:37       ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-18 15:49       ` Dave Hansen
2010-06-20  8:11         ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-22 16:32           ` Dave Hansen
2010-07-22  4:36             ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-22  5:36               ` Dave Hansen
2010-07-22  5:42                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-06-16  8:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/9] rework KVM mmu_shrink() code Avi Kivity
2010-06-16 15:03   ` Dave Hansen
2010-06-17  8:40     ` Avi Kivity

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