Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.13 2/2] x86/ioapic: don't use raw entry reads/writes in clear_IO_APIC_pin

["Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 04:56:09PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 07.11.2019 16:46, Roger Pau Monné  wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 04:28:56PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> On 07.11.2019 16:06, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> >>> @@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ static void clear_IO_APIC_pin(unsigned int apic, unsigned int pin)
> >>>       */
> >>>      memset(&entry, 0, sizeof(entry));
> >>>      entry.mask = 1;
> >>> -    __ioapic_write_entry(apic, pin, true, entry);
> >>> +    __ioapic_write_entry(apic, pin, false, entry);
> >>
> >> I may be able to understand why this one can't use raw mode, but as
> >> per above a better overall description is needed.
> > 
> > Yes, this is the one that's actually incorrect, but see my reasoning
> > below.
> > 
> >>
> >>> -    entry = __ioapic_read_entry(apic, pin, true);
> >>> +    entry = __ioapic_read_entry(apic, pin, false);
> >>>      if (entry.irr)
> >>>          printk(KERN_ERR "IO-APIC%02x-%u: Unable to reset IRR\n",
> >>>                 IO_APIC_ID(apic), pin);
> >>
> >> This read again shouldn't need conversion, as the IRR bit doesn't
> >> get touched (I think) by the interrupt remapping code during the
> >> translation it does.
> > 
> > TBH, I think raw mode should only be used by the iommu code in order
> > to setup the entries to point to the interrupt remapping table,
> > everything else shouldn't be using raw mode. While it's true that some
> > of the cases here are safe to use raw mode I would discourage it's
> > usage as it can lead to issues, and this is not a performance critical
> > path anyway.
> 
> You also should take the other possible perspective - not using
> raw mode means going through interrupt remapping logic, which
> can (needlessly) trigger errors. I think you want to break the
> patch into a necessary and an optional part. The optional part
> should be discussed separately and deferred until after 4.13.

IMO generic IO-APIC code has not business playing with raw entries
when interrupt remapping is enabled, the layout of IO-APIC entries in
that case is vendor-specific, and hence the generic IO-APIC code is
not able to parse it.

For example the code in clear_IO_APIC_pin modifies the mask or the
trigger fields of RAW entries, is there any guarantee that those
fields don't have different meanings/layout when interrupt remapping
is enabled?

I can split the specific bugfix into a separate patch, but IMO the
code in clear_IO_APIC_pin is not safe.

Thanks, Roger.

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