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
_
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-15 13:55 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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