Re: [PATCH 1/1] s390/vfio-ap: fix circular lockdep when setting/clearing crypto masks

Tony Krowiak
2021-02-10T22:08:27Z

On 2/10/21 10:24 AM, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:53:34 +0100
> Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 14:48:30 -0500
>> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This patch fixes a circular locking dependency in the CI introduced by
>>> commit f21916ec4826 ("s390/vfio-ap: clean up vfio_ap resources when KVM
>>> pointer invalidated"). The lockdep only occurs when starting a Secure
>>> Execution guest. Crypto virtualization (vfio_ap) is not yet supported for
>>> SE guests; however, in order to avoid CI errors, this fix is being
>>> provided.
>>>
>>> The circular lockdep was introduced when the masks in the guest's APCB
>>> were taken under the matrix_dev->lock. While the lock is definitely
>>> needed to protect the setting/unsetting of the KVM pointer, it is not
>>> necessarily critical for setting the masks, so this will not be done under
>>> protection of the matrix_dev->lock.
>>>
>>> Fixes: f21916ec4826 ("s390/vfio-ap: clean up vfio_ap resources when KVM pointer invalidated")
>>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>>> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>> 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> static void vfio_ap_mdev_unset_kvm(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
>>> {
>>> - kvm_arch_crypto_clear_masks(matrix_mdev->kvm);
>>> - matrix_mdev->kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = NULL;
>>> - vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(matrix_mdev->mdev);
>>> - kvm_put_kvm(matrix_mdev->kvm);
>>> - matrix_mdev->kvm = NULL;
>>> + if (matrix_mdev->kvm) {
>> If you're doing setting/unsetting under matrix_dev->lock, is it
>> possible that matrix_mdev->kvm gets unset between here and the next
>> line, as you don't hold the lock?
>>
>> Maybe you could
>> - grab a reference to kvm while holding the lock
>> - call the mask handling functions with that kvm reference
>> - lock again, drop the reference, and do the rest of the processing?
> I agree, matrix_mdev->kvm can go NULL any time and we are risking
> a null pointer dereference here.
>
> Another idea would be to do
>
>
> static void vfio_ap_mdev_unset_kvm(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
> {
> struct kvm *kvm;
>
> mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->lock);
> if (matrix_mdev->kvm) {
> kvm = matrix_mdev->kvm;
> matrix_mdev->kvm = NULL;
> mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
> kvm_arch_crypto_clear_masks(kvm);
> mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->lock);
> matrix_mdev->kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = NULL;
> vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(matrix_mdev->mdev);
> kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
> }
> mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
> }
>
> That way only one unset would actually do the unset and cleanup
> and every other invocation would bail out with only checking
> matrix_mdev->kvm.

How ironic, that is exactly what I did after agreeing with Connie.

>
>
>>> + kvm_arch_crypto_clear_masks(matrix_mdev->kvm);
>>> + mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->lock);
>>> + matrix_mdev->kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = NULL;
>>> + vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(matrix_mdev->mdev);
>>> + kvm_put_kvm(matrix_mdev->kvm);
>>> + matrix_mdev->kvm = NULL;
>>> + mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
>>> + }
>>> }