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* [PATCH] kvm-kmod: fix kvm_request_irq race
@ 2009-05-21  6:21 Chris Wright
  2009-05-21  6:29 ` Avi Kivity
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Chris Wright @ 2009-05-21  6:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Avi Kivity; +Cc: kvm

Commit "32658734: Fix request_irq() for < 2.6.19" is racy between multiple
guests since ioctl is only serialized per guest.  Add mutex and serialize
kvm_request_irq/kvm_free_irq to avoid race.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@redhat.com>
---
 external-module-compat-comm.h |   14 +++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/external-module-compat-comm.h b/external-module-compat-comm.h
index 8cb5440..eaad986 100644
--- a/external-module-compat-comm.h
+++ b/external-module-compat-comm.h
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ static inline int pci_reset_function(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 typedef irqreturn_t (*kvm_irq_handler_t)(int, void *);
 static kvm_irq_handler_t kvm_irq_handlers[NR_IRQS];
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(kvm_irq_handlers_mutex);
 
 static irqreturn_t kvm_irq_thunk(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -655,21 +656,28 @@ static irqreturn_t kvm_irq_thunk(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 static inline int kvm_request_irq(unsigned int a, kvm_irq_handler_t handler,
 				  unsigned long c, const char *d, void *e)
 {
-	int rc;
-	kvm_irq_handler_t old = kvm_irq_handlers[a];
+	int rc = -EBUSY;
+	kvm_irq_handler_t old;
+
+	mutex_lock(&kvm_irq_handlers_mutex);
+	old = kvm_irq_handlers[a];
 	if (old)
-		return -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
 	kvm_irq_handlers[a] = handler;
 	rc = request_irq(a, kvm_irq_thunk, c, d, e);
 	if (rc)
 		kvm_irq_handlers[a] = NULL;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm_irq_handlers_mutex);
 	return rc;
 }
 
 static inline void kvm_free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
+	mutex_lock(&kvm_irq_handlers_mutex);
 	free_irq(irq, dev_id);
 	kvm_irq_handlers[irq] = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm_irq_handlers_mutex);
 }
 
 #else

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