Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: also set up legacy files only after sysfs init

Daniel Vetter
2021-02-05T10:17:33Z

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 11:04 AM Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Friday 05 February 2021 10:59:50 Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 11:24 PM Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thursday 04 February 2021 15:50:19 Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > > [+cc Oliver, Pali, Krzysztof]
> > >
> > > Just to note that extending or using sysfs_initialized introduces
> > > another race condition into kernel code which results in PCI fatal
> > > errors. Details are in email discussion which Bjorn already sent.
> >
> > Yeah I wondered why this doesn't race.
>
> It races, but with smaller probability. I have not seen this race
> condition on x86. But I was able to reproduce it with native PCIe
> drivers on ARM64 (Marvell Armada 3720; pci-aardvark). In mentioned
> discussion I wrote when this race condition happen. But I understand
> that it is hard to simulate it.

btw I looked at your patch, and isn't that just reducing the race window?

I think we have a very similar problem in drm, where the
drm_dev_register() for the overall device (which also registers all
drm_connector) can race with the hotplug of an individual connector in
drm_connector_register() which is hotplugged at runtime.

I went with a per-connector registered boolean + a lock to make sure
that really only one of the two call paths can end up registering the
connector. Part of registering connectors is setting up sysfs files,
so I think it's exactly the same problem as here.

Cheers, Daniel

>
> > but since the history goes back
> > to pre-git times I figured it would have been addressed somehow
> > already if it indeed does race.
> > -Daniel
> >
> > > > s/also/Also/ in subject
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 05:58:30PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > > > We are already doing this for all the regular sysfs files on PCI
> > > > > devices, but not yet on the legacy io files on the PCI buses. Thus far
> > > > > now problem, but in the next patch I want to wire up iomem revoke
> > > > > support. That needs the vfs up an running already to make so that
> > > > > iomem_get_mapping() works.
> > > >
> > > > s/now problem/no problem/
> > > > s/an running/and running/
> > > > s/so that/sure that/ ?
> > > >
> > > > iomem_get_mapping() doesn't exist; I don't know what that should be.
> > > >
> > > > > Wire it up exactly like the existing code. Note that
> > > > > pci_remove_legacy_files() doesn't need a check since the one for
> > > > > pci_bus->legacy_io is sufficient.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "the existing code." I could
> > > > probably figure it out, but it would save time to mention the existing
> > > > function here.
> > > >
> > > > This looks like another instance where we should really apply Oliver's
> > > > idea of converting these to attribute_groups [1].
> > > >
> > > > The cover letter mentions options discussed with Greg in [2], but I
> > > > don't think the "sysfs_initialized" hack vs attribute_groups was part
> > > > of that discussion.
> > > >
> > > > It's not absolutely a show-stopper, but it *is* a shame to extend the
> > > > sysfs_initialized hack if attribute_groups could do this more cleanly
> > > > and help solve more than one issue.
> > > >
> > > > Bjorn
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOSf1CHss03DBSDO4PmTtMp0tCEu5kScn704ZEwLKGXQzBfqaA@mail.gmail.com
> > > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/CAKMK7uGrdDrbtj0OyzqQc0CGrQwc2F3tFJU9vLfm2jjufAZ5YQ@mail.gmail.com/
> > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
> > > > > Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> > > > > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> > > > > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> > > > > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> > > > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > > > > Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> > > > > Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com>
> > > > > Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> > > > > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> > > > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > > > > Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> > > > > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> > > > > Cc: linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> > > > > Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 7 +++++++
> > > > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> > > > > index fb072f4b3176..0c45b4f7b214 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> > > > > @@ -927,6 +927,9 @@ void pci_create_legacy_files(struct pci_bus *b)
> > > > > {
> > > > > int error;
> > > > >
> > > > > + if (!sysfs_initialized)
> > > > > + return;
> > > > > +
> > > > > b->legacy_io = kcalloc(2, sizeof(struct bin_attribute),
> > > > > GFP_ATOMIC);
> > > > > if (!b->legacy_io)
> > > > > @@ -1448,6 +1451,7 @@ void pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> > > > > static int __init pci_sysfs_init(void)
> > > > > {
> > > > > struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL;
> > > > > + struct pci_bus *pbus = NULL;
> > > > > int retval;
> > > > >
> > > > > sysfs_initialized = 1;
> > > > > @@ -1459,6 +1463,9 @@ static int __init pci_sysfs_init(void)
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > + while ((pbus = pci_find_next_bus(pbus)))
> > > > > + pci_create_legacy_files(pbus);
> > > > > +
> > > > > return 0;
> > > > > }
> > > > > late_initcall(pci_sysfs_init);
> > > > > --
> > > > > 2.30.0
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> >
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> > Daniel Vetter
> > Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation