Re: [RFC v2 4/5] vfio-ccw: Don't call cp_free if we are processing a channel program

Halil Pasic
2019-07-09T14:22:04Z

On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 09:46:51 -0400
Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 07/09/2019 06:16 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 16:10:37 -0400
> > Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> >> There is a small window where it's possible that we could be working
> >> on an interrupt (queued in the workqueue) and setting up a channel
> >> program (i.e allocating memory, pinning pages, translating address).
> >> This can lead to allocating and freeing the channel program at the
> >> same time and can cause memory corruption.
> >>
> >> Let's not call cp_free if we are currently processing a channel program.
> >> The only way we know for sure that we don't have a thread setting
> >> up a channel program is when the state is set to VFIO_CCW_STATE_CP_PENDING.
> >
> > Can we pinpoint a commit that introduced this bug, or has it been there
> > since the beginning?
> >
>
> I think the problem was always there.
>

I think it became relevant with the async stuff. Because after the async
stuff was added we start getting solicited interrupts that are not about
channel program is done. At least this is how I remember the discussion.

> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c | 2 +-
> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
> >> index 4e3a903..0357165 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
> >> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work)
> >> (SCSW_ACTL_DEVACT | SCSW_ACTL_SCHACT));
> >> if (scsw_is_solicited(&irb->scsw)) {
> >> cp_update_scsw(&private->cp, &irb->scsw);
> >> - if (is_final)
> >> + if (is_final && private->state == VFIO_CCW_STATE_CP_PENDING)

Ain't private->state potentially used by multiple threads of execution?
Do we need to use atomic operations or external synchronization to avoid
this being another gamble? Or am I missing something?

> >> cp_free(&private->cp);
> >> }
> >> mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
> >
> >
> Thanks for reviewing.
>
> Thanks
> Farhan