Re: [PATCH v2] intel-iommu: Fix use after release during device attach

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 14:32 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2011-01-04 11:42, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > Am 10.12.2010 19:44, Chris Wright wrote:
> >> * Jan Kiszka (jan.kiszka@siemens.com) wrote:
> >>>>>> --- a/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c
> >>>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c
> >>>>>> @@ -3627,9 +3627,9 @@ static int intel_iommu_attach_device(struct
> >>>>>> iommu_domain *domain,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  		pte = dmar_domain->pgd;
> >>>>>>  		if (dma_pte_present(pte)) {
> >>>>>> -			free_pgtable_page(dmar_domain->pgd);
> >>>>>>  			dmar_domain->pgd = (struct dma_pte *)
> >>>>>>  				phys_to_virt(dma_pte_addr(pte));
> >>
> >> While here, might as well remove the unnecessary cast.
> >>
> >>>>>> +			free_pgtable_page(pte);
> >>>>>>  		}
> >>>>>>  		dmar_domain->agaw--;
> >>>>>>  	}
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Reviewed-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
> >>
> >>>>> CC iommu mailing list and David.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ping...
> >>>>
> >>>> I think this fix also qualifies for stable (.35 and .36).
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Still not merged?
> >>
> >> David, do you plan to pick this one up?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> -chris
> > 
> > Hmm, still no reaction. Trying David's Intel address now...
> > 
> > Jan
> > 
> 
> Walking through my old queues, I came across this one again.
> 
> Given the still lacking reaction from the official maintainer, I'm a
> bit confused about the state of intel-iommu. Is it unmaintained? Should
> this bug fix better be routed through the KVM tree as its only in-tree
> user? Please enlighten me.

I've been wondering the exact same thing.  My last patch took weeks of
prodding, finally went into the maintainer's tree without
acknowledgment, and there's hardly been any activity there to suggest a
pull request for 2.6.39 is going to happen.  David, are you still
interested in maintaining this code?  Thanks,

Alex