[PATCHv3 2/3] vfio/mdev: Avoid creating sysfs remove file on stale device removal

Parav Pandit
2019-05-16T23:30:47Z

If device is removal is initiated by two threads as below, mdev core
attempts to create a syfs remove file on stale device.
During this flow, below [1] call trace is observed.

cpu-0 cpu-1
----- -----
mdev_unregister_device()
device_for_each_child
mdev_device_remove_cb
mdev_device_remove
user_syscall
remove_store()
mdev_device_remove()
[..]
unregister device();
/* not found in list or
* active=false.
*/
sysfs_create_file()
..Call trace

Now that mdev core follows correct device removal system of the linux
bus model, remove shouldn't fail in normal cases. If it fails, there is
no point of creating a stale file or checking for specific error status.

kernel: WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 9348 at fs/sysfs/file.c:327
sysfs_create_file_ns+0x7f/0x90
kernel: CPU: 2 PID: 9348 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted
5.1.0-rc6-vdevbus+ #6
kernel: Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-6028U-TR4+/X10DRU-i+, BIOS 2.0b
08/09/2016
kernel: RIP: 0010:sysfs_create_file_ns+0x7f/0x90
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: remove_store+0xdc/0x100 [mdev]
kernel: kernfs_fop_write+0x113/0x1a0
kernel: vfs_write+0xad/0x1b0
kernel: ksys_write+0x5a/0xe0
kernel: do_syscall_64+0x5a/0x210
kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>
---
drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
index 9f774b91d275..ffa3dcebf201 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
@@ -237,10 +237,8 @@ static ssize_t remove_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
int ret;

ret = mdev_device_remove(dev);
- if (ret) {
- device_create_file(dev, attr);
+ if (ret)
return ret;
- }
}

return count;
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