Re: [PATCH] vfio: Reuse file f_inode as vfio device inode

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 05:53:32PM +0800, Yan Zhao wrote:
> Reuse file f_inode as vfio device inode and associate pseudo path file
> directly to inode allocated in vfio fs.
> 
> Currently, vfio device is opened via 2 ways:
> 1) via cdev open
>    vfio device is opened with a cdev device with file f_inode and address
>    space associated with a cdev inode;
> 2) via VFIO_GROUP_GET_DEVICE_FD ioctl
>    vfio device is opened via a pseudo path file with file f_inode and
>    address space associated with an inode in anon_inode_fs.
> 
> In commit b7c5e64fecfa ("vfio: Create vfio_fs_type with inode per device"),
> an inode in vfio fs is allocated for each vfio device. However, this inode
> in vfio fs is only used to assign its address space to that of a file
> associated with another cdev inode or an inode in anon_inode_fs.
> 
> This patch
> - reuses cdev device inode as the vfio device inode when it's opened via
>   cdev way;
> - allocates an inode in vfio fs, associate it to the pseudo path file,
>   and save it as the vfio device inode when the vfio device is opened via
>   VFIO_GROUP_GET_DEVICE_FD ioctl.
> 
> File address space will then point automatically to the address space of
> the vfio device inode. Tools like unmap_mapping_range() can then zap all
> vmas associated with the vfio device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c |  9 ++++---
>  drivers/vfio/group.c       | 21 ++--------------
>  drivers/vfio/vfio.h        |  2 ++
>  drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c   | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c b/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
> index bb1817bd4ff3..a4eec8e88f5c 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
> @@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ int vfio_device_fops_cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
>  	filep->private_data = df;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Use the pseudo fs inode on the device to link all mmaps
> -	 * to the same address space, allowing us to unmap all vmas
> -	 * associated to this device using unmap_mapping_range().
> +	 * mmaps are linked to the address space of the inode of device cdev.
> +	 * Save the inode of device cdev in device->inode to allow
> +	 * unmap_mapping_range() to unmap all vmas.
>  	 */
> -	filep->f_mapping = device->inode->i_mapping;
> -
> +	device->inode = inode;

This doesn't seem right.. There is only one device but multiple file
can be opened on that device.

We expect every open file to have a unique inode otherwise the
unmap_mapping_range() will not function properly.

Jason