Re: [PATCH 1/1] drm/amdkfd: Protect the Client whilst it is being operated on

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2022, Felix Kuehling wrote:

> 
> Am 2022-03-17 um 11:00 schrieb Lee Jones:
> > Good afternoon Felix,
> > 
> > Thanks for your review.
> > 
> > > Am 2022-03-17 um 09:16 schrieb Lee Jones:
> > > > Presently the Client can be freed whilst still in use.
> > > > 
> > > > Use the already provided lock to prevent this.
> > > > 
> > > > Cc: Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@amd.com>
> > > > Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
> > > > Cc: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>
> > > > Cc: "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@amd.com>
> > > > Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
> > > > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
> > > > Cc: amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
> > > > Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >    drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c | 6 ++++++
> > > >    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
> > > > index e4beebb1c80a2..3b9ac1e87231f 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
> > > > @@ -145,8 +145,11 @@ static int kfd_smi_ev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
> > > >    	spin_unlock(&dev->smi_lock);
> > > >    	synchronize_rcu();
> > > > +
> > > > +	spin_lock(&client->lock);
> > > >    	kfifo_free(&client->fifo);
> > > >    	kfree(client);
> > > > +	spin_unlock(&client->lock);
> > > The spin_unlock is after the spinlock data structure has been freed.
> > Good point.
> > 
> > If we go forward with this approach the unlock should perhaps be moved
> > to just before the kfree().
> > 
> > > There
> > > should be no concurrent users here, since we are freeing the data structure.
> > > If there still are concurrent users at this point, they will crash anyway.
> > > So the locking is unnecessary.
> > The users may well crash, as does the kernel unfortunately.
> We only get to kfd_smi_ev_release when the file descriptor is closed. User
> mode has no way to use the client any more at this point. This function also
> removes the client from the dev->smi_cllients list. So no more events will
> be added to the client. Therefore it is safe to free the client.
> 
> If any of the above were not true, it would not be safe to kfree(client).
> 
> But if it is safe to kfree(client), then there is no need for the locking.

I'm not keen to go into too much detail until it's been patched.

However, there is a way to free the client while it is still in use.

Remember we are multi-threaded.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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