Re: [PATCH v5 06/19] iommufd: File descriptor, context, kconfig and makefiles

Eric Auger
2022-11-25T08:43:10Z

Hi Jason,

On 11/18/22 21:23, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 05:27:35PM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
>>> +config IOMMUFD
>>> + tristate "IOMMU Userspace API"
>>> + select INTERVAL_TREE
>>> + select INTERVAL_TREE_SPAN_ITER
>>> + select IOMMU_API
>>> + default n
>>> + help
>>> + Provides /dev/iommu the user API to control the IOMMU subsystem as
>>> + it relates to managing IO page tables that point at user space memory.
>> nit: missing ',' after /dev/iommu or Provides /dev/iommu user API
> Done
>
>>> +/**
>>> + * iommufd_ref_to_users() - Switch from destroy_rwsem to users refcount
>>> + * protection
>>> + * @obj - Object to release
>>> + *
>>> + * Objects have two refcount protections (destroy_rwsem and the refcount_t
>>> + * users). Holding either of these will prevent the object from being destroyed.
>>> + *
>>> + * Depending on the use case, one protection or the other is appropriate. In
>>> + * most cases references are being protected by the destroy_rwsem. This allows
>>> + * orderly destruction of the object because iommufd_object_destroy_user() will
>>> + * wait for it to become unlocked. However, as a rwsem, it cannot be held across
>>> + * a system call return. So cases that have longer term needs must switch
>>> + * to the weaker users refcount_t.
>>> + *
>>> + * With users protection iommufd_object_destroy_user() will return -EBUSY to
>> iommufd_object_destroy_user() returns false and iommufd_destroy
>> retruns -EBUSY.
> ""
> * With users protection iommufd_object_destroy_user() will return false,
> * refusing to destroy the object, causing -EBUSY to userspace.
> */
> ""
>
>>> + * userspace and refuse to destroy the object.
>>> + */
>>> +static inline void iommufd_ref_to_users(struct iommufd_object *obj)
>>> +{
>>> + up_read(&obj->destroy_rwsem);
>>> + /* iommufd_lock_obj() obtains users as well */
>> Do you have a way to check that put() is done in accordance, ie. we are
>> not going to try up_read() the rwsem if this latter is not used anymore?
> If put becomes unbalanced then fd closure will WARN_ON
>
> If someone misuses the rwsem (eg double up_reading it) then lockdep
> will fire

OK
>
>>> +static int iommufd_fops_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
>>> +{
>>> + struct iommufd_ctx *ictx = filp->private_data;
>>> + struct iommufd_object *obj;
>>> +
>>> + /* Destroy the graph from depth first */
>> I would suggest: destroy the leaf objects first thanks to the
>> hierarchical user ref counting? or something alike
> "depth first" is a technical term when working with graphs..
OK. I ignored that.
>
> How about replacing both comments with this:
>
> /*
> * The objects in the xarray form a graph of "users" counts, and we have
> * to destroy them in a depth first manner. Leaf objects will reduce the
> * users count of interior objects when they are destroyed.
> *
> * Repeatedly destroying all the "1 users" leaf objects will progress
> * until the entire list is destroyed. If this can't progress then there
> * is some bug related to object refcounting.
> */
Yes that looks much clearer to me. Thanks!
>
>>> + while (!xa_empty(&ictx->objects)) {
>>> + unsigned int destroyed = 0;
>>> + unsigned long index;
>>> +
>>> + xa_for_each(&ictx->objects, index, obj) {
>>> + /*
>>> + * Since we are in release elevated users must come from
>>> + * other objects holding the users. We will eventually
>> the sentense sounds a bit cryptic to me.
>>> + * destroy the object that holds this one and the next
>>> + * pass will progress it.
>>> + */
>>> + if (!refcount_dec_if_one(&obj->users))
>>> + continue;
>>> + destroyed++;
>>> + xa_erase(&ictx->objects, index);
>>> + iommufd_object_ops[obj->type].destroy(obj);
>>> + kfree(obj);
>> Use iommufd_object_abort_and_destroy(obj) instead of the above 3 lines?
> Ah, they are not quite the same things, the order is different and
> abort has a protective assertion that the xa_array hasn't been messed
> with. It would be messy to merge them
>
> It is also very similar to iommufd_object_destroy_user() except we
> shortcut some unncessary locking.
OK
>>> +/**
>>> + * DOC: General ioctl format
>>> + *
>>> + * The ioctl interface follows a general format to allow for extensibility. Each
>>> + * ioctl is passed in a structure pointer as the argument providing the size of
>>> + * the structure in the first u32. The kernel checks that any structure space
>>> + * beyond what it understands is 0. This allows userspace to use the backward
>>> + * compatible portion while consistently using the newer, larger, structures.
>>> + *
>>> + * ioctls use a standard meaning for common errnos:
>>> + *
>>> + * - ENOTTY: The IOCTL number itself is not supported at all
>>> + * - E2BIG: The IOCTL number is supported, but the provided structure has
>>> + * non-zero in a part the kernel does not understand.
>>> + * - EOPNOTSUPP: The IOCTL number is supported, and the structure is
>>> + * understood, however a known field has a value the kernel does not
>>> + * understand or support.
>>> + * - EINVAL: Everything about the IOCTL was understood, but a field is not
>>> + * correct.
>>> + * - ENOENT: An ID or IOVA provided does not exist.
>>> + * - ENOMEM: Out of memory.
>>> + * - EOVERFLOW: Mathematics oveflowed.
>> overflowed
> Done
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
Thanks

Eric