From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D55C433FF for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 06:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C8DC2086D for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 06:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728339AbfHGGz3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Aug 2019 02:55:29 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:13179 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727675AbfHGGz1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Aug 2019 02:55:27 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD0ED30C5859; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 06:55:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hp-dl380pg8-01.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com (hp-dl380pg8-01.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com [10.73.8.10]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33C2A1001281; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 06:55:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Jason Wang To: mst@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, jgg@ziepe.ca, Jason Wang Subject: [PATCH V3 07/10] vhost: don't do synchronize_rcu() in vhost_uninit_vq_maps() Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 02:54:46 -0400 Message-Id: <20190807065449.23373-8-jasowang@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20190807065449.23373-1-jasowang@redhat.com> References: <20190807065449.23373-1-jasowang@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.46]); Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:55:27 +0000 (UTC) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org There's no need for RCU synchronization in vhost_uninit_vq_maps() since we've already serialized with readers (memory accessors). This also avoid the possible userspace DOS through ioctl() because of the possible high latency caused by synchronize_rcu(). Reported-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Fixes: 7f466032dc9e ("vhost: access vq metadata through kernel virtual address") Signed-off-by: Jason Wang --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c index c12cdadb0855..cfc11f9ed9c9 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c @@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ static void vhost_uninit_vq_maps(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq) } spin_unlock(&vq->mmu_lock); - synchronize_rcu(); + /* No need for synchronize_rcu() or kfree_rcu() since we are + * serialized with memory accessors (e.g vq mutex held). + */ for (i = 0; i < VHOST_NUM_ADDRS; i++) if (map[i]) -- 2.18.1