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From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
To: Jia Jia <physicalmtea@gmail.com>
Cc: mst@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com, michael.christie@oracle.com,
	pbonzini@redhat.com, eperezma@redhat.com,
	virtualization@lists.linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vhost-scsi: serialize completion notification with callfd updates
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:48:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812184845.GA259475@fedora> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806065143.55584-1-physicalmtea@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 02:51:43PM +0800, Jia Jia wrote:
> vhost_scsi_complete_cmd_work() drops the virtqueue mutex before calling
> vhost_signal(). VHOST_SET_VRING_CALL replaces call_ctx.ctx and releases the
> old eventfd_ctx while holding the same mutex. vhost_signal() reads the call
> context before and after vhost_notify(), so a concurrent callfd update can
> make it signal a freed context or NULL.
> 
> KASAN reported the use through:
> 
> 	eventfd_signal_mask
> 	vhost_signal
> 	vhost_scsi_complete_cmd_work
> 
> The context was released through:
> 
> 	eventfd_ctx_put
> 	vhost_vring_ioctl
> 	vhost_scsi_ioctl
> 
> Keep the mutex held through vhost_signal() so completion notification and
> callfd updates are serialized.
> 
> Fixes: 057cbf49a1f0 ("tcm_vhost: Initial merge for vhost level target fabric driver")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260720085306.1519294-1-physicalmtea@gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Jia Jia <physicalmtea@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes since RFC:
> - Send as a non-RFC v2.
> - Add Fixes and Link tags.
> 
>  drivers/vhost/scsi.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

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2026-08-06  6:51 [PATCH v2] vhost-scsi: serialize completion notification with callfd updates Jia Jia
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