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* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition
@ 2014-06-03  9:21 Stefan Hajnoczi
  2014-06-03 11:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Hajnoczi @ 2014-06-03  9:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel
  Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Ping Fan Liu, qemu-stable, Stefan Hajnoczi,
	Stefan Priebe

qemu_bh_schedule() is supposed to be thread-safe at least the first time
it is called.  Unfortunately this is not quite true:

  bh->scheduled = 1;
  aio_notify(bh->ctx);

Since another thread may run the BH callback once it has been scheduled,
there is a race condition if the callback frees the BH before
aio_notify(bh->ctx) has a chance to run.

Reported-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@profihost.ag>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 async.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/async.c b/async.c
index 6930185..5b6fe6b 100644
--- a/async.c
+++ b/async.c
@@ -117,15 +117,21 @@ void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh)
 
 void qemu_bh_schedule(QEMUBH *bh)
 {
+    AioContext *ctx;
+
     if (bh->scheduled)
         return;
+    ctx = bh->ctx;
     bh->idle = 0;
-    /* Make sure that idle & any writes needed by the callback are done
-     * before the locations are read in the aio_bh_poll.
+    /* Make sure that:
+     * 1. idle & any writes needed by the callback are done before the
+     *    locations are read in the aio_bh_poll.
+     * 2. ctx is loaded before scheduled is set and the callback has a chance
+     *    to execute.
      */
-    smp_wmb();
+    smp_mb();
     bh->scheduled = 1;
-    aio_notify(bh->ctx);
+    aio_notify(ctx);
 }
 
 
-- 
1.9.3

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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition
  2014-06-03  9:21 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition Stefan Hajnoczi
@ 2014-06-03 11:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
  2014-06-03 12:49 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
  2014-06-03 12:52 ` Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2014-06-03 11:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Hajnoczi, qemu-devel; +Cc: Ping Fan Liu, qemu-stable, Stefan Priebe

Il 03/06/2014 11:21, Stefan Hajnoczi ha scritto:
> qemu_bh_schedule() is supposed to be thread-safe at least the first time
> it is called.  Unfortunately this is not quite true:
>
>   bh->scheduled = 1;
>   aio_notify(bh->ctx);
>
> Since another thread may run the BH callback once it has been scheduled,
> there is a race condition if the callback frees the BH before
> aio_notify(bh->ctx) has a chance to run.
>
> Reported-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@profihost.ag>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
>  async.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/async.c b/async.c
> index 6930185..5b6fe6b 100644
> --- a/async.c
> +++ b/async.c
> @@ -117,15 +117,21 @@ void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh)
>
>  void qemu_bh_schedule(QEMUBH *bh)
>  {
> +    AioContext *ctx;
> +
>      if (bh->scheduled)
>          return;
> +    ctx = bh->ctx;
>      bh->idle = 0;
> -    /* Make sure that idle & any writes needed by the callback are done
> -     * before the locations are read in the aio_bh_poll.
> +    /* Make sure that:
> +     * 1. idle & any writes needed by the callback are done before the
> +     *    locations are read in the aio_bh_poll.
> +     * 2. ctx is loaded before scheduled is set and the callback has a chance
> +     *    to execute.
>       */
> -    smp_wmb();
> +    smp_mb();
>      bh->scheduled = 1;
> -    aio_notify(bh->ctx);
> +    aio_notify(ctx);
>  }
>
>
>

Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition
  2014-06-03  9:21 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition Stefan Hajnoczi
  2014-06-03 11:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
@ 2014-06-03 12:49 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
  2014-06-03 12:52 ` Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Hajnoczi @ 2014-06-03 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Hajnoczi
  Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Stefan Priebe, Ping Fan Liu, qemu-devel,
	qemu-stable

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 11:21:01AM +0200, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> qemu_bh_schedule() is supposed to be thread-safe at least the first time
> it is called.  Unfortunately this is not quite true:
> 
>   bh->scheduled = 1;
>   aio_notify(bh->ctx);
> 
> Since another thread may run the BH callback once it has been scheduled,
> there is a race condition if the callback frees the BH before
> aio_notify(bh->ctx) has a chance to run.
> 
> Reported-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@profihost.ag>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
>  async.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Applied to my block tree:
https://github.com/stefanha/qemu/commits/block

Stefan

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition
  2014-06-03  9:21 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition Stefan Hajnoczi
  2014-06-03 11:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
  2014-06-03 12:49 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
@ 2014-06-03 12:52 ` Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG
  2014-06-04  7:55   ` Stefan Hajnoczi
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG @ 2014-06-03 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Hajnoczi, qemu-devel; +Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Ping Fan Liu, qemu-stable

Tested-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@profihost.ag>

Am 03.06.2014 11:21, schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi:
> qemu_bh_schedule() is supposed to be thread-safe at least the first time
> it is called.  Unfortunately this is not quite true:
> 
>   bh->scheduled = 1;
>   aio_notify(bh->ctx);
> 
> Since another thread may run the BH callback once it has been scheduled,
> there is a race condition if the callback frees the BH before
> aio_notify(bh->ctx) has a chance to run.
> 
> Reported-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@profihost.ag>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
>  async.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/async.c b/async.c
> index 6930185..5b6fe6b 100644
> --- a/async.c
> +++ b/async.c
> @@ -117,15 +117,21 @@ void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh)
>  
>  void qemu_bh_schedule(QEMUBH *bh)
>  {
> +    AioContext *ctx;
> +
>      if (bh->scheduled)
>          return;
> +    ctx = bh->ctx;
>      bh->idle = 0;
> -    /* Make sure that idle & any writes needed by the callback are done
> -     * before the locations are read in the aio_bh_poll.
> +    /* Make sure that:
> +     * 1. idle & any writes needed by the callback are done before the
> +     *    locations are read in the aio_bh_poll.
> +     * 2. ctx is loaded before scheduled is set and the callback has a chance
> +     *    to execute.
>       */
> -    smp_wmb();
> +    smp_mb();
>      bh->scheduled = 1;
> -    aio_notify(bh->ctx);
> +    aio_notify(ctx);
>  }
>  
>  
> 

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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] aio: fix qemu_bh_schedule() bh->ctx race condition
  2014-06-03 12:52 ` Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG
@ 2014-06-04  7:55   ` Stefan Hajnoczi
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Hajnoczi @ 2014-06-04  7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG
  Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Ping Fan Liu, qemu-devel, Stefan Hajnoczi,
	qemu-stable

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 02:52:40PM +0200, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG wrote:
> Tested-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@profihost.ag>

Thanks!

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