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* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
@ 2026-08-20 11:24 gregkh
  2026-08-24 14:05 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Ensure index for read/write regions are within range Sasha Levin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: gregkh @ 2026-08-20 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: farman, alifm, borntraeger, mjrosato; +Cc: stable


The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 16b0798024c0e9117e395829ddbbe70981c79d9c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026082011-underarm-plywood-1b0f@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 16b0798024c0e9117e395829ddbbe70981c79d9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:30:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock

Unlike the channel_program struct, which covers synchronous I/O
submissions and asynchronous interrupts, the CRW region relies
exclusively on asynchronous events coming from hardware.

Implement a lock to manage the list of those payloads, to ensure
they are read cohesively.

Fixes: 3f02cb2fd9d2 ("vfio-ccw: Wire up the CRW irq and CRW region")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
index 9269b54f5cfd..7708eb4d6de0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
@@ -93,18 +93,13 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	loff_t pos = *ppos & VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_MASK;
 	struct ccw_crw_region *region;
 	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (pos + count > sizeof(*region))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
-	crw = list_first_entry_or_null(&private->crw,
-				       struct vfio_ccw_crw, next);
-
-	if (crw)
-		list_del(&crw->next);
-
 	if (i >= private->num_regions) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -113,6 +108,16 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	i = array_index_nospec(i, private->num_regions);
 	region = private->region[i].data;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
+	crw = list_first_entry_or_null(&private->crw,
+				       struct vfio_ccw_crw, next);
+
+	if (crw)
+		list_del(&crw->next);
+
+	/* Drop CRW lock while copying to userspace */
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
+
 	if (crw)
 		memcpy(&region->crw, &crw->crw, sizeof(region->crw));
 
@@ -122,15 +127,16 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 		ret = count;
 
 	region->crw = 0;
-
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
-
 	kfree(crw);
 
 	/* Notify the guest if more CRWs are on our queue */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	if (!list_empty(&private->crw) && private->crw_trigger)
 		eventfd_signal(private->crw_trigger);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
index 757ff5b2556e..ab6b518cc353 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
@@ -118,11 +118,14 @@ void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work)
 void vfio_ccw_crw_todo(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct vfio_ccw_private *private;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	private = container_of(work, struct vfio_ccw_private, crw_work);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	if (!list_empty(&private->crw) && private->crw_trigger)
 		eventfd_signal(private->crw_trigger);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 }
 
 void vfio_ccw_notoper_todo(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -286,6 +289,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_queue_crw(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 			       unsigned int rsid)
 {
 	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * If unable to allocate a CRW, just drop the event and
@@ -303,7 +307,9 @@ static void vfio_ccw_queue_crw(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	crw->crw.erc = erc;
 	crw->crw.rsid = rsid;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&crw->next, &private->crw);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	queue_work(vfio_ccw_work_q, &private->crw_work);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
index 1df6d649565b..5ce91285c7d5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static int vfio_ccw_mdev_init_dev(struct vfio_device *vdev)
 	INIT_WORK(&private->io_work, vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo);
 	INIT_WORK(&private->crw_work, vfio_ccw_crw_todo);
 	INIT_WORK(&private->notoper_work, vfio_ccw_notoper_todo);
+	spin_lock_init(&private->crw_lock);
 
 	private->cp.guest_cp = kzalloc_objs(struct ccw1, CCWCHAIN_LEN_MAX);
 	if (!private->cp.guest_cp)
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_mdev_release_dev(struct vfio_device *vdev)
 	struct vfio_ccw_private *private =
 		container_of(vdev, struct vfio_ccw_private, vdev);
 	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw, *temp;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure these work items are fully drained, so none can
@@ -146,10 +148,12 @@ static void vfio_ccw_mdev_release_dev(struct vfio_device *vdev)
 	cancel_work_sync(&private->crw_work);
 	flush_work(&private->notoper_work);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(crw, temp, &private->crw, next) {
 		list_del(&crw->next);
 		kfree(crw);
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 
 	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_crw_region, private->crw_region);
 	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_schib_region, private->schib_region);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
index 739121116ab6..3bd0171d38d0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ struct vfio_ccw_parent {
  * @cp: channel program for the current I/O operation
  * @irb: irb info received from interrupt
  * @scsw: scsw info
+ * @crw_lock: serialization of CRW list information
+ * @crw: list of Channel Report Word elements
  * @io_trigger: eventfd ctx for signaling userspace I/O results
  * @crw_trigger: eventfd ctx for signaling userspace CRW information
  * @req_trigger: eventfd ctx for signaling userspace to return device
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ struct vfio_ccw_private {
 	struct channel_program	cp;
 	struct irb		irb;
 	union scsw		scsw;
+
+	spinlock_t		crw_lock;
 	struct list_head	crw;
 
 	struct eventfd_ctx	*io_trigger;


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* [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Ensure index for read/write regions are within range
  2026-08-20 11:24 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
@ 2026-08-24 14:05 ` Sasha Levin
  2026-08-24 14:05   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues Sasha Levin
                     ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-08-24 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable
  Cc: Eric Farman, Cornelia Huck, Matthew Rosato, Christian Borntraeger,
	Sasha Levin

From: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit 9f5f9a78fedc45bc29d6a0a64e3a3472361afae5 ]

The introduction of the capability chain rightly clamped the
region indexes to the range of the capabilities itself, but
neglected to do so for the existing read/write regions which
should also be enforced.

Fixes: db8e5d17ac03 ("vfio-ccw: add capabilities chain")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Stable-dep-of: 16b0798024c0 ("s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_async.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c   | 15 +++++++++++++++
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c   |  7 +++----
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_async.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_async.c
index 7a838e3d7c0fa..01f8cedc46e2a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_async.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_async.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/mdev.h>
 
 #include "vfio_ccw_private.h"
@@ -25,11 +26,20 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_async_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
+
+	if (i >= private->num_regions) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	i = array_index_nospec(i, private->num_regions);
 	region = private->region[i].data;
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, (void *)region + pos, count))
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 	else
 		ret = count;
+
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -49,6 +59,12 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_async_region_write(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&private->io_mutex))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
+	if (i >= private->num_regions) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	i = array_index_nospec(i, private->num_regions);
 	region = private->region[i].data;
 	if (copy_from_user((void *)region + pos, buf, count)) {
 		ret = -EFAULT;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
index 13b26a1c79886..11264e2adffcb 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
 #include "vfio_ccw_private.h"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_schib_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
+
+	if (i >= private->num_regions) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	i = array_index_nospec(i, private->num_regions);
 	region = private->region[i].data;
 
 	if (cio_update_schib(private->sch)) {
@@ -96,6 +104,12 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 		list_del(&crw->next);
 
 	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
+	if (i >= private->num_regions) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	i = array_index_nospec(i, private->num_regions);
 	region = private->region[i].data;
 
 	if (crw)
@@ -108,6 +122,7 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 
 	region->crw = 0;
 
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 
 	kfree(crw);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
index 7f540ad0b568b..b76b0521b456b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_mdev_read(struct mdev_device *mdev,
 		return vfio_ccw_mdev_read_io_region(private, buf, count, ppos);
 	default:
 		index -= VFIO_CCW_NUM_REGIONS;
+		index = array_index_nospec(index, private->num_regions);
 		return private->region[index].ops->read(private, buf, count,
 							ppos);
 	}
@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_mdev_write(struct mdev_device *mdev,
 		return vfio_ccw_mdev_write_io_region(private, buf, count, ppos);
 	default:
 		index -= VFIO_CCW_NUM_REGIONS;
+		index = array_index_nospec(index, private->num_regions);
 		return private->region[index].ops->write(private, buf, count,
 							 ppos);
 	}
@@ -351,11 +353,8 @@ static int vfio_ccw_mdev_get_region_info(struct vfio_region_info *info,
 		    VFIO_CCW_NUM_REGIONS + private->num_regions)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		info->index = array_index_nospec(info->index,
-						 VFIO_CCW_NUM_REGIONS +
-						 private->num_regions);
-
 		i = info->index - VFIO_CCW_NUM_REGIONS;
+		i = array_index_nospec(i, private->num_regions);
 
 		info->offset = VFIO_CCW_INDEX_TO_OFFSET(info->index);
 		info->size = private->region[i].size;
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues
  2026-08-24 14:05 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Ensure index for read/write regions are within range Sasha Levin
@ 2026-08-24 14:05   ` Sasha Levin
  2026-08-24 14:05   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 3/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Selectively expand io_mutex Sasha Levin
  2026-08-24 14:05   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock Sasha Levin
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-08-24 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable; +Cc: Eric Farman, Matthew Rosato, Christian Borntraeger, Sasha Levin

From: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit 79c60b2c61105368dcc8444eb45847e21734f7c4 ]

The initialization of the io_work and crw_work workqueues begs the
question of whether they should be un-initialized. Add the corresponding
cleanup tags in _release_dev to ensure work isn't dispatched after
the private struct is free'd.

Suggested-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: e5f84dbaea59 ("vfio: ccw: return I/O results asynchronously")
Fixes: 3f02cb2fd9d2 ("vfio-ccw: Wire up the CRW irq and CRW region")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Stable-dep-of: 16b0798024c0 ("s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
index b76b0521b456b..4c035a8f9691a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ static void vfio_ccw_mdev_close_device(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 	}
 
 	cp_free(&private->cp);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure these work items are drained, in the event the
+	 * device is re-opened instead of released.
+	 */
+	cancel_work_sync(&private->io_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&private->crw_work);
+
 	vfio_ccw_unregister_dev_regions(private);
 	vfio_unregister_notifier(mdev_dev(mdev), VFIO_IOMMU_NOTIFY,
 				 &private->nb);
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH 5.15.y 3/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Selectively expand io_mutex
  2026-08-24 14:05 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Ensure index for read/write regions are within range Sasha Levin
  2026-08-24 14:05   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues Sasha Levin
@ 2026-08-24 14:05   ` Sasha Levin
  2026-08-24 14:05   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock Sasha Levin
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-08-24 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable; +Cc: Eric Farman, Matthew Rosato, Christian Borntraeger, Sasha Levin

From: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit 34f4feff3e90bd09308fad0974e97113b23b812a ]

The io_mutex was defined to serialize the io_regions, but then has
also sort of been associated with the I/O themselves because of
the close relationship they share.

With the handful of races that are possible, the choices are either to:
 A) expand the scope of io_mutex to close these remaining windows, or
 B) reduce the scope of io_mutex to just io_region, and introduce a new
    lock mechanism for the remaining I/O resources

This patch implements A, since B brings with it a lot more interactions
that would need to be tracked and kept in a correct hierarchy. It also
takes advantage of the workqueue element for cp_free() that now gets
called out of fsm_notoper(), which could be invoked out of an interrupt
context and thus cannot acquire a mutex itself.

Fixes: 4f76617378ee ("vfio-ccw: protect the I/O region")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Stable-dep-of: 16b0798024c0 ("s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c     | 2 +-
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c      | 9 ++++++++-
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c     | 4 ++--
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
index 11264e2adffcb..ee9688738a950 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	if (pos + count > sizeof(*region))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
 	crw = list_first_entry_or_null(&private->crw,
 				       struct vfio_ccw_crw, next);
 
 	if (crw)
 		list_del(&crw->next);
 
-	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
 	if (i >= private->num_regions) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
index 4da85df9f7816..2b7e32f7ef9be 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <asm/idals.h>
 
 #include "vfio_ccw_cp.h"
+#include "vfio_ccw_private.h"
 
 struct pfn_array {
 	/* Starting guest physical I/O address. */
@@ -852,17 +853,23 @@ void cp_update_scsw(struct channel_program *cp, union scsw *scsw)
  */
 bool cp_iova_pinned(struct channel_program *cp, u64 iova)
 {
+	struct vfio_ccw_private *private =
+		container_of(cp, struct vfio_ccw_private, cp);
 	struct ccwchain *chain;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!cp->initialized)
 		return false;
 
+	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(chain, &cp->ccwchain_list, next) {
 		for (i = 0; i < chain->ch_len; i++)
-			if (pfn_array_iova_pinned(chain->ch_pa + i, iova))
+			if (pfn_array_iova_pinned(chain->ch_pa + i, iova)) {
+				mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 				return true;
+			}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
index b9091e22ca572..3678c3eed19b8 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	is_final = !(scsw_actl(&irb->scsw) &
 		     (SCSW_ACTL_DEVACT | SCSW_ACTL_SCHACT));
+	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
 	if (scsw_is_solicited(&irb->scsw)) {
 		cp_update_scsw(&private->cp, &irb->scsw);
 		if (is_final && private->state == VFIO_CCW_STATE_CP_PENDING) {
@@ -100,9 +101,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work)
 			cp_is_finished = true;
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
 	memcpy(private->io_region->irb_area, irb, sizeof(*irb));
-	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * Reset to IDLE only if processing of a channel program
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	if (private->mdev && cp_is_finished)
 		private->state = VFIO_CCW_STATE_IDLE;
+	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 
 	if (private->io_trigger)
 		eventfd_signal(private->io_trigger, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
index b2c762eb42b9b..9b13b41e3a9cb 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ struct vfio_ccw_crw {
  * @mdev: pointer to the mediated device
  * @nb: notifier for vfio events
  * @io_region: MMIO region to input/output I/O arguments/results
- * @io_mutex: protect against concurrent update of I/O regions
+ * @io_mutex: protect against concurrent update of I/O resources
+ *            and @cp lifecycle
  * @region: additional regions for other subchannel operations
  * @cmd_region: MMIO region for asynchronous I/O commands other than START
  * @schib_region: MMIO region for SCHIB information
-- 
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* [PATCH 5.15.y 4/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock
  2026-08-24 14:05 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Ensure index for read/write regions are within range Sasha Levin
  2026-08-24 14:05   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues Sasha Levin
  2026-08-24 14:05   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 3/4] s390/vfio_ccw: Selectively expand io_mutex Sasha Levin
@ 2026-08-24 14:05   ` Sasha Levin
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-08-24 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable
  Cc: Eric Farman, Matthew Rosato, Farhan Ali, Christian Borntraeger,
	Sasha Levin

From: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit 16b0798024c0e9117e395829ddbbe70981c79d9c ]

Unlike the channel_program struct, which covers synchronous I/O
submissions and asynchronous interrupts, the CRW region relies
exclusively on asynchronous events coming from hardware.

Implement a lock to manage the list of those payloads, to ensure
they are read cohesively.

Fixes: 3f02cb2fd9d2 ("vfio-ccw: Wire up the CRW irq and CRW region")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
[ relocated crw_lock init and CRW drain from vfio_ccw_ops.c's mdev_init_dev()/mdev_release_dev() into vfio_ccw_drv.c's sch_probe()/sch_remove(), and kept the two-argument eventfd_signal() calls ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c     | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c     | 10 ++++++++++
 drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
index ee9688738a950..3ee2444f3d902 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c
@@ -92,18 +92,13 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	loff_t pos = *ppos & VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_MASK;
 	struct ccw_crw_region *region;
 	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (pos + count > sizeof(*region))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
-	crw = list_first_entry_or_null(&private->crw,
-				       struct vfio_ccw_crw, next);
-
-	if (crw)
-		list_del(&crw->next);
-
 	if (i >= private->num_regions) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -112,6 +107,16 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	i = array_index_nospec(i, private->num_regions);
 	region = private->region[i].data;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
+	crw = list_first_entry_or_null(&private->crw,
+				       struct vfio_ccw_crw, next);
+
+	if (crw)
+		list_del(&crw->next);
+
+	/* Drop CRW lock while copying to userspace */
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
+
 	if (crw)
 		memcpy(&region->crw, &crw->crw, sizeof(region->crw));
 
@@ -121,15 +126,16 @@ static ssize_t vfio_ccw_crw_region_read(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 		ret = count;
 
 	region->crw = 0;
-
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
-
 	kfree(crw);
 
 	/* Notify the guest if more CRWs are on our queue */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	if (!list_empty(&private->crw) && private->crw_trigger)
 		eventfd_signal(private->crw_trigger, 1);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&private->io_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
index 3678c3eed19b8..735d9493b6874 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
@@ -119,11 +119,14 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work)
 static void vfio_ccw_crw_todo(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct vfio_ccw_private *private;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	private = container_of(work, struct vfio_ccw_private, crw_work);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	if (!list_empty(&private->crw) && private->crw_trigger)
 		eventfd_signal(private->crw_trigger, 1);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ static int vfio_ccw_sch_probe(struct subchannel *sch)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&private->crw);
 	INIT_WORK(&private->io_work, vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo);
 	INIT_WORK(&private->crw_work, vfio_ccw_crw_todo);
+	spin_lock_init(&private->crw_lock);
 	atomic_set(&private->avail, 1);
 	private->state = VFIO_CCW_STATE_STANDBY;
 
@@ -238,13 +242,16 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_remove(struct subchannel *sch)
 {
 	struct vfio_ccw_private *private = dev_get_drvdata(&sch->dev);
 	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw, *temp;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	vfio_ccw_sch_quiesce(sch);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(crw, temp, &private->crw, next) {
 		list_del(&crw->next);
 		kfree(crw);
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 
 	vfio_ccw_mdev_unreg(sch);
 
@@ -304,6 +311,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_queue_crw(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 			       unsigned int rsid)
 {
 	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * If unable to allocate a CRW, just drop the event and
@@ -321,7 +329,9 @@ static void vfio_ccw_queue_crw(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
 	crw->crw.erc = erc;
 	crw->crw.rsid = rsid;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&crw->next, &private->crw);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&private->crw_lock, flags);
 	queue_work(vfio_ccw_work_q, &private->crw_work);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
index 9b13b41e3a9cb..67bc16f8c11ce 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ struct vfio_ccw_crw {
  * @cp: channel program for the current I/O operation
  * @irb: irb info received from interrupt
  * @scsw: scsw info
+ * @crw_lock: serialization of CRW list information
+ * @crw: list of Channel Report Word elements
  * @io_trigger: eventfd ctx for signaling userspace I/O results
  * @crw_trigger: eventfd ctx for signaling userspace CRW information
  * @req_trigger: eventfd ctx for signaling userspace to return device
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ struct vfio_ccw_private {
 	struct channel_program	cp;
 	struct irb		irb;
 	union scsw		scsw;
+
+	spinlock_t		crw_lock;
 	struct list_head	crw;
 
 	struct eventfd_ctx	*io_trigger;
-- 
2.53.0


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