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authorTony Krowiak2021-09-30 11:43:38 -0400
committerAlexander Gordeev2022-07-19 16:18:11 +0200
commit3f85d1df26a9d9b0d1a5237c580e085c41d6bf50 (patch)
tree1fbdfaba46706b6de38d85c23acf6bc00b2f451e /kernel
parent70aeefe574cbf86528528832c615cae2701f2cf3 (diff)
s390/vfio-ap: implement in-use callback for vfio_ap driver
Let's implement the callback to indicate when an APQN is in use by the vfio_ap device driver. The callback is invoked whenever a change to the apmask or aqmask would result in one or more queue devices being removed from the driver. The vfio_ap device driver will indicate a resource is in use if the APQN of any of the queue devices to be removed are assigned to any of the matrix mdevs under the driver's control. There is potential for a deadlock condition between the matrix_dev->guests_lock used to lock the guest during assignment of adapters and domains and the ap_perms_mutex locked by the AP bus when changes are made to the sysfs apmask/aqmask attributes. The AP Perms lock controls access to the objects that store the adapter numbers (ap_perms) and domain numbers (aq_perms) for the sysfs /sys/bus/ap/apmask and /sys/bus/ap/aqmask attributes. These attributes identify which queues are reserved for the zcrypt default device drivers. Before allowing a bit to be removed from either mask, the AP bus must check with the vfio_ap device driver to verify that none of the queues are assigned to any of its mediated devices. The apmask/aqmask attributes can be written or read at any time from userspace, so care must be taken to prevent a deadlock with asynchronous operations that might be taking place in the vfio_ap device driver. For example, consider the following: 1. A system administrator assigns an adapter to a mediated device under the control of the vfio_ap device driver. The driver will need to first take the matrix_dev->guests_lock to potentially hot plug the adapter into the KVM guest. 2. At the same time, a system administrator sets a bit in the sysfs /sys/bus/ap/ap_mask attribute. To complete the operation, the AP bus must: a. Take the ap_perms_mutex lock to update the object storing the values for the /sys/bus/ap/ap_mask attribute. b. Call the vfio_ap device driver's in-use callback to verify that the queues now being reserved for the default zcrypt drivers are not assigned to a mediated device owned by the vfio_ap device driver. To do the verification, the in-use callback function takes the matrix_dev->guests_lock, but has to wait because it is already held by the operation in 1 above. 3. The vfio_ap device driver calls an AP bus function to verify that the new queues resulting from the assignment of the adapter in step 1 are not reserved for the default zcrypt device driver. This AP bus function tries to take the ap_perms_mutex lock but gets stuck waiting for the waiting for the lock due to step 2a above. Consequently, we have the following deadlock situation: matrix_dev->guests_lock locked (1) ap_perms_mutex lock locked (2a) Waiting for matrix_dev->gusts_lock (2b) which is currently held (1) Waiting for ap_perms_mutex lock (3) which is currently held (2a) To prevent this deadlock scenario, the function called in step 3 will no longer take the ap_perms_mutex lock and require the caller to take the lock. The lock will be the first taken by the adapter/domain assignment functions in the vfio_ap device driver to maintain the proper locking order. Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason J. Herne <jjherne@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
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