Re: [PATCH 5.10] xen/gntdev: Avoid blocking in unmap_grant_pages()

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 03:16:41PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 30.06.22 13:34, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 02:10:02PM -0400, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> > > commit dbe97cff7dd9f0f75c524afdd55ad46be3d15295 upstream
> > > 
> > > unmap_grant_pages() currently waits for the pages to no longer be used.
> > > In https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7481, this lead to a
> > > deadlock against i915: i915 was waiting for gntdev's MMU notifier to
> > > finish, while gntdev was waiting for i915 to free its pages.  I also
> > > believe this is responsible for various deadlocks I have experienced in
> > > the past.
> > > 
> > > Avoid these problems by making unmap_grant_pages async.  This requires
> > > making it return void, as any errors will not be available when the
> > > function returns.  Fortunately, the only use of the return value is a
> > > WARN_ON(), which can be replaced by a WARN_ON when the error is
> > > detected.  Additionally, a failed call will not prevent further calls
> > > from being made, but this is harmless.
> > > 
> > > Because unmap_grant_pages is now async, the grant handle will be sent to
> > > INVALID_GRANT_HANDLE too late to prevent multiple unmaps of the same
> > > handle.  Instead, a separate bool array is allocated for this purpose.
> > > This wastes memory, but stuffing this information in padding bytes is
> > > too fragile.  Furthermore, it is necessary to grab a reference to the
> > > map before making the asynchronous call, and release the reference when
> > > the call returns.
> > > 
> > > It is also necessary to guard against reentrancy in gntdev_map_put(),
> > > and to handle the case where userspace tries to map a mapping whose
> > > contents have not all been freed yet.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 745282256c75 ("xen/gntdev: safely unmap grants in case they are 
> > > still in use")
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Link: 
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220622022726.2538-1-demi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/xen/gntdev-common.h |   7 ++
> > >   drivers/xen/gntdev.c        | 142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> > >   2 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> > 
> > All now queued up, thanks.
> 
> Sorry, but I think at least the version for 5.10 is fishy, as it removes
> the tests for successful allocations of add->map_ops and add->unmap_ops.
> 
> I need to do a thorough review of the patches (the "Reviewed-by:" tag in
> the patches is the one for the upstream patch).
> 
> Greg, can you please wait for my explicit "okay" for the backports?

Ok, I'll go drop them all from the queues now.

thanks,

greg k-h