On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 12:08:47PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Haven't really read the whole thing, just noticed something at a glance. > > > +/* Expects to be always run from workqueue - which acts as > > + * read-size critical section for our kind of RCU. */ > > +static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net) > > +{ > > + struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = &net->dev.vqs[VHOST_NET_VQ_TX]; > > + unsigned head, out, in, s; > > + struct msghdr msg = { > > + .msg_name = NULL, > > + .msg_namelen = 0, > > + .msg_control = NULL, > > + .msg_controllen = 0, > > + .msg_iov = vq->iov, > > + .msg_flags = MSG_DONTWAIT, > > + }; > > + size_t len, total_len = 0; > > + int err, wmem; > > + size_t hdr_size; > > + struct socket *sock = rcu_dereference(vq->private_data); > > + if (!sock) > > + return; > > + > > + wmem = atomic_read(&sock->sk->sk_wmem_alloc); > > + if (wmem >= sock->sk->sk_sndbuf) > > + return; > > + > > + use_mm(net->dev.mm); > > I haven't gone over all this code in detail, but that isolated reference count > use looks suspicious. What prevents the mm from going away before > you increment, if it's not the current one? We take a reference to it before we start any virtqueues, and stop all virtqueues before we drop the reference: /* Caller should have device mutex */ static long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev) { /* Is there an owner already? */ if (dev->mm) return -EBUSY; /* No owner, become one */ dev->mm = get_task_mm(current); return 0; } And vhost_dev_cleanup: .... if (dev->mm) mmput(dev->mm); dev->mm = NULL; } Fine? > -Andi > > -- > ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html