RE: [PATCH 2/7] vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops

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> From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 4:21 AM
> 
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 08:37:53 +0000
> "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 5:15 AM
> > >
> > > Mask operations through config space changes to DisINTx may race INTx
> > > configuration changes via ioctl.  Create wrappers that add locking for
> > > paths outside of the core interrupt code.
> > >
> > > In particular, irq_type is updated holding igate, therefore testing
> > > is_intx() requires holding igate.  For example clearing DisINTx from
> > > config space can otherwise race changes of the interrupt configuration.
> > >
> >
> > Looks the suspend path still checks irq_type w/o holding igate:
> >
> > 	vdev->pm_intx_masked = ((vdev->irq_type ==
> VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX) &&
> > 				 vfio_pci_intx_mask(vdev));
> >
> > Is it with assumption that no change of configuration is possible at
> > that point?
> 
> Yes, I believe this is relatively safe because userspace is frozen at
> this point.  That's not however to claim that irq_type is absolutely
> used consistently after this series.  I just didn't see the other
> violations rise to the same level as the fixes in this series and
> wanted to avoid the distraction.  I've stashed a number of patches that
> I'd eventually like to post as follow-ups to this series.  Thanks,
> 

Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>





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