On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:08:43 +0200 Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On the other hand virtio_airq_handler() calls vring_interrupt() with > > interrupts enabled. (While vring_interrupt() is called in a (read) > > critical section in virtio_airq_handler() we use read_lock() and > > not read_lock_irqsave() to grab the lock. Whether that is correct in > > it self (i.e. disregarding the crypto problem) or not I'm not sure right > > now. Will think some more about it tomorrow.) If the way to go forward > > is disabling interrupts in virtio-ccw before vring_interrupt() is > > called, I would be glad to spin a patch for that. > > virtio_airq_handler() is supposed to be an interrupt handler for an > adapter interrupt -- as such I would expect it to always run with > interrupts disabled (and I'd expect vring_interrupt() to be called > with interrupts disabled as well; if that's not the case, I think it > would need to run asynchronously.) At least that was my understanding at > the time I wrote the code. Thanks Connie! I don't quite understand what do you mean by "run with interrupts disabled" in this context. Do you mean that if I were to add the following warning: diff --git a/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c b/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c index ac67576301bf..2a9c73f5964f 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c +++ b/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c @@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ static void virtio_airq_handler(struct airq_struct *airq, struct airq_info *info = container_of(airq, struct airq_info, airq); unsigned long ai; + WARN_ONCE(in_irq(), "irqs are ought to be disabled but are not\n"); + inc_irq_stat(IRQIO_VAI); it would/should never trigger, or do you mean something different? If yes, does that mean that you would expect the common airq code (i.e. something like do_airq_interrupt()) to disable interrupts, or call virtio_airq_handler()? asynchronously sort of as a bottom half (my understanding of bottom halves is currently not complete). If no what do you actually mean? Regards, Halil Regards, Halil