Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] vpda: try to fix the potential crash due to misusing __GFP_NOFAIL

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On Thu 25-07-24 10:50:45, Barry Song wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 12:27 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed 24-07-24 20:55:40, Barry Song wrote:
[...]
> > > diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c
> > > index 791d38d6284c..eff700e5f7a2 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c
> > > @@ -287,28 +287,44 @@ void vduse_domain_remove_user_bounce_pages(struct vduse_iova_domain *domain)
> > >  {
> > >       struct vduse_bounce_map *map;
> > >       unsigned long i, count;
> > > +     struct page **pages = NULL;
> > >
> > >       write_lock(&domain->bounce_lock);
> > >       if (!domain->user_bounce_pages)
> > >               goto out;
> > > -
> > >       count = domain->bounce_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > +     write_unlock(&domain->bounce_lock);
> > > +
> > > +     pages = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*pages), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
> > > +     for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
> > > +             pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
> >
> > AFAICS vduse_domain_release calls this function with
> > spin_lock(&domain->iotlb_lock) so dropping &domain->bounce_lock is not
> > sufficient.
> 
> yes. this is true:
> 
> static int vduse_domain_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
>         struct vduse_iova_domain *domain = file->private_data;
> 
>         spin_lock(&domain->iotlb_lock);
>         vduse_iotlb_del_range(domain, 0, ULLONG_MAX);
>         vduse_domain_remove_user_bounce_pages(domain);
>         vduse_domain_free_kernel_bounce_pages(domain);
>         spin_unlock(&domain->iotlb_lock);
>         put_iova_domain(&domain->stream_iovad);
>         put_iova_domain(&domain->consistent_iovad);
>         vhost_iotlb_free(domain->iotlb);
>         vfree(domain->bounce_maps);
>         kfree(domain);
> 
>         return 0;
> }
> 
> This is quite a pain. I admit I don't have knowledge of this driver, and I don't
> think it's safe to release two locks and then reacquire them. The situation is
> rather complex. Therefore, I would prefer if the VDPA maintainers could
> take the lead in implementing a proper fix.

Would it be possible to move all that work to a deferred context?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs




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