On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:39:36 -0400 Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Introduces a new driver callback to prevent a root user from unbinding > an AP queue from its device driver if the queue is in use. This prevents > a root user from inadvertently taking a queue away from a guest and > giving it to the host, or vice versa. The callback will be invoked > whenever a change to the AP bus's apmask or aqmask sysfs interfaces may > result in one or more AP queues being removed from its driver. If the > callback responds in the affirmative for any driver queried, the change > to the apmask or aqmask will be rejected with a device in use error. > > For this patch, only non-default drivers will be queried. Currently, > there is only one non-default driver, the vfio_ap device driver. The > vfio_ap device driver manages AP queues passed through to one or more > guests and we don't want to unexpectedly take AP resources away from > guests which are most likely independently administered. > > Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.h | 3 + > 2 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Hm... I recall objecting to this patch before, fearing that it makes it possible for a bad actor to hog resources that can't be removed by root, even forcefully. (I have not had time to look at the intervening versions, so I might be missing something.) Is there a way for root to forcefully override this?
