Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/3] vfio-ccw: Indicate if a channel_program is started

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On 6/17/20 7:11 PM, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:50:51 +0200
> Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> The interrupt path checks the FSM state when processing a final interrupt
>> (an interrupt that is neither subchannel active, nor device active),
>> to determine whether to call cp_free() and release the associated memory.
>> But, this does not fully close the window where a START comes in after a
>> HALT/CLEAR. If the START runs while the CLEAR interrupt is being processed,
>> the channel program struct will be allocated while the interrupt would be
>> considering whether or not to free it. If the FSM state is CP_PROCESSING,
>> then everything is fine. But if the START is able to issue its SSCH and get
>> a cc0, then the in-flight interrupt would have been for an unrelated
>> operation (perhaps none, if the subchannel was previously idle).
>>
>> The channel_program struct has an "initialized" flag that is set early
>> in the fsm_io_request() flow, to simplify the various cp_*() accessors.
>> Let's extend this idea to include a "started" flag that announces that the
>> channel program has successfully been issued to hardware. With this, the
>> interrupt path can determine whether the final interrupt should also
>> release the cp resources instead of relying on a transient FSM state.
> 
> AFAICT cp->started is potentially accessed by multiple threads, form
> which at least one writes. Am I right?

Yup. And with the exception of the cp_free() call out of the interrupt
path, every one is accessed under the io_mutex. I'm still measuring
possible behavior at that point.

> 
> Actually AFAICT you want to use cp->sarted for synchronization between
> multiple treads (I/O requester(s), IRQ handler(s)). How does the
> synchronization work for bool started itself, i.e. don't we have a data
> race on 'started'?
> 
> A side note: I know, I asked a similar question about 'initialized' back
> then.
> 
> Regards,
> Halil
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c  |  2 ++
>>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.h  |  1 +
>>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c |  2 +-
>>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_fsm.c | 11 +++++++++++
>>  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
>> index b9febc581b1f..7748eeef434e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c
>> @@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ int cp_init(struct channel_program *cp, struct device *mdev, union orb *orb)
>>  
>>  	if (!ret) {
>>  		cp->initialized = true;
>> +		cp->started = false;
>>  
>>  		/* It is safe to force: if it was not set but idals used
>>  		 * ccwchain_calc_length would have returned an error.
>> @@ -685,6 +686,7 @@ void cp_free(struct channel_program *cp)
>>  		return;
>>  
>>  	cp->initialized = false;
>> +	cp->started = false;
>>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(chain, temp, &cp->ccwchain_list, next) {
>>  		for (i = 0; i < chain->ch_len; i++) {
>>  			pfn_array_unpin_free(chain->ch_pa + i, cp->mdev);
>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.h b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.h
>> index ba31240ce965..7ea14910aaaa 100644
>> --- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.h
>> +++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.h
>> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct channel_program {
>>  	union orb orb;
>>  	struct device *mdev;
>>  	bool initialized;
>> +	bool started;
>>  	struct ccw1 *guest_cp;
>>  };
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
>> index 8c625b530035..7e2a790dc9a1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
>> +++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
>> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work)
>>  		     (SCSW_ACTL_DEVACT | SCSW_ACTL_SCHACT));
>>  	if (scsw_is_solicited(&irb->scsw)) {
>>  		cp_update_scsw(&private->cp, &irb->scsw);
>> -		if (is_final && private->state == VFIO_CCW_STATE_CP_PENDING)
>> +		if (is_final && private->cp.started)
>>  			cp_free(&private->cp);
>>  	}
>>  	mutex_lock(&private->io_mutex);
>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_fsm.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_fsm.c
>> index 23e61aa638e4..d806f88eba72 100644
>> --- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_fsm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_fsm.c
>> @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int fsm_io_helper(struct vfio_ccw_private *private)
>>  		sch->schib.scsw.cmd.actl |= SCSW_ACTL_START_PEND;
>>  		ret = 0;
>>  		private->state = VFIO_CCW_STATE_CP_PENDING;
>> +		private->cp.started = true;
>>  		break;
>>  	case 1:		/* Status pending */
>>  	case 2:		/* Busy */
>> @@ -246,6 +247,16 @@ static void fsm_io_request(struct vfio_ccw_private *private,
>>  	char *errstr = "request";
>>  	struct subchannel_id schid = get_schid(private);
>>  
>> +	if (private->cp.started) {
>> +		io_region->ret_code = -EBUSY;
>> +		VFIO_CCW_MSG_EVENT(2,
>> +				   "%pUl (%x.%x.%04x): busy\n",
>> +				   mdev_uuid(mdev), schid.cssid,
>> +				   schid.ssid, schid.sch_no);
>> +		errstr = "busy";
>> +		goto err_out;
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	private->state = VFIO_CCW_STATE_CP_PROCESSING;
>>  	memcpy(scsw, io_region->scsw_area, sizeof(*scsw));
>>  
> 



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