[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] vfio: fix deadlock between group lock and kvm lock
Tian, Kevin
kevin.tian at intel.com
Wed Feb 1 06:13:11 UTC 2023
> From: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato at linux.ibm.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 4:07 AM
>
> - device->kvm = kvm;
> + /*
> + * Get the KVM pointer currently associated with the group, if there
> + * is one, and obtain a reference now that will be held until the
> + * open_count reaches 0. Save the pointer in the device for use by
> + * drivers.
> + */
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&group->kvm_ref_lock, flags);
> + if (group->kvm && vfio_kvm_get_kvm_safe(device, group->kvm))
> + device->kvm = group->kvm;
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&group->kvm_ref_lock, flags);
> +
No group reference in vfio_main.c.
btw Yi, looks the deadlock issue also exists in your cdev work.
kvm_vfio_release() holds kvm lock and then try to acquire
device->device_set->lock in vfio_device_file_set_kvm().
vfio_device_ioctl_bind_iommufd() holds device->device_set->lock
and then call vfio_device_open() which finally hit kvm lock
acquisition in driver's open_device routine (e.g. vfio-ap).
A similar fix is required in your series.
Thanks
Kevin
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