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    ice: convert VF storage to hash table with krefs and RCU · 3d5985a1
    Jacob Keller authored
    The ice driver stores VF structures in a simple array which is allocated
    once at the time of VF creation. The VF structures are then accessed
    from the array by their VF ID. The ID must be between 0 and the number
    of allocated VFs.
    
    Multiple threads can access this table:
    
     * .ndo operations such as .ndo_get_vf_cfg or .ndo_set_vf_trust
     * interrupts, such as due to messages from the VF using the virtchnl
       communication
     * processing such as device reset
     * commands to add or remove VFs
    
    The current implementation does not keep track of when all threads are
    done operating on a VF and can potentially result in use-after-free
    issues caused by one thread accessing a VF structure after it has been
    released when removing VFs. Some of these are prevented with various
    state flags and checks.
    
    In addition, this structure is quite static and does not support a
    planned future where virtualization can be more dynamic. As we begin to
    look at supporting Scalable IOV with the ice driver (as opposed to just
    supporting Single Root IOV), this structure is not sufficient.
    
    In the future, VFs will be able to be added and removed individually and
    dynamically.
    
    To allow for this, and to better protect against a whole class of
    use-after-free bugs, replace the VF storage with a combination of a hash
    table and krefs to reference track all of the accesses to VFs through
    the hash table.
    
    A hash table still allows efficient look up of the VF given its ID, but
    also allows adding and removing VFs. It does not require contiguous VF
    IDs.
    
    The use of krefs allows the cleanup of the VF memory to be delayed until
    after all threads have released their reference (by calling ice_put_vf).
    
    To prevent corruption of the hash table, a combination of RCU and the
    mutex table_lock are used. Addition and removal from the hash table use
    the RCU-aware hash macros. This allows simple read-only look ups that
    iterate to locate a single VF can be fast using RCU. Accesses which
    modify the hash table, or which can't take RCU because they sleep, will
    hold the mutex lock.
    
    By using this design, we have a stronger guarantee that the VF structure
    can't be released until after all threads are finished operating on it.
    We also pave the way for the more dynamic Scalable IOV implementation in
    the future.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarKonrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
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