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    kvm/vfio: Fix potential deadlock on vfio group_lock · 51cdc8bc
    Yi Liu authored
    Currently it is possible that the final put of a KVM reference comes from
    vfio during its device close operation.  This occurs while the vfio group
    lock is held; however, if the vfio device is still in the kvm device list,
    then the following call chain could result in a deadlock:
    
    VFIO holds group->group_lock/group_rwsem
      -> kvm_put_kvm
       -> kvm_destroy_vm
        -> kvm_destroy_devices
         -> kvm_vfio_destroy
          -> kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm
           -> vfio_file_set_kvm
            -> try to hold group->group_lock/group_rwsem
    
    The key function is the kvm_destroy_devices() which triggers destroy cb
    of kvm_device_ops. It calls back to vfio and try to hold group_lock. So
    if this path doesn't call back to vfio, this dead lock would be fixed.
    Actually, there is a way for it. KVM provides another point to free the
    kvm-vfio device which is the point when the device file descriptor is
    closed. This can be achieved by providing the release cb instead of the
    destroy cb. Also rename kvm_vfio_destroy() to be kvm_vfio_release().
    
    	/*
    	 * Destroy is responsible for freeing dev.
    	 *
    	 * Destroy may be called before or after destructors are called
    	 * on emulated I/O regions, depending on whether a reference is
    	 * held by a vcpu or other kvm component that gets destroyed
    	 * after the emulated I/O.
    	 */
    	void (*destroy)(struct kvm_device *dev);
    
    	/*
    	 * Release is an alternative method to free the device. It is
    	 * called when the device file descriptor is closed. Once
    	 * release is called, the destroy method will not be called
    	 * anymore as the device is removed from the device list of
    	 * the VM. kvm->lock is held.
    	 */
    	void (*release)(struct kvm_device *dev);
    
    Fixes: 421cfe65 ("vfio: remove VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM")
    Reported-by: default avatarAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
    Suggested-by: default avatarKevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMatthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230114000351.115444-1-mjrosato@linux.ibm.com
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230120150528.471752-1-yi.l.liu@intel.com
    [aw: update comment as well, s/destroy/release/]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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