Commit 21195eb0 authored by Tony Krowiak's avatar Tony Krowiak Committed by Alexander Gordeev

s390/vfio-ap: introduce new mutex to control access to the KVM pointer

The vfio_ap device driver registers for notification when the pointer to
the KVM object for a guest is set. Recall that the KVM lock (kvm->lock)
mutex must be taken outside of the matrix_dev->lock mutex to prevent the
reporting by lockdep of a circular locking dependency (a.k.a., a lockdep
splat):

* see commit 0cc00c8d ("Fix circular lockdep when setting/clearing
  crypto masks")

* see commit 86956e70 ("replace open coded locks for
  VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM notification")

With the introduction of support for hot plugging/unplugging AP devices
passed through to a KVM guest, a new guests_lock mutex is introduced to
ensure the proper locking order is maintained:

struct ap_matrix_dev {
        ...
        struct mutex guests_lock;
       ...
}

The matrix_dev->guests_lock controls access to the matrix_mdev instances
that hold the state for AP devices that have been passed through to a
KVM guest. This lock must be held to control access to the KVM pointer
(matrix_mdev->kvm) while the vfio_ap device driver is using it to
plug/unplug AP devices passed through to the KVM guest.

Keep in mind, the proper locking order must be maintained whenever
dynamically updating a KVM guest's APCB to plug/unplug adapters, domains
and control domains:

    1. matrix_dev->guests_lock: required to use the KVM pointer - stored in
       a struct ap_matrix_mdev instance - to update a KVM guest's APCB

    2. matrix_mdev->kvm->lock: required to update a guest's APCB

    3. matrix_dev->mdevs_lock: required to access data stored in a
       struct ap_matrix_mdev instance.
Signed-off-by: default avatarTony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarJason J. Herne <jjherne@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
parent d0786556
......@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static int vfio_ap_matrix_dev_create(void)
mutex_init(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&matrix_dev->mdev_list);
mutex_init(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
dev_set_name(&matrix_dev->device, "%s", VFIO_AP_DEV_NAME);
matrix_dev->device.parent = root_device;
......
......@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
* single ap_matrix_mdev device. It's quite coarse but we don't
* expect much contention.
* @vfio_ap_drv: the vfio_ap device driver
* @guests_lock: mutex for controlling access to a guest that is using AP
* devices passed through by the vfio_ap device driver. This lock
* will be taken when the AP devices are plugged into or unplugged
* from a guest, and when an ap_matrix_mdev device is added to or
* removed from @mdev_list or the list is iterated.
*/
struct ap_matrix_dev {
struct device device;
......@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ struct ap_matrix_dev {
struct list_head mdev_list;
struct mutex mdevs_lock; /* serializes access to each ap_matrix_mdev */
struct ap_driver *vfio_ap_drv;
struct mutex guests_lock; /* serializes access to each KVM guest */
};
extern struct ap_matrix_dev *matrix_dev;
......
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