On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 10:30:42AM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 09:10:13AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 10:19:39PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 08:54:21PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 05:24:43PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 03:54:44PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > > > > > With conversion to follow_pfn(), DMA mapping a PFNMAP range depends 
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > the range being faulted into the vma.  Add support to manually 
> > > > > > provide
> > > > > > that, in the same way as done on KVM with hva_to_pfn_remapped().
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.william...@redhat.com>
> > > > > >  drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c |   36 
> > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c 
> > > > > > b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> > > > > > index cc1d64765ce7..4a4cb7cd86b2 100644
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> > > > > > @@ -317,6 +317,32 @@ static int put_pfn(unsigned long pfn, int prot)
> > > > > >     return 0;
> > > > > >  }
> > > > > >  
> > > > > > +static int follow_fault_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct 
> > > > > > mm_struct *mm,
> > > > > > +                       unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long *pfn,
> > > > > > +                       bool write_fault)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +   int ret;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +   ret = follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
> > > > > > +   if (ret) {
> > > > > > +           bool unlocked = false;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +           ret = fixup_user_fault(NULL, mm, vaddr,
> > > > > > +                                  FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE |
> > > > > > +                                  (write_fault ?  FAULT_FLAG_WRITE 
> > > > > > : 0),
> > > > > > +                                  &unlocked);
> > > > > > +           if (unlocked)
> > > > > > +                   return -EAGAIN;
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi, Alex,
> > > > > 
> > > > > IIUC this retry is not needed too because fixup_user_fault() will 
> > > > > guarantee the
> > > > > fault-in is done correctly with the valid PTE as long as ret==0, even 
> > > > > if
> > > > > unlocked==true.
> > > > 
> > > > It is true, and today it is fine, but be careful when reworking this
> > > > to use notifiers as unlocked also means things like the vma pointer
> > > > are invalidated.
> > > 
> > > Oh right, thanks for noticing that.  Then we should probably still keep 
> > > the
> > > retry logic... because otherwise the latter follow_pfn() could be 
> > > referencing
> > > an invalid vma already...
> > 
> > I looked briefly and thought this flow used the vma only once?
> 
>         ret = follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
>         if (ret) {
>                 bool unlocked = false;
>  
>                 ret = fixup_user_fault(NULL, mm, vaddr,
>                                        FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE |
>                                        (write_fault ?  FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0),
>                                        &unlocked);
>                 if (unlocked)
>                         return -EAGAIN;
>  
>                 if (ret)
>                         return ret;
>  
>                 ret = follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);      <--------------- [1]
>         }
> 
> So imo the 2nd follow_pfn() [1] could be racy if without the unlocked check.

Ah yes, I didn't notice that, you can't touch vma here if unlocked is true.

Jason

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