Re: [PATCH v13 02/15] s390/vfio-ap: No need to disable IRQ after queue reset

From: Tony Krowiak
Date: Wed Jan 13 2021 - 20:14:46 EST




On 1/13/21 4:21 PM, Halil Pasic wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:06:28 -0500
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 1/11/21 11:32 AM, Halil Pasic wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:15:53 -0500
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The queues assigned to a matrix mediated device are currently reset when:

* The VFIO_DEVICE_RESET ioctl is invoked
* The mdev fd is closed by userspace (QEMU)
* The mdev is removed from sysfs.

Immediately after the reset of a queue, a call is made to disable
interrupts for the queue. This is entirely unnecessary because the reset of
a queue disables interrupts, so this will be removed.

Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c | 1 -
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h | 1 -
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c
index be2520cc010b..ca18c91afec9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static void vfio_ap_queue_dev_remove(struct ap_device *apdev)
apid = AP_QID_CARD(q->apqn);
apqi = AP_QID_QUEUE(q->apqn);
vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queue(apid, apqi, 1);
- vfio_ap_irq_disable(q);
kfree(q);
mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
index 7339043906cf..052f61391ec7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#define VFIO_AP_MDEV_NAME_HWVIRT "VFIO AP Passthrough Device"
static int vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(struct mdev_device *mdev);
+static struct vfio_ap_queue *vfio_ap_find_queue(int apqn);
static int match_apqn(struct device *dev, const void *data)
{
@@ -49,20 +50,15 @@ static struct vfio_ap_queue *(
int apqn)
{
struct vfio_ap_queue *q;
- struct device *dev;
if (!test_bit_inv(AP_QID_CARD(apqn), matrix_mdev->matrix.apm))
return NULL;
if (!test_bit_inv(AP_QID_QUEUE(apqn), matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm))
return NULL;
- dev = driver_find_device(&matrix_dev->vfio_ap_drv->driver, NULL,
- &apqn, match_apqn);
- if (!dev)
- return NULL;
- q = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
- q->matrix_mdev = matrix_mdev;
- put_device(dev);
+ q = vfio_ap_find_queue(apqn);
+ if (q)
+ q->matrix_mdev = matrix_mdev;
return q;
}
@@ -1126,24 +1122,27 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_group_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
return notify_rc;
}
-static void (int apqn)
+static struct vfio_ap_queue *vfio_ap_find_queue(int apqn)
{
struct device *dev;
- struct vfio_ap_queue *q;
+ struct vfio_ap_queue *q = NULL;
dev = driver_find_device(&matrix_dev->vfio_ap_drv->driver, NULL,
&apqn, match_apqn);
if (dev) {
q = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
- vfio_ap_irq_disable(q);
put_device(dev);
}
+
+ return q;
}
This hunk and the previous one are a rewrite of vfio_ap_get_queue() and
have next to nothing to do with the patch's objective. If we were at an
earlier stage, I would ask to split it up.
The rewrite of vfio_ap_get_queue() definitely is related to this
patch's objective.
Definitively loosely related.

A matter of opinion I suppose and I respect yours.


Below, in the vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queue()
function, there is the label 'free_aqic_resources' which is where
the call to vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources() function is called.
That function takes a struct vfio_ap_queue as an argument,
so the object needs to be retrieved prior to calling the function.
We can't use the vfio_ap_get_queue() function for two reasons:
1. The vfio_ap_get_queue() function takes a struct ap_matrix_mdev
    as a parameter and we do not have a pointer to such at the time.
2. The vfio_ap_get_queue() function is used to link the mdev to the
    vfio_ap_queue object with the specified APQN.
So, we needed a way to retrieve the vfio_ap_queue object by its
APQN only, Rather than creating a function that retrieves the
vfio_ap_queue object which duplicates the retrieval code in
vfio_ap_get_queue(), I created the vfio_ap_find_queue()
function to do just that and modified the vfio_ap_get_queue()
function to call it (i.e., code reuse).
Please tell me what prevented you from doing a doing the splitting out
vfio_ap_find_queue() from vfio_ap_get_queue() in a separate patch, that
precedes this patch? It would have resulted in simpler diffs, because
the split out wouldn't be intermingled with other stuff, i.e. getting
rid of vfio_ap_irq_disable_apqn(). Don't you see that the two are
intermingled in this diff?

I included this here for the reasons I stated above.
If I was reviewing these patches and saw this in a separate
patch I would wonder why it was being done since it would
be an isolated change requiring examination of subsequent
patches to figure out why it was done.  Since you have
taken the time to bring this up again I'll go ahead and do it
since I have no major objections and it is a fairly simple change.



int vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queue(unsigned int apid, unsigned int apqi,
unsigned int retry)
{
struct ap_queue_status status;
+ struct vfio_ap_queue *q;
+ int ret;
int retry2 = 2;
int apqn = AP_MKQID(apid, apqi);
@@ -1156,18 +1155,32 @@ int vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queue(unsigned int apid, unsigned int apqi,
status = ap_tapq(apqn, NULL);
}
WARN_ON_ONCE(retry2 <= 0);
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto free_aqic_resources;
case AP_RESPONSE_RESET_IN_PROGRESS:
case AP_RESPONSE_BUSY:
msleep(20);
break;
default:
/* things are really broken, give up */
- return -EIO;
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto free_aqic_resources;
Do we really want the unpin here? I mean the reset did not work and
we are giving up. So the irqs are potentially still enabled.

Without this patch we try to disable the interrupts using AQIC, and
do the cleanup after that.
If the reset failure lands here, then a subsequent AQIC will
also fail, so I see no reason to expend processing time for
something that will ultimately fail anyways.

I'm aware, the comment says we should not take the default branch,
but if that's really the case we should IMHO log an error and leak the
page.
I do not see a good reason to leak the page, what purpose would
it serve?
Well, the thing is we don't have a case for AP_RESPONSE_CHECKSTOPPED,
which is, AFAIK a valid outcome. I don't remember what is the exact
deal with checkstopped regarding interrupts.

The AP_RESPONSE_CHECKSTOPPED response code is set
when the AP function can not be performed due to a
machine failure resulting in loss of connectivity to the
queue. I find it hard to believe that interrupts would
continue to be signaled in that case. I will check with
the architecture folks for verification.


If we take the default with something different
than AP_RESPONSE_CHECKSTOPPED, that is AFAICT a bug of the underlying
machine.

I think AP_RESPONSE_CHECKSTOPPED indicates a problem with
the machine also.


I don't have a problem with logging an error, do you think
it should just be a log message or a WARN_ON type of thing?

Seeing an outcome we don't expect to see, due to a bug in the underlying
machine is in my book worth an error message. Furthermore we may not
assume that the interrupts where shut down for the queue. So the only
way we can protect the host is by leaking the page.

I won't assume anything - although I seriously doubt interrupts
will continue with a broken device - so I will get input from the
architecture folks regarding interrupts after a non-zero response
code.


It's up to you if you want to change this. I don't want to delay the
series any further than absolutely necessary.

Acked-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
}
} while (retry--);
return -EBUSY;
+
+free_aqic_resources:
+ /*
+ * In order to free the aqic resources, the queue must be linked to
+ * the matrix_mdev to which its APQN is assigned and the KVM pointer
+ * must be available.
+ */
+ q = vfio_ap_find_queue(apqn);
+ if (q && q->matrix_mdev && q->matrix_mdev->kvm)
Is this of the type "we know there are no aqic resources to be freed" if
precondition is false?
Yes

vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources() checks the matrix_mdev pointer but not the
kvm pointer. Could we just check the kvm pointer in
vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources()?
A while back I posted a patch that did just that and someone pushed back
because they could not see how the vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources()
function would ever be called with a NULL kvm pointer which is
why I implemented the above check. The reset is called
when the mdev is removed which can happen only when there
is no kvm pointer, so I agree it would be better to check the kvm
pointer in the vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources() function.

I don't remember. Sorry if it was me.

At the end of the series, is seeing q! indicating a bug, or is it
something we expect to see under certain circumstances?
I'm not quite sure to what you are referring regarding "the
end of the series", but we can expect to see a NULL pointer
for q if a queue is manually unbound from the driver.
By at the end of the series, I mean with all 15 patches applied.

Regarding the case where the queue is manually unbound form the
driver, this is exactly one of the scenarios I was latently concerned
about. Let me explain. The manually unbound queue was already reset
in vfio_ap_mdev_remove_queue() if necessary, so we don't need to reset
it again. And more importantly it is not bound to the vfio_ap driver,
so vfio_ap is not allowed to reset it. (It could in theory belong to
and be in use by another non-default driver).

I've just checked out vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues() and it resets all
queues in the matrix. The in use mechanism does ensure that zcrypt
can't use these queues (together with a[pq]mask), but resetting a
queue that does not belong to us is going beyond our authority.

I agree which is why in the next version I am only resetting a queue if
it is bound at the time of the reset.



Regards,
Halil

+ vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources(q);
+
+ return ret;
}
static int vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(struct mdev_device *mdev)
@@ -1189,7 +1202,6 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(struct mdev_device *mdev)
*/
if (ret)
rc = ret;
- vfio_ap_irq_disable_apqn(AP_MKQID(apid, apqi));
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
index f46dde56b464..0db6fb3d56d5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
@@ -100,5 +100,4 @@ struct vfio_ap_queue {
#define VFIO_AP_ISC_INVALID 0xff
unsigned char saved_isc;
};
-struct ap_queue_status vfio_ap_irq_disable(struct vfio_ap_queue *q);
#endif /* _VFIO_AP_PRIVATE_H_ */