RE: [PATCH RESEND V2 1/3] vdpa: mlx5: prevent cvq work from hogging CPU

[Eli Cohen]

> From: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:21 AM
> To: jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; mst@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx>; hdanton@xxxxxxxx; virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH RESEND V2 1/3] vdpa: mlx5: prevent cvq work from hogging CPU
> 
> A userspace triggerable infinite loop could happen in
> mlx5_cvq_kick_handler() if userspace keeps sending a huge amount of
> cvq requests.
> 
> Fixing this by introducing a quota and re-queue the work if we're out
> of the budget (currently the implicit budget is one) . While at it,
> using a per device work struct to avoid on demand memory allocation
> for cvq.
> 
> Fixes: 5262912ef3cfc ("vdpa/mlx5: Add support for control VQ and MAC setting")
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes since V1:
> - Using 1 as the budget
> ---
>  drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 21 +++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> index d0f91078600e..b2afd2b6fbca 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct mlx5_vdpa_net {
>  	u32 cur_num_vqs;
>  	struct notifier_block nb;
>  	struct vdpa_callback config_cb;
> +	struct mlx5_vdpa_wq_ent cvq_ent;
>  };
> 
>  static void free_resources(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev);
> @@ -1616,10 +1617,10 @@ static void mlx5_cvq_kick_handler(struct work_struct *work)
>  	ndev = to_mlx5_vdpa_ndev(mvdev);
>  	cvq = &mvdev->cvq;
>  	if (!(ndev->mvdev.actual_features & BIT_ULL(VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)))
> -		goto out;
> +		return;
> 
>  	if (!cvq->ready)
> -		goto out;
> +		return;
> 
>  	while (true) {
>  		err = vringh_getdesc_iotlb(&cvq->vring, &cvq->riov, &cvq->wiov, &cvq->head,
> @@ -1653,9 +1654,10 @@ static void mlx5_cvq_kick_handler(struct work_struct *work)
> 
>  		if (vringh_need_notify_iotlb(&cvq->vring))
>  			vringh_notify(&cvq->vring);
> +
> +		queue_work(mvdev->wq, &wqent->work);
> +		break;
>  	}
> -out:
> -	kfree(wqent);
>  }
> 
>  static void mlx5_vdpa_kick_vq(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u16 idx)
> @@ -1663,7 +1665,6 @@ static void mlx5_vdpa_kick_vq(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u16 idx)
>  	struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev = to_mvdev(vdev);
>  	struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev = to_mlx5_vdpa_ndev(mvdev);
>  	struct mlx5_vdpa_virtqueue *mvq;
> -	struct mlx5_vdpa_wq_ent *wqent;
> 
>  	if (!is_index_valid(mvdev, idx))
>  		return;
> @@ -1672,13 +1673,7 @@ static void mlx5_vdpa_kick_vq(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u16 idx)
>  		if (!mvdev->cvq.ready)
>  			return;
> 
> -		wqent = kzalloc(sizeof(*wqent), GFP_ATOMIC);
> -		if (!wqent)
> -			return;
> -
> -		wqent->mvdev = mvdev;
> -		INIT_WORK(&wqent->work, mlx5_cvq_kick_handler);
> -		queue_work(mvdev->wq, &wqent->work);
> +		queue_work(mvdev->wq, &ndev->cvq_ent.work);
>  		return;
>  	}
> 
> @@ -2668,6 +2663,8 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_dev_add(struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *v_mdev, const char *name,
>  	if (err)
>  		goto err_mr;
> 
> +	ndev->cvq_ent.mvdev = mvdev;
> +	INIT_WORK(&ndev->cvq_ent.work, mlx5_cvq_kick_handler);
>  	mvdev->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("mlx5_vdpa_wq");
>  	if (!mvdev->wq) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
> --
> 2.18.1