Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] vsock/virtio: read virtqueues under worker locks

From: Bobby Eshleman

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 17:51:58 EST


On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 12:16:54PM -0700, Weiming Shi wrote:
> Commit bd50c5dc182b ("vsock/virtio: add support for device
> suspend/resume") made the *_run flags transition from false to true when
> restore installs replacement virtqueues. The RX, TX and event workers
> read their virtqueue before locking and checking the corresponding flag,
> so a worker delayed across freeze and restore can observe the replacement
> queue's running state while retaining a pointer to the deleted queue.
>
> Read each virtqueue under its mutex after checking the run flag, keeping
> the pointer and state in the same queue generation.
>
> Fixes: bd50c5dc182b ("vsock/virtio: add support for device suspend/resume")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260727035804.1860862-1-bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx
> Assisted-by: OpenAI-Codex:gpt-5
> Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
> index 57f2d6ec3ffc..a8e1dd95ba8c 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
> @@ -346,12 +346,13 @@ static void virtio_transport_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
> struct virtqueue *vq;
> bool added = false;
>
> - vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_TX];
> mutex_lock(&vsock->tx_lock);
>
> if (!vsock->tx_run)
> goto out;
>
> + vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_TX];
> +
> do {
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> unsigned int len;
> @@ -451,13 +452,13 @@ static void virtio_transport_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
> container_of(work, struct virtio_vsock, event_work);
> struct virtqueue *vq;
>
> - vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_EVENT];
> -
> mutex_lock(&vsock->event_lock);
>
> if (!vsock->event_run)
> goto out;
>
> + vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_EVENT];
> +
> do {
> struct virtio_vsock_event *event;
> unsigned int len;
> @@ -634,13 +635,13 @@ static void virtio_transport_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
> container_of(work, struct virtio_vsock, rx_work);
> struct virtqueue *vq;
>
> - vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_RX];
> -
> mutex_lock(&vsock->rx_lock);
>
> if (!vsock->rx_run)
> goto out;
>
> + vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_RX];
> +
> do {
> virtqueue_disable_cb(vq);
> for (;;) {
> --
> 2.55.0
>

Reviewed-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>