Re: [PATCH v4 09/11] KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: free caches when GITS_BASER Valid bit is cleared

[Christoffer Dall]

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:13:21PM +0200, Auger Eric wrote:
> Hi Christoffer,
> 
> On 18/10/2017 00:34, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 09:10:07AM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
> >> When the GITS_BASER<n>.Valid gets cleared, the data structures in
> >> guest RAM are not valid anymore. The device, collection
> >> and LPI lists stored in the in-kernel ITS represent the same
> >> information in some form of cache. So let's void the cache.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> v2 -> v3:
> >> - add a comment and clear cache in if block
> >> ---
> >>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
> >>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> >> index f3f0026f..084239c 100644
> >> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> >> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> >> @@ -1471,8 +1471,9 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_its_baser(struct kvm *kvm,
> >>  				      unsigned long val)
> >>  {
> >>  	const struct vgic_its_abi *abi = vgic_its_get_abi(its);
> >> -	u64 entry_size, device_type;
> >> +	u64 entry_size;
> >>  	u64 reg, *regptr, clearbits = 0;
> >> +	int type;
> >>  
> >>  	/* When GITS_CTLR.Enable is 1, we ignore write accesses. */
> >>  	if (its->enabled)
> >> @@ -1482,12 +1483,12 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_its_baser(struct kvm *kvm,
> >>  	case 0:
> >>  		regptr = &its->baser_device_table;
> >>  		entry_size = abi->dte_esz;
> >> -		device_type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_DEVICE;
> >> +		type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_DEVICE;
> >>  		break;
> >>  	case 1:
> >>  		regptr = &its->baser_coll_table;
> >>  		entry_size = abi->cte_esz;
> >> -		device_type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_COLLECTION;
> >> +		type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_COLLECTION;
> >>  		clearbits = GITS_BASER_INDIRECT;
> >>  		break;
> >>  	default:
> >> @@ -1499,10 +1500,24 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_its_baser(struct kvm *kvm,
> >>  	reg &= ~clearbits;
> >>  
> >>  	reg |= (entry_size - 1) << GITS_BASER_ENTRY_SIZE_SHIFT;
> >> -	reg |= device_type << GITS_BASER_TYPE_SHIFT;
> >> +	reg |= (u64)type << GITS_BASER_TYPE_SHIFT;
> >>  	reg = vgic_sanitise_its_baser(reg);
> >>  
> >>  	*regptr = reg;
> >> +
> >> +	/* Table no longer valid: clear cached data */
> >> +	if (!(reg & GITS_BASER_VALID)) {
> >> +		switch (type) {
> >> +		case GITS_BASER_TYPE_DEVICE:
> >> +			vgic_its_free_device_list(kvm, its);
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case GITS_BASER_TYPE_COLLECTION:
> >> +			vgic_its_free_collection_list(kvm, its);
> >> +			break;
> >> +		default:
> >> +			break;
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> > 
> > So we do this after setting the *regptr, which makes we worried about
> > races.
> > 
> > How are guest writes to these registers synchronized with, for example
> > trying to save the tables.  Perhaps we don't care because userspace
> > should have stopped the VM before trying to save the ITS state?
> 
> Yes save & restore can happen only if all vcpus are locked. Same for
> user space accesses.
> 

So this cannot happens, because the save/restore operation will fail to
get the lock of an executing VCPU which is modifying this function?

Thanks,
-Christoffer