[RFC v3 2/3] vfio/pci: protect cap/ecap_perm bits alloc/free with atomic op

[Liu, Yi L]

There is a case in which cap_perms and ecap_perms can be reallocated
by different modules. e.g. the vfio-mdev-pci sample driver. To secure
the initialization of cap_perms and ecap_perms, this patch adds an
atomic variable to track the user of cap/ecap_perms bits. First caller
of vfio_pci_init_perm_bits() will initialize the bits. While the last
caller of vfio_pci_uninit_perm_bits() will free the bits.

Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
index e82b511..913fca6 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
@@ -996,11 +996,17 @@ static int __init init_pci_ext_cap_pwr_perm(struct perm_bits *perm)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Track the user number of the cap/ecap perm_bits */
+atomic_t vfio_pci_perm_bits_users = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
 /*
  * Initialize the shared permission tables
  */
 void vfio_pci_uninit_perm_bits(void)
 {
+	if (atomic_dec_return(&vfio_pci_perm_bits_users))
+		return;
+
 	free_perm_bits(&cap_perms[PCI_CAP_ID_BASIC]);
 
 	free_perm_bits(&cap_perms[PCI_CAP_ID_PM]);
@@ -1017,6 +1023,9 @@ int __init vfio_pci_init_perm_bits(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&vfio_pci_perm_bits_users) != 1)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Basic config space */
 	ret = init_pci_cap_basic_perm(&cap_perms[PCI_CAP_ID_BASIC]);
 
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