Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: also set up legacy files only after sysfs init

[Pali Rohár]

On Friday 05 February 2021 10:59:50 Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 11:24 PM Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thursday 04 February 2021 15:50:19 Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > [+cc Oliver, Pali, Krzysztof]
> >
> > Just to note that extending or using sysfs_initialized introduces
> > another race condition into kernel code which results in PCI fatal
> > errors. Details are in email discussion which Bjorn already sent.
> 
> Yeah I wondered why this doesn't race.

It races, but with smaller probability. I have not seen this race
condition on x86. But I was able to reproduce it with native PCIe
drivers on ARM64 (Marvell Armada 3720; pci-aardvark). In mentioned
discussion I wrote when this race condition happen. But I understand
that it is hard to simulate it.

> but since the history goes back
> to pre-git times I figured it would have been addressed somehow
> already if it indeed does race.
> -Daniel
> 
> > > s/also/Also/ in subject
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 05:58:30PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > > We are already doing this for all the regular sysfs files on PCI
> > > > devices, but not yet on the legacy io files on the PCI buses. Thus far
> > > > now problem, but in the next patch I want to wire up iomem revoke
> > > > support. That needs the vfs up an running already to make so that
> > > > iomem_get_mapping() works.
> > >
> > > s/now problem/no problem/
> > > s/an running/and running/
> > > s/so that/sure that/ ?
> > >
> > > iomem_get_mapping() doesn't exist; I don't know what that should be.
> > >
> > > > Wire it up exactly like the existing code. Note that
> > > > pci_remove_legacy_files() doesn't need a check since the one for
> > > > pci_bus->legacy_io is sufficient.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "the existing code."  I could
> > > probably figure it out, but it would save time to mention the existing
> > > function here.
> > >
> > > This looks like another instance where we should really apply Oliver's
> > > idea of converting these to attribute_groups [1].
> > >
> > > The cover letter mentions options discussed with Greg in [2], but I
> > > don't think the "sysfs_initialized" hack vs attribute_groups was part
> > > of that discussion.
> > >
> > > It's not absolutely a show-stopper, but it *is* a shame to extend the
> > > sysfs_initialized hack if attribute_groups could do this more cleanly
> > > and help solve more than one issue.
> > >
> > > Bjorn
> > >
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOSf1CHss03DBSDO4PmTtMp0tCEu5kScn704ZEwLKGXQzBfqaA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/CAKMK7uGrdDrbtj0OyzqQc0CGrQwc2F3tFJU9vLfm2jjufAZ5YQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Cc: linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 7 +++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> > > > index fb072f4b3176..0c45b4f7b214 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> > > > @@ -927,6 +927,9 @@ void pci_create_legacy_files(struct pci_bus *b)
> > > >  {
> > > >     int error;
> > > >
> > > > +   if (!sysfs_initialized)
> > > > +           return;
> > > > +
> > > >     b->legacy_io = kcalloc(2, sizeof(struct bin_attribute),
> > > >                            GFP_ATOMIC);
> > > >     if (!b->legacy_io)
> > > > @@ -1448,6 +1451,7 @@ void pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> > > >  static int __init pci_sysfs_init(void)
> > > >  {
> > > >     struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL;
> > > > +   struct pci_bus *pbus = NULL;
> > > >     int retval;
> > > >
> > > >     sysfs_initialized = 1;
> > > > @@ -1459,6 +1463,9 @@ static int __init pci_sysfs_init(void)
> > > >             }
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > > +   while ((pbus = pci_find_next_bus(pbus)))
> > > > +           pci_create_legacy_files(pbus);
> > > > +
> > > >     return 0;
> > > >  }
> > > >  late_initcall(pci_sysfs_init);
> > > > --
> > > > 2.30.0
> > > >
> > > >
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> 
> 
> 
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> Daniel Vetter
> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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