RE: [PATCH] PCI: hv: Fix a race condition when removing the device

[Long Li]

> Subject: RE: [PATCH] PCI: hv: Fix a race condition when removing the device
> 
> > Subject: RE: [PATCH] PCI: hv: Fix a race condition when removing the
> > device
> >
> > > From: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 2:06 PM  ...
> > > > Yes I think put_hvpcibus() and get_hvpcibus() can be removed, as
> > > > we have changed to use a dedicated workqueue for hbus since they
> > > > were introduced.
> > > >
> > > > But we still need to call tasklet_disable/enable() the same way
> > > > hv_pci_suspend() does, the
> > > > reason is that we need to protect hbus->state. This value needs to
> > > > be
> > > consistent for the
> > > > driver. For example, a CPU may decide to schedule a work on a work
> > > > queue
> > > that we just
> > > > flushed or destroyed, by reading the wrong hbus->state.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, I would agree the tasklet disable/enable are needed, especially
> > > since
> > > tasklet_disable()
> > > is what ensures that the tasklet is not currently running.
> > >
> > > If the hbus ref counting isn't needed any longer, I would strongly
> > > recommend adding a patch to the series that removes it.  This
> > > synchronization stuff is hard enough to understand and reason about;
> > > having a leftover mechanism that doesn't really do anything useful
> > > makes it nearly impossible. :-)
> > >
> > > Dexuan -- I'm hoping you can take a look as well and see if you agree.
> > >
> > > Michael
> >
> > I also think we can remove the reference counting.
> >
> > But it looks like there is still race in hv_pci_remove() even with
> > Long's
> > patch: in hv_pci_remove(), we disable the tasklet, change hbus->state
> > to hv_pcibus_removing, re-enable the tasklet and flush hbus->wq, and
> > set
> > hbus->state to hv_pcibus_removed -- what if the channel callback runs
> > again? -- now hbus->state is no longer hv_pcibus_removing, so
> > hv_pci_devices_present() -> hv_pci_start_relations_work() and
> > hv_pci_eject_device() can still add new work items to hbus->wq, and
> > the new work items may race with the vmbus_close().
> 
> Good catch, adding a check for hv_pcibus_removed should fix it. I'm sending
> a v2.

I don't see the reason why we want to assign hbus->state to hv_pcibus_removed at all, so just removing it will take care of the race.

> 
> >
> > It looks like we should remove the state hv_pcibus_removed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- Dexuan