Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: virtio_bt: fix device removal

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Michael,

>>>>> Device removal is clearly out of virtio spec: it attempts to remove
>>>>> unused buffers from a VQ before invoking device reset. To fix, make
>>>>> open/close NOPs and do all cleanup/setup in probe/remove.
>>>> 
>>>> so the virtbt_{open,close} as NOP is not really what a driver is suppose
>>>> to be doing. These are transport enable/disable callbacks from the BT
>>>> Core towards the driver. It maps to a device being enabled/disabled by
>>>> something like bluetoothd for example. So if disabled, I expect that no
>>>> resources/queues are in use.
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe I misunderstand the virtio spec in that regard, but I would like
>>>> to keep this fundamental concept of a Bluetooth driver. It does work
>>>> with all other transports like USB, SDIO, UART etc.
>>>> 
>>>>> The cost here is a single skb wasted on an unused bt device - which
>>>>> seems modest.
>>>> 
>>>> There should be no buffer used if the device is powered off. We also don’t
>>>> have any USB URBs in-flight if the transport is not active.
>>>> 
>>>>> NB: with this fix in place driver still suffers from a race condition if
>>>>> an interrupt triggers while device is being reset. Work on a fix for
>>>>> that issue is in progress.
>>>> 
>>>> In the virtbt_close() callback we should deactivate all interrupts.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you want to do that then device has to be reset on close,
>>> and fully reinitialized on open.
>>> Can you work on a patch like that?
>>> Given I don't have the device such a rework is probably more
>>> than I can undertake.
>> 
>> so you mean move virtio_find_vqs() into virtbt_open() and del_vqs() into
>> virtbt_close()?
> 
> And reset before del_vqs.
> 
>> Or is there are way to set up the queues without starting them?
>> 
>> However I am failing to understand your initial concern, we do reset()
>> before del_vqs() in virtbt_remove(). Should we be doing something different
>> in virtbt_close() other than virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(). Why would I
>> keep buffers attached if they are not used.
>> 
> 
> They are not used at that point but until device is reset can use them.
> Also, if you then proceed to open without a reset, and kick,
> device will start by processing the original buffers, crashing
> or corrupting memory.

so the only valid usage is like this:

	vdev->config->reset(vdev);

	while ((.. = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vq))) {
	}

	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);

If I make virtbt_{open,close} a NOP, then I keep adding an extra SKB to inbuf on
every power cycle (ifup/ifdown). How does netdev handle this?

Regards

Marcel