Re: [PATCH] PM: notify of PM_POST_VMFORK events from vmgenid

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Mar 01 2022 - 12:37:04 EST


On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 6:31 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There's an additional virtual power state that various crypto-oriented
> drivers may benefit from being notified of, such as WireGuard: right
> after a virtual machine has forked. In WireGuard's case, the PM notifier
> there that clears keys pre-suspend will be adjusted to also clear them
> post-vmfork. This trivial commit wires up the machinery for that change,
> which builds on the recently added vmgenid driver in the random.git
> tree.

Well, what does power management have to do with WireGuard'?

> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/virt/vmgenid.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/suspend.h | 4 ++++
> kernel/power/main.c | 6 ++++++
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virt/vmgenid.c b/drivers/virt/vmgenid.c
> index 0ae1a39f2e28..4bef3e8b3476 100644
> --- a/drivers/virt/vmgenid.c
> +++ b/drivers/virt/vmgenid.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/acpi.h>
> +#include <linux/suspend.h>
> #include <linux/random.h>
>
> ACPI_MODULE_NAME("vmgenid");
> @@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ static void vmgenid_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
> if (!memcmp(old_id, state->this_id, sizeof(old_id)))
> return;
> add_vmfork_randomness(state->this_id, sizeof(state->this_id));
> + pm_notify_vmfork();

IMV, this is completely confusing.

> }
>
> static const struct acpi_device_id vmgenid_ids[] = {
> diff --git a/include/linux/suspend.h b/include/linux/suspend.h
> index 300273ff40cc..a3836473b87b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/suspend.h
> +++ b/include/linux/suspend.h
> @@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ static inline int is_hibernate_resume_dev(dev_t dev) { return 0; }
> #define PM_POST_SUSPEND 0x0004 /* Suspend finished */
> #define PM_RESTORE_PREPARE 0x0005 /* Going to restore a saved image */
> #define PM_POST_RESTORE 0x0006 /* Restore failed */
> +#define PM_POST_VMFORK 0x0007 /* Virtual machine has just forked */
>
> extern struct mutex system_transition_mutex;
>
> @@ -487,6 +488,7 @@ void restore_processor_state(void);
> /* kernel/power/main.c */
> extern int register_pm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> extern int unregister_pm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> +extern void pm_notify_vmfork(void);
> extern void ksys_sync_helper(void);
>
> #define pm_notifier(fn, pri) { \
> @@ -525,6 +527,8 @@ static inline int unregister_pm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static inline void pm_notify_vmfork(void) {}
> +
> static inline void ksys_sync_helper(void) {}
>
> #define pm_notifier(fn, pri) do { (void)(fn); } while (0)
> diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
> index 7e646079fbeb..a64cfb36b1b3 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/main.c
> @@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ int pm_notifier_call_chain(unsigned long val)
> return blocking_notifier_call_chain(&pm_chain_head, val, NULL);
> }
>
> +void pm_notify_vmfork(void)
> +{
> + pm_notifier_call_chain(PM_POST_VMFORK);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_notify_vmfork);
> +
> /* If set, devices may be suspended and resumed asynchronously. */
> int pm_async_enabled = 1;
>
> --
> 2.35.1
>