Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] virtio: Restore semantics of vq->broken in virtqueues

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 01:08:53PM +0300, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 30/06/2022 12:46, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 09:36:46AM +0000, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> > > virtio: harden vring IRQ (8b4ec69d7e09) changed the use
> > > of vq->broken. As result vring_interrupt handles IRQs for
> > > broken drivers as IRQ_NONE and not IRQ_HANDLED and made impossible
> > > to initiallize vqs before the driver is ready, i.e. in probe method.
> > > Balloon driver does this and it can not load because it fails in
> > > vqs_init with -EIO.
> > > 
> > > So instead of changing the original intent ot the flag introduce
> > > a new flag vq->ready which servers the purpose to check of early IRQs
> > > and restore the behaviour of the vq->broken flag.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Atanasov <alexander.atanasov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Does
> > 
> > commit c346dae4f3fbce51bbd4f2ec5e8c6f9b91e93163
> > Author: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   Wed Jun 22 09:29:40 2022 +0800
> > 
> >      virtio: disable notification hardening by default
> > 
> > 
> > solve the problem for you?
> 
> 
> No, it won't if CONFIG_VIRTIO_HARDEN_NOTIFICATION is enabled - balloon still
> won't be able to init vqs.

Yea I intend to make CONFIG_VIRTIO_HARDEN_NOTIFICATION 
depend on BROKEN for now.

> The problem is in virtqueue_add_split and virtqueue_add_packed - can not set
> driver_ok without queues.
> 
> The return value of the vring_interrupt gets different - and iirc IRQ_NONE
> for broken device can lead to interrupt storms - i am not sure if that is
> valid for virtio devices yet but for real harware most likely.

No, I think it's the reverse. With IRQ_HANDLED an interrupt
storm will keep overloading the CPU since driver tells
kernel all is well. With IRQ_NONE kernel will eventually
intervene and disable the irq.

> Either way if
> you have a mix of  drivers working differently depending on return of the
> handler  it would get really messy.
> 
> RR's original intent was to flag a driver as bad why reuse it like that  ?
> 
> 
> > >   drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c  | 20 ++++++++++++++------
> > >   include/linux/virtio.h        |  2 +-
> > >   include/linux/virtio_config.h | 10 +++++-----
> > >   3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Halil Pasic <pasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Vineeth Vijayan <vneethv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > index 13a7348cedff..dca3cc774584 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
> > >   	/* Other side has made a mess, don't try any more. */
> > >   	bool broken;
> > > +	/* the queue is ready to handle interrupts  */
> > > +	bool ready;
> > > +
> > >   	/* Host supports indirect buffers */
> > >   	bool indirect;
> > > @@ -1688,7 +1691,8 @@ static struct virtqueue *vring_create_virtqueue_packed(
> > >   	vq->we_own_ring = true;
> > >   	vq->notify = notify;
> > >   	vq->weak_barriers = weak_barriers;
> > > -	vq->broken = true;
> > > +	vq->broken = false;
> > > +	vq->ready = false;
> > >   	vq->last_used_idx = 0;
> > >   	vq->event_triggered = false;
> > >   	vq->num_added = 0;
> > > @@ -2134,7 +2138,10 @@ irqreturn_t vring_interrupt(int irq, void *_vq)
> > >   		return IRQ_NONE;
> > >   	}
> > > -	if (unlikely(vq->broken)) {
> > > +	if (unlikely(vq->broken))
> > > +		return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > > +
> > > +	if (unlikely(!vq->ready)) {
> > >   		dev_warn_once(&vq->vq.vdev->dev,
> > >   			      "virtio vring IRQ raised before DRIVER_OK");
> > >   		return IRQ_NONE;
> > > @@ -2180,7 +2187,8 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
> > >   	vq->we_own_ring = false;
> > >   	vq->notify = notify;
> > >   	vq->weak_barriers = weak_barriers;
> > > -	vq->broken = true;
> > > +	vq->broken = false;
> > > +	vq->ready = false;
> > >   	vq->last_used_idx = 0;
> > >   	vq->event_triggered = false;
> > >   	vq->num_added = 0;
> > > @@ -2405,7 +2413,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_break_device);
> > >    * (probing and restoring). This function should only be called by the
> > >    * core, not directly by the driver.
> > >    */
> > > -void __virtio_unbreak_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
> > > +void __virtio_device_ready(struct virtio_device *dev)
> > >   {
> > >   	struct virtqueue *_vq;
> > > @@ -2414,11 +2422,11 @@ void __virtio_unbreak_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
> > >   		struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
> > >   		/* Pairs with READ_ONCE() in virtqueue_is_broken(). */
> > > -		WRITE_ONCE(vq->broken, false);
> > > +		WRITE_ONCE(vq->ready, true);
> > >   	}
> > >   	spin_unlock(&dev->vqs_list_lock);
> > >   }
> > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__virtio_unbreak_device);
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__virtio_device_ready);
> > >   dma_addr_t virtqueue_get_desc_addr(struct virtqueue *_vq)
> > >   {
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > > index d8fdf170637c..538c5959949a 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/virtio.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > > @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void unregister_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > >   bool is_virtio_device(struct device *dev);
> > >   void virtio_break_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > > -void __virtio_unbreak_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > > +void __virtio_device_ready(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > >   void virtio_config_changed(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > >   #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > > index 49c7c32815f1..35cf1b26e05a 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > > @@ -259,21 +259,21 @@ void virtio_device_ready(struct virtio_device *dev)
> > >   	/*
> > >   	 * The virtio_synchronize_cbs() makes sure vring_interrupt()
> > > -	 * will see the driver specific setup if it sees vq->broken
> > > +	 * will see the driver specific setup if it sees vq->ready
> > >   	 * as false (even if the notifications come before DRIVER_OK).
> > >   	 */
> > >   	virtio_synchronize_cbs(dev);
> > > -	__virtio_unbreak_device(dev);
> > > +	__virtio_device_ready(dev);
> > >   	/*
> > > -	 * The transport should ensure the visibility of vq->broken
> > > +	 * The transport should ensure the visibility of vq->ready
> > >   	 * before setting DRIVER_OK. See the comments for the transport
> > >   	 * specific set_status() method.
> > >   	 *
> > >   	 * A well behaved device will only notify a virtqueue after
> > >   	 * DRIVER_OK, this means the device should "see" the coherenct
> > > -	 * memory write that set vq->broken as false which is done by
> > > +	 * memory write that set vq->ready as true which is done by
> > >   	 * the driver when it sees DRIVER_OK, then the following
> > > -	 * driver's vring_interrupt() will see vq->broken as false so
> > > +	 * driver's vring_interrupt() will see vq->true as true so
> > >   	 * we won't lose any notification.
> > >   	 */
> > >   	dev->config->set_status(dev, status | VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK);
> > > -- 
> > > 2.25.1
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Alexander Atanasov