[PATCH 2/2] xen/virtio: Fix potential deadlock when accessing xen_grant_dma_devices

From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko
Date: Wed Oct 05 2022 - 13:48:51 EST


From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>

As find_xen_grant_dma_data() is called from both interrupt and process
contexts, the access to xen_grant_dma_devices XArray must be protected
by xa_lock_irqsave to avoid deadlock scenario.
As XArray API doesn't provide xa_store_irqsave helper, call lockless
__xa_store directly and guard it externally.

Also move the storage of the XArray's entry to a separate helper.

Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>
Fixes: d6aca3504c7d ("xen/grant-dma-ops: Add option to restrict memory access under Xen")
---
drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c b/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c
index 1998d0e8ce82..c66f56d24013 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct xen_grant_dma_data {
bool broken;
};

-static DEFINE_XARRAY(xen_grant_dma_devices);
+static DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS(xen_grant_dma_devices, XA_FLAGS_LOCK_IRQ);

#define XEN_GRANT_DMA_ADDR_OFF (1ULL << 63)

@@ -42,14 +42,29 @@ static inline grant_ref_t dma_to_grant(dma_addr_t dma)
static struct xen_grant_dma_data *find_xen_grant_dma_data(struct device *dev)
{
struct xen_grant_dma_data *data;
+ unsigned long flags;

- xa_lock(&xen_grant_dma_devices);
+ xa_lock_irqsave(&xen_grant_dma_devices, flags);
data = xa_load(&xen_grant_dma_devices, (unsigned long)dev);
- xa_unlock(&xen_grant_dma_devices);
+ xa_unlock_irqrestore(&xen_grant_dma_devices, flags);

return data;
}

+static int store_xen_grant_dma_data(struct device *dev,
+ struct xen_grant_dma_data *data)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int ret;
+
+ xa_lock_irqsave(&xen_grant_dma_devices, flags);
+ ret = xa_err(__xa_store(&xen_grant_dma_devices, (unsigned long)dev, data,
+ GFP_ATOMIC));
+ xa_unlock_irqrestore(&xen_grant_dma_devices, flags);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
/*
* DMA ops for Xen frontends (e.g. virtio).
*
@@ -338,8 +353,7 @@ void xen_grant_setup_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
*/
data->backend_domid = iommu_spec.args[0];

- if (xa_err(xa_store(&xen_grant_dma_devices, (unsigned long)dev, data,
- GFP_KERNEL))) {
+ if (store_xen_grant_dma_data(dev, data)) {
dev_err(dev, "Cannot store Xen grant DMA data\n");
goto err;
}
--
2.25.1