Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed

[Xu Yilun]

>  void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> @@ -114,7 +132,6 @@ void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  #else
>  		if (cancel_work_sync(&work->work)) {
>  			mmput(work->mm);
> -			kvm_put_kvm(vcpu->kvm); /* == work->vcpu->kvm */
>  			kmem_cache_free(async_pf_cache, work);
>  		}
>  #endif
> @@ -126,7 +143,18 @@ void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  			list_first_entry(&vcpu->async_pf.done,
>  					 typeof(*work), link);
>  		list_del(&work->link);
> -		kmem_cache_free(async_pf_cache, work);
> +
> +		spin_unlock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * The async #PF is "done", but KVM must wait for the work item
> +		 * itself, i.e. async_pf_execute(), to run to completion.  If
> +		 * KVM is a module, KVM must ensure *no* code owned by the KVM
> +		 * (the module) can be run after the last call to module_put(),
> +		 * i.e. after the last reference to the last vCPU's file is put.
> +		 */
> +		kvm_flush_and_free_async_pf_work(work);

I have a new concern when I re-visit this patchset.

Form kvm_check_async_pf_completion(), I see async_pf.queue is always a
superset of async_pf.done (except wake-all work, which is not within
concern).  And done work would be skipped from sync (cancel_work_sync()) by:

                if (!work->vcpu)
                        continue;

But now with this patch we also sync done works, how about we just sync all
queued work instead.

diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
index e033c79d528e..2268f16a36c2 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ static void async_pf_execute(struct work_struct *work)
        spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
        first = list_empty(&vcpu->async_pf.done);
        list_add_tail(&apf->link, &vcpu->async_pf.done);
-       apf->vcpu = NULL;
        spin_unlock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);

        if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF_SYNC) && first)
@@ -101,13 +100,6 @@ void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
                                         typeof(*work), queue);
                list_del(&work->queue);

-               /*
-                * We know it's present in vcpu->async_pf.done, do
-                * nothing here.
-                */
-               if (!work->vcpu)
-                       continue;
-
                spin_unlock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF_SYNC
                flush_work(&work->work);


This way we don't have to sync twice for the same purpose, also we could
avoid reusing work->vcpu as a "done" flag which confused me a bit.

Thanks,
Yilun

> +		spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
>