Re: [PATCH 3/3] irqchip/gic-v4: Make sure a VPE is locked when VMAPP is issued

[Zhou Wang]

On 2024/7/5 17:31, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> In order to make sure that vpe->col_idx is correctly sampled
> when a VMAPP command is issued, we must hold the lock for the
> VPE. This is now possible since the introduction of the per-VM
> vmapp_lock, which can be taken before vpe_lock in the locking
> order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
> index b52d60097cad5..951ec140bcea2 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
> @@ -1810,7 +1810,9 @@ static void its_map_vm(struct its_node *its, struct its_vm *vm)
>  		for (i = 0; i < vm->nr_vpes; i++) {
>  			struct its_vpe *vpe = vm->vpes[i];
>  
> -			its_send_vmapp(its, vpe, true);
> +			scoped_guard(raw_spinlock, &vpe->vpe_lock)
> +				its_send_vmapp(its, vpe, true);
> +
>  			its_send_vinvall(its, vpe);
>  		}
>  	}
> @@ -1827,8 +1829,10 @@ static void its_unmap_vm(struct its_node *its, struct its_vm *vm)
>  	if (!--vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr]) {
>  		int i;
>  
> -		for (i = 0; i < vm->nr_vpes; i++)
> +		for (i = 0; i < vm->nr_vpes; i++) {
> +			guard(raw_spinlock)(&vm->vpes[i]->vpe_lock);
>  			its_send_vmapp(its, vm->vpes[i], false);
> +		}
>  	}
>  }
>  

Hi Marc,

It looks like there is ABBA deadlock after applying this series:

In its_map_vm: vmapp_lock -> vpe_lock
In its_vpe_set_affinity: vpe_to_cpuid_lock(vpe_lock) -> its_send_vmovp(vmapp_lock)

Any idea about this?

Best,
Zhou