Re: [PATCH v4 for-next 1/2] RDMA/core: Provide rdma_user_mmap_disassociate() to disassociate mmap pages

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Wed Sep 11 2024 - 06:21:40 EST


On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 04:41:00PM +0800, Junxian Huang wrote:
>
>
> On 2024/9/7 20:12, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 09:11:54PM +0800, Junxian Huang wrote:
> >
> >> @@ -698,11 +700,20 @@ static int ib_uverbs_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >> ucontext = ib_uverbs_get_ucontext_file(file);
> >> if (IS_ERR(ucontext)) {
> >> ret = PTR_ERR(ucontext);
> >> - goto out;
> >> + goto out_srcu;
> >> }
> >> +
> >> + mutex_lock(&file->disassociation_lock);
> >> + if (file->disassociated) {
> >> + ret = -EPERM;
> >> + goto out_mutex;
> >> + }
> >
> > What sets disassociated back to false once the driver reset is
> > completed?
> >
> > I think you should probably drop this and instead add a lock and test
> > inside the driver within its mmap op. While reset is ongoing fail all
> > new mmaps.
> >
>
> disassociated won't be set back to false. This is to stop new mmaps on
> this ucontext even after reset is completed, because during hns reset,
> all resources will be destroyed, and the ucontexts will become unavailable.

ucontext is SW object and not HW object, why will it become unavailable?

Thanks