Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 4 authors, 2019-07-05

Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] vsock/virtio: several fixes in the .probe() and .remove()

From: Stefan Hajnoczi <hidden>
Date: 2019-07-01 15:11:19
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 02:36:56PM +0200, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
During the review of "[PATCH] vsock/virtio: Initialize core virtio vsock
before registering the driver", Stefan pointed out some possible issues
in the .probe() and .remove() callbacks of the virtio-vsock driver.

This series tries to solve these issues:
- Patch 1 adds RCU critical sections to avoid use-after-free of
  'the_virtio_vsock' pointer.
- Patch 2 stops workers before to call vdev->config->reset(vdev) to
  be sure that no one is accessing the device.
- Patch 3 moves the works flush at the end of the .remove() to avoid
  use-after-free of 'vsock' object.

v2:
- Patch 1: use RCU to protect 'the_virtio_vsock' pointer
- Patch 2: no changes
- Patch 3: flush works only at the end of .remove()
- Removed patch 4 because virtqueue_detach_unused_buf() returns all the buffers
  allocated.

v1: https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10964733/
This looks good to me.

Did you run any stress tests?  For example an SMP guest constantly
connecting and sending packets together with a script that
hotplug/unplugs vhost-vsock-pci from the host side.

Stefan

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