Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: Fix assigned device MSI-X entry setting leak

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Mon Feb 06 2012 - 16:46:50 EST


On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 21:11 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 02:05:54PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > We need to prioritize our matching when setting MSI-X vector
> > entries. Unused entries should only be used if we don't find
> > an exact match or else we risk duplicating entries. This was
> > causing an ENOSPC return when trying to mask and unmask MSI-X
> > vectors based on guest MSI-X table updates.
> >
> > The new KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX_MASK extension indicates the
> > presence of this fix.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > v2: Add capability indicating MSIX_MASKing now works.
> >
> > The faulting sequence went something like:
> >
> > Start:
> > [0] entry 0, vector A
> > [1] entry 1, vector B
> > [2] entry 2, vector C
> >
> > Set entry 1 to 0:
> > [0] entry 0, vector A
> > [1] entry 1->1, vector B->0
> > [2] entry 2, vector C
> >
> > Set entry 2 to 0:
> > [0] entry 0, vector A
> > [1] entry 1->2, vector 0->0 <- incorrectly matched
> > [2] entry 2, vector C
> >
> > Set entry 2 to C:
> > [0] entry 0, vector A
> > [1] entry 2->2, vector 0->C <- incorrectly matched again
> > [2] entry 2, vector C
> >
> > Set entry 1 to B:
> > [0] entry 0, vector A
> > [1] entry 2, vector C
> > [2] entry 2, vector C
> > -ENOSPC
> >
> > Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 5 +++--
> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 +
> > include/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
> > virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
> > 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> I don't object to fixing this bug. But I don't think
> we need a capability for this. Here's why:
>
> setting an entry to zero is not really matching
> what devices need, since that would lose interrupts.
> What devices need is mask entries to disable them,
> then unmask and get an interrupt if it was delayed.
>
> So, if we are going to add a new capability, how about
> sticking a mask bit in the padding instead?

I'll take a look. Are you suggesting then that we'd note the masked
interrupt was deferred and inject when unmasked?

> As was shown in the past this can even improve performance since we can
> propagate the mask bit back to the host device.

I'm dubious whether there's actually a use case that benefits from
pushing the mask down to hardware. The typical mask case is a temporary
mask to update the vector data/address then unmask. We're actually
accelerating that by not pushing it down to hardware. Are there real
world drivers that enable a vector and then mask it for an extended
period of time? Thanks,

Alex

> > diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> > index e1d94bf..dd0b554 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> > @@ -1304,8 +1304,9 @@ Type: vm ioctl
> > Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry (in)
> > Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
> >
> > -Specifies the routing of an MSI-X assigned device interrupt to a GSI. Setting
> > -the GSI vector to zero means disabling the interrupt.
> > +Specifies the routing of an MSI-X assigned device interrupt to a GSI. If
> > +KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX_MASK is available, setting the GSI vector to zero means
> > +disabling the interrupt.
> >
> > struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry {
> > __u32 assigned_dev_id;
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index 14d6cad..a35255e 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -2057,6 +2057,7 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension(long ext)
> > case KVM_CAP_XSAVE:
> > case KVM_CAP_ASYNC_PF:
> > case KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ:
> > + case KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX_MASK:
> > r = 1;
> > break;
> > case KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm.h b/include/linux/kvm.h
> > index 68e67e5..64438e6 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kvm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kvm.h
> > @@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo {
> > #define KVM_CAP_PPC_PAPR 68
> > #define KVM_CAP_S390_GMAP 71
> > #define KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER 72
> > +#define KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX_MASK 73
> >
> > #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
> >
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c b/virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c
> > index 758e3b3..58f3f6b 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c
> > @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ msix_nr_out:
> > static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_msix_entry(struct kvm *kvm,
> > struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry *entry)
> > {
> > - int r = 0, i;
> > + int r = 0, i, unused = -1;
> > struct kvm_assigned_dev_kernel *adev;
> >
> > mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
> > @@ -741,17 +741,24 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_msix_entry(struct kvm *kvm,
> > goto msix_entry_out;
> > }
> >
> > - for (i = 0; i < adev->entries_nr; i++)
> > - if (adev->guest_msix_entries[i].vector == 0 ||
> > - adev->guest_msix_entries[i].entry == entry->entry) {
> > + for (i = 0; i < adev->entries_nr; i++) {
> > + if (adev->guest_msix_entries[i].entry == entry->entry) {
> > adev->guest_msix_entries[i].entry = entry->entry;
> > adev->guest_msix_entries[i].vector = entry->gsi;
> > adev->host_msix_entries[i].entry = entry->entry;
> > break;
> > - }
> > + } else if (unused < 0 && !adev->guest_msix_entries[i].vector)
> > + unused = i;
> > + }
> > +
> > if (i == adev->entries_nr) {
> > - r = -ENOSPC;
> > - goto msix_entry_out;
> > + if (unused < 0) {
> > + r = -ENOSPC;
> > + goto msix_entry_out;
> > + }
> > + adev->guest_msix_entries[unused].entry = entry->entry;
> > + adev->guest_msix_entries[unused].vector = entry->gsi;
> > + adev->host_msix_entries[unused].entry = entry->entry;
> > }
> >
> > msix_entry_out:
> >
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