[PATCH] xen/xenbus: fix locking

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Thu Mar 05 2020 - 05:03:29 EST


Commit 060eabe8fbe726 ("xenbus/backend: Protect xenbus callback with
lock") introduced a bug by holding a lock while calling a function
which might schedule.

Fix that by using a semaphore instead.

Fixes: 060eabe8fbe726 ("xenbus/backend: Protect xenbus callback with lock")
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 10 +++++-----
drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c | 5 +++--
include/xen/xenbus.h | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
index 66975da4f3b6..8c4d05b687b7 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ int xenbus_dev_probe(struct device *_dev)
goto fail;
}

- spin_lock(&dev->reclaim_lock);
+ down(&dev->reclaim_sem);
err = drv->probe(dev, id);
- spin_unlock(&dev->reclaim_lock);
+ up(&dev->reclaim_sem);
if (err)
goto fail_put;

@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ int xenbus_dev_remove(struct device *_dev)
free_otherend_watch(dev);

if (drv->remove) {
- spin_lock(&dev->reclaim_lock);
+ down(&dev->reclaim_sem);
drv->remove(dev);
- spin_unlock(&dev->reclaim_lock);
+ up(&dev->reclaim_sem);
}

module_put(drv->driver.owner);
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ int xenbus_probe_node(struct xen_bus_type *bus,
goto fail;

dev_set_name(&xendev->dev, "%s", devname);
- spin_lock_init(&xendev->reclaim_lock);
+ sema_init(&xendev->reclaim_sem, 1);

/* Register with generic device framework. */
err = device_register(&xendev->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
index 791f6fe01e91..9b2fbe69bccc 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_backend.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/semaphore.h>

#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -257,10 +258,10 @@ static int backend_reclaim_memory(struct device *dev, void *data)
drv = to_xenbus_driver(dev->driver);
if (drv && drv->reclaim_memory) {
xdev = to_xenbus_device(dev);
- if (!spin_trylock(&xdev->reclaim_lock))
+ if (down_trylock(&xdev->reclaim_sem))
return 0;
drv->reclaim_memory(xdev);
- spin_unlock(&xdev->reclaim_lock);
+ up(&xdev->reclaim_sem);
}
return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/xen/xenbus.h b/include/xen/xenbus.h
index 89a889585ba0..850a43bd69d3 100644
--- a/include/xen/xenbus.h
+++ b/include/xen/xenbus.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/semaphore.h>
#include <xen/interface/xen.h>
#include <xen/interface/grant_table.h>
#include <xen/interface/io/xenbus.h>
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ struct xenbus_device {
enum xenbus_state state;
struct completion down;
struct work_struct work;
- spinlock_t reclaim_lock;
+ struct semaphore reclaim_sem;
};

static inline struct xenbus_device *to_xenbus_device(struct device *dev)
--
2.16.4