Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] s390/vfio-ap: control access to PQAP(AQIC) interception handler

[Tony Krowiak]

On 5/25/21 9:19 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 09:16:30AM -0400, Tony Krowiak wrote:
> > On 5/24/21 10:37 AM, Jason J. Herne wrote:
> > > On 5/21/21 3:36 PM, Tony Krowiak wrote:
> > > > The function pointer to the handler that processes interception of the
> > > > PQAP instruction is contained in the mdev. If the mdev is removed and
> > > > its storage de-allocated during the processing of the PQAP instruction,
> > > > the function pointer could get wiped out before the function is called
> > > > because there is currently nothing that controls access to it.
> > > >
> > > > This patch introduces two new functions:
> > > > * The kvm_arch_crypto_register_hook() function registers a function
> > > > pointer
> > > >     for processing intercepted crypto instructions.
> > > > * The kvm_arch_crypto_register_hook() function un-registers a function
> > > >     pointer that was previously registered.
> > > Typo: You meant kvm_arch_crypto_UNregister_hook() in the second bullet.
> > >
> > >
> > > Just one overall observation on this one. The whole hook system seems
> > > kind of over-engineered if this is our only use for it. It looks like a
> > > kvm_s390_crypto_hook is meant to link a specific module with a function
> > > pointer. Do we really need this concept?
> > >
> > > I think a simpler design could be to just place a mutex and a function
> > > pointer in the kvm_s390_crypto struct. Then you can grab the mutex in
> > > vfio_ap_ops.c when registering/unregistering. You would also grab the
> > > mutex in priv.c when calling the function pointer. What I am suggesting
> > > is essentially the exact same scheme you have implemented here, but
> > > simpler and with less infrastructure.
> > That would be great, however; when I implemented something similar, it
> > resulted in a
> > lockdep splat between the lock used to protect the hook and the
> > matrix_dev->lock used to
> > protect updates to matrix_mdev (including the freeing thereof). After
> > pulling what little hair
> > I have left out, this seemed like a reasonable solution, over-engineered
> > though it may be.
> > If somebody has a simpler solution, I'm all ears.
> Why can't you put the locks in the right order? It looked trivial, I'm confused.

Because the handle_pqap() function in priv.c does not have access to the
matrix_dev lock.

> Jason