Re: [PATCH v3 10/15] KVM: arm64: Introduce wrappers for host and hyp spin lock accessors

From: Andrew Walbran
Date: Tue Dec 14 2021 - 09:48:46 EST


On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 17:04, 'Quentin Perret' via kernel-team
<kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In preparation for adding additional locked sections for manipulating
> page-tables at EL2, introduce some simple wrappers around the host and
> hypervisor locks so that it's a bit easier to read and bit more difficult
> to take the wrong lock (or even take them in the wrong order).
Looks good, but how does this help prevent taking locks in the wrong order?

>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
> index c1a90dd022b8..757dfefe3aeb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,26 @@ static struct hyp_pool host_s2_pool;
>
> const u8 pkvm_hyp_id = 1;
>
> +static void host_lock_component(void)
> +{
> + hyp_spin_lock(&host_kvm.lock);
> +}
> +
> +static void host_unlock_component(void)
> +{
> + hyp_spin_unlock(&host_kvm.lock);
> +}
> +
> +static void hyp_lock_component(void)
> +{
> + hyp_spin_lock(&pkvm_pgd_lock);
> +}
> +
> +static void hyp_unlock_component(void)
> +{
> + hyp_spin_unlock(&pkvm_pgd_lock);
> +}
> +
> static void *host_s2_zalloc_pages_exact(size_t size)
> {
> void *addr = hyp_alloc_pages(&host_s2_pool, get_order(size));
> @@ -338,14 +358,14 @@ static int host_stage2_idmap(u64 addr)
>
> prot = is_memory ? PKVM_HOST_MEM_PROT : PKVM_HOST_MMIO_PROT;
>
> - hyp_spin_lock(&host_kvm.lock);
> + host_lock_component();
> ret = host_stage2_adjust_range(addr, &range);
> if (ret)
> goto unlock;
>
> ret = host_stage2_idmap_locked(range.start, range.end - range.start, prot);
> unlock:
> - hyp_spin_unlock(&host_kvm.lock);
> + host_unlock_component();
>
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -369,8 +389,8 @@ int __pkvm_host_share_hyp(u64 pfn)
> if (!addr_is_memory(addr))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - hyp_spin_lock(&host_kvm.lock);
> - hyp_spin_lock(&pkvm_pgd_lock);
> + host_lock_component();
> + hyp_lock_component();
>
> ret = kvm_pgtable_get_leaf(&host_kvm.pgt, addr, &pte, NULL);
> if (ret)
> @@ -432,8 +452,8 @@ int __pkvm_host_share_hyp(u64 pfn)
> BUG_ON(ret);
>
> unlock:
> - hyp_spin_unlock(&pkvm_pgd_lock);
> - hyp_spin_unlock(&host_kvm.lock);
> + hyp_unlock_component();
> + host_unlock_component();
>
> return ret;
> }
> --
> 2.34.0.rc2.393.gf8c9666880-goog
>
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