Re: [PATCH] s390/vfio-ap: Clean up vfio_ap resources when KVM pointer invalidated

[Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>]

On 12/4/20 2:05 PM, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:43:59 -0500
> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>>>> +{
>>>> +	if (matrix_mdev->kvm) {
>>>> +		(matrix_mdev->kvm);
>>>> +		matrix_mdev->kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = NULL;
>>> Is a plain assignment to arch.crypto.pqap_hook apropriate, or do we need
>>> to take more care?
>>>
>>> For instance kvm_arch_crypto_set_masks() takes kvm->lock before poking
>>> kvm->arch.crypto.crycb.
>> I do not think so. The CRYCB is used by KVM to provide crypto resources
>> to the guest so it makes sense to protect it from changes to it while
>> passing
>> the AP devices through to the guest. The hook is used only when an AQIC
>> executed on the guest is intercepted by KVM. If the notifier
>> is being invoked to notify vfio_ap that KVM has been set to NULL, this means
>> the guest is gone in which case there will be no AP instructions to
>> intercept.
> If the update to pqap_hook isn't observed as atomic we still have a
> problem. With torn writes or reads we would try to use a corrupt function
> pointer. While the compiler probably ain't likely to generate silly code
> for the above assignment (multiple write instructions less then
> quadword wide), I know of nothing that would prohibit the compiler to do
> so.

I'm sorry, but I still don't understand why you think this is a problem
given what I stated above.

>
> I'm not certain about the scope of the kvm->lock (if it's supposed to
> protect the whole sub-tree of objects). Maybe Janosch can help us out.
> @Janosch: what do you think?
>
> Regards,
> Halil