From: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
To: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, freude@linux.ibm.com,
borntraeger@de.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com, david@redhat.com,
mjrosato@linux.ibm.com, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com,
heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, pmorel@linux.ibm.com,
pasic@linux.ibm.com, alex.williamson@redhat.com,
kwankhede@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] s390: zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in use
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 17:11:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <089663dd-2e6d-cbb7-c1ef-a8a4b325abd3@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190709124920.3a910dca.cohuck@redhat.com>
On 7/9/19 6:49 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 10:27:11 -0400
> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> On 7/1/19 3:26 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:04:18 -0400
>>> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Allow me to first address your fear that a bad actor can hog
>>>> resources that can't be removed by root. With this enhancement,
>>>> there is nothing preventing a root user from taking resources
>>>> from a matrix mdev, it simply forces him/her to follow the
>>>> proper procedure. The resources to be removed must first be
>>>> unassigned from the matrix mdev to which they are assigned.
>>>> The AP bus's /sys/bus/ap/apmask and /sys/bus/ap/aqmask
>>>> sysfs attributes can then be edited to transfer ownership
>>>> of the resources to zcrypt.
>>>
>>> What is the suggested procedure when root wants to unbind a queue
>>> device? Find the mdev using the queue (is that easy enough?), unassign
>>> it, then unbind? Failing to unbind is a bit unexpected; can we point
>>> the admin to the correct mdev from which the queue has to be removed
>>> first?
>>
>> The proper procedure is to first unassign the adapter, domain, or both
>> from the mdev to which the APQN is assigned. The difficulty in finding
>> the queue depends upon how many mdevs have been created. I would expect
>> that an admin would keep records of who owns what, but in the case he or
>> she doesn't, it would be a matter of printing out the matrix attribute
>> of each mdev until you find the mdev to which the APQN is assigned.
>
> Ok, so the information is basically available, if needed.
>
>> The only means I know of for informing the admin to which mdev a given
>> APQN is assigned is to log the error when it occurs.
>
> That might be helpful, if it's easy to do.
>
>> I think Matt is
>> also looking to provide query functions in the management tool on which
>> he is currently working.
>
> That also sounds helpful.
>
> (...)
>
>>>> * It forces the use of the proper procedure to change ownership of AP
>>>> queues.
>>>
>>> This needs to be properly documented, and the admin needs to have a
>>> chance to find out why unbinding didn't work and what needs to be done
>>> (see my comments above).
>>
>> I will create a section in the vfio-ap.txt document that comes with this
>> patch set describing the proper procedure for unbinding queues. Of
>> course, we'll make sure the official IBM doc also more thoroughly
>> describes this.
>
> +1 for good documentation.
>
> With that, I don't really object to this change.
Then I will make the suggested changes and post v5 to the list.
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-09 21:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-13 19:39 [PATCH v4 0/7] s390: vfio-ap: dynamic configuration support Tony Krowiak
2019-06-13 19:39 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] s390: vfio-ap: Refactor vfio_ap driver probe and remove callbacks Tony Krowiak
2019-06-17 8:27 ` Harald Freudenberger
2019-06-17 14:24 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-18 16:14 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-06-19 12:31 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-13 19:39 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] s390: vfio-ap: wait for queue empty on queue reset Tony Krowiak
2019-06-17 8:47 ` Harald Freudenberger
2019-06-17 14:29 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-13 19:39 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] s390: zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in use Tony Krowiak
2019-06-17 9:28 ` Harald Freudenberger
2019-06-17 14:37 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-18 16:25 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-06-19 13:04 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-26 21:13 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-27 7:25 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-06-27 12:59 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-07-01 19:26 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-08 14:27 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-07-09 10:49 ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-09 21:11 ` Tony Krowiak [this message]
2019-06-13 19:39 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] s390: vfio-ap: implement in-use callback for vfio_ap driver Tony Krowiak
2019-06-13 19:39 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] s390: vfio-ap: allow assignment of unavailable AP resources to mdev device Tony Krowiak
2019-06-17 10:05 ` Harald Freudenberger
2019-06-17 15:07 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-18 6:49 ` Harald Freudenberger
2019-06-19 13:39 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-06-13 19:39 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] s390: vfio-ap: allow hot plug/unplug of AP resources using " Tony Krowiak
2019-06-13 19:39 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] s390: vfio-ap: update documentation Tony Krowiak
2019-06-17 11:42 ` Harald Freudenberger
2019-06-17 15:21 ` Tony Krowiak
2019-07-09 15:30 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] s390: vfio-ap: dynamic configuration support Halil Pasic
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