Re: [PATCH 3/4] vsock/virtio: fix flush of works during the .remove()

[Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>]

On 2019/5/31 下午4:18, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 07:59:14PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> On 2019/5/30 下午6:10, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 05:46:18PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>> On 2019/5/29 下午6:58, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 11:22:40AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>>>> On 2019/5/28 下午6:56, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>>>>>>> @@ -690,6 +693,9 @@ static void virtio_vsock_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>>>>>>>      	vsock->event_run = false;
>>>>>>>      	mutex_unlock(&vsock->event_lock);
>>>>>>> +	/* Flush all pending works */
>>>>>>> +	virtio_vsock_flush_works(vsock);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>      	/* Flush all device writes and interrupts, device will not use any
>>>>>>>      	 * more buffers.
>>>>>>>      	 */
>>>>>>> @@ -726,6 +732,11 @@ static void virtio_vsock_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>>>>>>>      	/* Delete virtqueues and flush outstanding callbacks if any */
>>>>>>>      	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
>>>>>>> +	/* Other works can be queued before 'config->del_vqs()', so we flush
>>>>>>> +	 * all works before to free the vsock object to avoid use after free.
>>>>>>> +	 */
>>>>>>> +	virtio_vsock_flush_works(vsock);
>>>>>> Some questions after a quick glance:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) It looks to me that the work could be queued from the path of
>>>>>> vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() . Is that synchronized here?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Both virtio_transport_send_pkt() and vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() can
>>>>> queue work from the upper layer (socket).
>>>>>
>>>>> Setting the_virtio_vsock to NULL, should synchronize, but after a careful look
>>>>> a rare issue could happen:
>>>>> we are setting the_virtio_vsock to NULL at the start of .remove() and we
>>>>> are freeing the object pointed by it at the end of .remove(), so
>>>>> virtio_transport_send_pkt() or vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() may still be
>>>>> running, accessing the object that we are freed.
>>>> Yes, that's my point.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Should I use something like RCU to prevent this issue?
>>>>>
>>>>>        virtio_transport_send_pkt() and vsock_transport_cancel_pkt()
>>>>>        {
>>>>>            rcu_read_lock();
>>>>>            vsock = rcu_dereference(the_virtio_vsock_mutex);
>>>> RCU is probably a way to go. (Like what vhost_transport_send_pkt() did).
>>>>
>>> Okay, I'm going this way.
>>>
>>>>>            ...
>>>>>            rcu_read_unlock();
>>>>>        }
>>>>>
>>>>>        virtio_vsock_remove()
>>>>>        {
>>>>>            rcu_assign_pointer(the_virtio_vsock_mutex, NULL);
>>>>>            synchronize_rcu();
>>>>>
>>>>>            ...
>>>>>
>>>>>            free(vsock);
>>>>>        }
>>>>>
>>>>> Could there be a better approach?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) If we decide to flush after dev_vqs(), is tx_run/rx_run/event_run still
>>>>>> needed? It looks to me we've already done except that we need flush rx_work
>>>>>> in the end since send_pkt_work can requeue rx_work.
>>>>> The main reason of tx_run/rx_run/event_run is to prevent that a worker
>>>>> function is running while we are calling config->reset().
>>>>>
>>>>> E.g. if an interrupt comes between virtio_vsock_flush_works() and
>>>>> config->reset(), it can queue new works that can access the device while
>>>>> we are in config->reset().
>>>>>
>>>>> IMHO they are still needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think?
>>>> I mean could we simply do flush after reset once and without tx_rx/rx_run
>>>> tricks?
>>>>
>>>> rest();
>>>>
>>>> virtio_vsock_flush_work();
>>>>
>>>> virtio_vsock_free_buf();
>>> My only doubt is:
>>> is it safe to call config->reset() while a worker function could access
>>> the device?
>>>
>>> I had this doubt reading the Michael's advice[1] and looking at
>>> virtnet_remove() where there are these lines before the config->reset():
>>>
>>> 	/* Make sure no work handler is accessing the device. */
>>> 	flush_work(&vi->config_work);
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stefano
>>>
>>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190521055650-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org
>>
>> Good point. Then I agree with you. But if we can use the RCU to detect the
>> detach of device from socket for these, it would be even better.
>>
> What about checking 'the_virtio_vsock' in the worker functions in a RCU
> critical section?
> In this way, I can remove the rx_run/tx_run/event_run.
>
> Do you think it's cleaner?


Yes, I think so.

Thanks


>
> Thank you very much,
> Stefano