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From: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
To: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	cohuck@redhat.com, pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	jjherne@linux.ibm.com, alex.williamson@redhat.com,
	kwankhede@nvidia.com, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@stny.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] s390/vfio-ap: fix memory leak in mdev remove callback
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 10:19:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7fc8184-8a51-9c7e-6ef5-aa245edb7b9d@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41f48d58-687f-289c-3eb0-ef4001d16ff6@de.ibm.com>



On 5/12/21 11:32 AM, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>
>
> On 12.05.21 14:41, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 05:48:37PM -0400, Tony Krowiak wrote:
>>> The mdev remove callback for the vfio_ap device driver bails out with
>>> -EBUSY if the mdev is in use by a KVM guest. The intended purpose was
>>> to prevent the mdev from being removed while in use; however, 
>>> returning a
>>> non-zero rc does not prevent removal. This could result in a memory 
>>> leak
>>> of the resources allocated when the mdev was created. In addition, the
>>> KVM guest will still have access to the AP devices assigned to the mdev
>>> even though the mdev no longer exists.
>>>
>>> To prevent this scenario, cleanup will be done - including 
>>> unplugging the
>>> AP adapters, domains and control domains - regardless of whether the 
>>> mdev
>>> is in use by a KVM guest or not.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 258287c994de ("s390: vfio-ap: implement mediated device open 
>>> callback")
>>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>>> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@stny.rr.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 13 ++-----------
>>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> Can you please ensure this goes to a -rc branch or through Alex's
>> tree?
>
> So you want this is 5.13-rc?
> I can apply this to the s390 tree if that is ok.

If it is in time for 5.13.-rc, then yes, go ahead and
apply it.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-05-13 14:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-10 21:48 [PATCH v2] s390/vfio-ap: fix memory leak in mdev remove callback Tony Krowiak
2021-05-10 21:56 ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-12 10:35 ` Cornelia Huck
2021-05-12 12:41 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-05-12 15:32   ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-12 16:50     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-05-13 14:19     ` Tony Krowiak [this message]
2021-05-13 14:18   ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-13 17:25     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-05-13 17:32       ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-13 17:34         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-05-12 16:49 ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-12 18:35 ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-13 14:35   ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-13 17:45     ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-13 19:23       ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-14  0:15         ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-17 13:37           ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-17 19:10             ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-18  9:30               ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-18 13:42                 ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-18 13:59                   ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-18 15:33                     ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-18 17:01                       ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-18 23:27                         ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-19  8:17                           ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-19 11:22                             ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-19 12:59                               ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-19 13:02                               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-05-19 11:25                             ` Halil Pasic
2021-05-18 18:14                     ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-18 18:22                       ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-05-18 18:40                         ` Tony Krowiak
2021-05-18 13:41               ` Tony Krowiak

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