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authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2025-05-22 16:52:12 -0700
committerSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2025-06-23 09:50:54 -0700
commit140768a7bf03df2a746cdbd4b6dc938d80caad8d (patch)
tree67469cd2a2f41f34b019397d60e1addb317b123a
parent283ed5001d6852f85c09ed2522331b2b197ba937 (diff)
KVM: Acquire SCRU lock outside of irqfds.lock during assignment
Acquire SRCU outside of irqfds.lock so that the locking is symmetrical, and add a comment explaining why on earth KVM holds SRCU for so long. Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250522235223.3178519-3-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
-rw-r--r--virt/kvm/eventfd.c19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index 0b655376734e..614f81cd37c1 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -394,6 +394,18 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
*/
init_waitqueue_func_entry(&irqfd->wait, irqfd_wakeup);
+ /*
+ * Set the irqfd routing and add it to KVM's list before registering
+ * the irqfd with the eventfd, so that the routing information is valid
+ * and stays valid, e.g. if there are GSI routing changes, prior to
+ * making the irqfd visible, i.e. before it might be signaled.
+ *
+ * Note, holding SRCU ensures a stable read of routing information, and
+ * also prevents irqfd_shutdown() from freeing the irqfd before it's
+ * fully initialized.
+ */
+ idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu);
+
spin_lock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
ret = 0;
@@ -402,11 +414,9 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
continue;
/* This fd is used for another irq already. */
ret = -EBUSY;
- spin_unlock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
- goto fail;
+ goto fail_duplicate;
}
- idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu);
irqfd_update(kvm, irqfd);
list_add_tail(&irqfd->list, &kvm->irqfds.items);
@@ -441,6 +451,9 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->irq_srcu, idx);
return 0;
+fail_duplicate:
+ spin_unlock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
+ srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->irq_srcu, idx);
fail:
if (irqfd->resampler)
irqfd_resampler_shutdown(irqfd);