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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [PVOPS] fix gntdev on PAE

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 06/01/2010 09:36 AM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> >>> Performances shouldn't matter in this case.
> >>> Something like this:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> The problem is that the rcu lock disables preemption, so anything inside
> >> it must be non-scheduling.  So it would need to be a spinlock type
> >> thing, I think.
> >>     
> > right, in fact rwlock is a rw spinlock if I am not mistaken
> >   
> 
> Ah, yes.  The problem with just making it a spinlock is that other parts
> of the code do copy_from_user while holding it, so they would need to be
> restructured to avoid that.
> 

Yes, you are right. I fixed the patch to do that, however I couldn't
actually reproduce the bug you are seeing so I couldn't test the error
path at all...

---

diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
index ddc59cc..0e571bd 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
 
 #include <xen/xen.h>
 #include <xen/grant_table.h>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct gntdev_priv {
        struct list_head maps;
        uint32_t used;
        uint32_t limit;
-       struct rw_semaphore sem;
+       rwlock_t rwlock;
        struct mm_struct *mm;
        struct mmu_notifier mn;
 };
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ static void gntdev_print_maps(struct gntdev_priv *priv,
                       map->index == text_index && text ? text : "");
 }
 
-static struct grant_map *gntdev_add_map(struct gntdev_priv *priv, int count)
+static struct grant_map *gntdev_alloc_map(struct gntdev_priv *priv, int count)
 {
-       struct grant_map *map, *add;
+       struct grant_map *add;
 
        add = kzalloc(sizeof(struct grant_map), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (NULL == add)
@@ -104,8 +104,20 @@ static struct grant_map *gntdev_add_map(struct gntdev_priv 
*priv, int count)
        add->count = count;
        add->priv  = priv;
 
-       if (add->count + priv->used > priv->limit)
-               goto err;
+       if (add->count + priv->used <= priv->limit)
+               return add;
+
+err:
+       kfree(add->grants);
+       kfree(add->map_ops);
+       kfree(add->unmap_ops);
+       kfree(add);
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static void gntdev_add_map(struct gntdev_priv *priv, struct grant_map *add)
+{
+       struct grant_map *map;
 
        list_for_each_entry(map, &priv->maps, next) {
                if (add->index + add->count < map->index) {
@@ -120,14 +132,6 @@ done:
        priv->used += add->count;
        if (debug)
                gntdev_print_maps(priv, "[new]", add->index);
-       return add;
-
-err:
-       kfree(add->grants);
-       kfree(add->map_ops);
-       kfree(add->unmap_ops);
-       kfree(add);
-       return NULL;
 }
 
 static struct grant_map *gntdev_find_map_index(struct gntdev_priv *priv, int 
index,
@@ -174,11 +178,17 @@ static int gntdev_del_map(struct grant_map *map)
 
        map->priv->used -= map->count;
        list_del(&map->next);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static void gntdev_free_map(struct grant_map *map)
+{
+       if (!map)
+               return;
        kfree(map->grants);
        kfree(map->map_ops);
        kfree(map->unmap_ops);
        kfree(map);
-       return 0;
 }
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -277,7 +287,7 @@ static void mn_invl_range_start(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
        unsigned long mstart, mend;
        int err;
 
-       down_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_lock(&priv->rwlock);
        list_for_each_entry(map, &priv->maps, next) {
                if (!map->vma)
                        continue;
@@ -299,7 +309,7 @@ static void mn_invl_range_start(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
                                        (mend - mstart) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
                WARN_ON(err);
        }
-       up_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
 }
 
 static void mn_invl_page(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
@@ -316,7 +326,7 @@ static void mn_release(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
        struct grant_map *map;
        int err;
 
-       down_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_lock(&priv->rwlock);
        list_for_each_entry(map, &priv->maps, next) {
                if (!map->vma)
                        continue;
@@ -327,7 +337,7 @@ static void mn_release(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
                err = unmap_grant_pages(map, 0, map->count);
                WARN_ON(err);
        }
-       up_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
 }
 
 struct mmu_notifier_ops gntdev_mmu_ops = {
@@ -347,7 +357,7 @@ static int gntdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file 
*flip)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->maps);
-       init_rwsem(&priv->sem);
+       priv->rwlock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
        priv->limit = limit;
 
        priv->mm = get_task_mm(current);
@@ -375,13 +385,21 @@ static int gntdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct 
file *flip)
        if (debug)
                printk("%s: priv %p\n", __FUNCTION__, priv);
 
-       down_write(&priv->sem);
-       while (!list_empty(&priv->maps)) {
-               map = list_entry(priv->maps.next, struct grant_map, next);
-               err = gntdev_del_map(map);
-               WARN_ON(err);
+       while (1) {
+               write_lock(&priv->rwlock);
+               if (!list_empty(&priv->maps)) {
+                       map = list_entry(priv->maps.next, struct grant_map, 
next);
+                       err = gntdev_del_map(map);
+                       write_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
+                       if (err)
+                               WARN_ON(err);
+                       else
+                               gntdev_free_map(map);
+               } else {
+                       write_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
+                       break;
+               }
        }
-       up_write(&priv->sem);
        mmu_notifier_unregister(&priv->mn, priv->mm);
        kfree(priv);
        return 0;
@@ -404,27 +422,29 @@ static long gntdev_ioctl_map_grant_ref(struct gntdev_priv 
*priv,
        if (unlikely(op.count > priv->limit))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       down_write(&priv->sem);
        err = -ENOMEM;
-       map = gntdev_add_map(priv, op.count);
+       map = gntdev_alloc_map(priv, op.count);
        if (!map)
-               goto err_unlock;
-
-       err = -ENOMEM;
+               return err;
        if (copy_from_user(map->grants, &u->refs,
-                          sizeof(map->grants[0]) * op.count) != 0)
-               goto err_free;
+                          sizeof(map->grants[0]) * op.count) != 0) {
+               gntdev_free_map(map);
+               return err;
+       }
+
+       write_lock(&priv->rwlock);
+       gntdev_add_map(priv, map);
+
        op.index = map->index << PAGE_SHIFT;
-       if (copy_to_user(u, &op, sizeof(op)) != 0)
-               goto err_free;
-       up_write(&priv->sem);
+       write_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
+       if (copy_to_user(u, &op, sizeof(op)) != 0) {
+               write_lock(&priv->rwlock);
+               gntdev_del_map(map);
+               write_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
+               gntdev_free_map(map);
+               return err;
+       }
        return 0;
-
-err_free:
-       gntdev_del_map(map);
-err_unlock:
-       up_write(&priv->sem);
-       return err;
 }
 
 static long gntdev_ioctl_unmap_grant_ref(struct gntdev_priv *priv,
@@ -440,11 +460,13 @@ static long gntdev_ioctl_unmap_grant_ref(struct 
gntdev_priv *priv,
                printk("%s: priv %p, del %d+%d\n", __FUNCTION__, priv,
                       (int)op.index, (int)op.count);
 
-       down_write(&priv->sem);
+       write_lock(&priv->rwlock);
        map = gntdev_find_map_index(priv, op.index >> PAGE_SHIFT, op.count);
        if (map)
                err = gntdev_del_map(map);
-       up_write(&priv->sem);
+       write_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
+       if (!err)
+               gntdev_free_map(map);
        return err;
 }
 
@@ -460,16 +482,16 @@ static long gntdev_ioctl_get_offset_for_vaddr(struct 
gntdev_priv *priv,
                printk("%s: priv %p, offset for vaddr %lx\n", __FUNCTION__, 
priv,
                       (unsigned long)op.vaddr);
 
-       down_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_lock(&priv->rwlock);
        map = gntdev_find_map_vaddr(priv, op.vaddr);
        if (map == NULL ||
            map->vma->vm_start != op.vaddr) {
-               up_read(&priv->sem);
+               read_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        op.offset = map->index << PAGE_SHIFT;
        op.count = map->count;
-       up_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
 
        if (copy_to_user(u, &op, sizeof(op)) != 0)
                return -EFAULT;
@@ -488,9 +510,9 @@ static long gntdev_ioctl_set_max_grants(struct gntdev_priv 
*priv,
        if (op.count > limit)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       down_write(&priv->sem);
+       write_lock(&priv->rwlock);
        priv->limit = op.count;
-       up_write(&priv->sem);
+       write_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -538,7 +560,7 @@ static int gntdev_mmap(struct file *flip, struct 
vm_area_struct *vma)
                printk("%s: map %d+%d at %lx (pgoff %lx)\n", __FUNCTION__,
                       index, count, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_pgoff);
 
-       down_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_lock(&priv->rwlock);
        map = gntdev_find_map_index(priv, index, count);
        if (!map)
                goto unlock_out;
@@ -580,7 +602,7 @@ static int gntdev_mmap(struct file *flip, struct 
vm_area_struct *vma)
        map->is_mapped = 1;
 
 unlock_out:
-       up_read(&priv->sem);
+       read_unlock(&priv->rwlock);
        return err;
 }
 

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