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Remove the RCU-protected attribute from slot->gmem.file. No need to use RCU
primitives rcu_assign_pointer()/synchronize_rcu() to update this pointer.
- slot->gmem.file is updated in 3 places:
kvm_gmem_bind(), kvm_gmem_unbind(), kvm_gmem_release().
All of them are protected by kvm->slots_lock.
- slot->gmem.file is read in 2 paths:
(1) kvm_gmem_populate
kvm_gmem_get_file
__kvm_gmem_get_pfn
(2) kvm_gmem_get_pfn
kvm_gmem_get_file
__kvm_gmem_get_pfn
Path (1) kvm_gmem_populate() requires holding kvm->slots_lock, so
slot->gmem.file is protected by the kvm->slots_lock in this path.
Path (2) kvm_gmem_get_pfn() does not require holding kvm->slots_lock.
However, it's also not guarded by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock().
So synchronize_rcu() in kvm_gmem_unbind()/kvm_gmem_release() actually
will not wait for the readers in kvm_gmem_get_pfn() due to lack of RCU
read-side critical section.
The path (2) kvm_gmem_get_pfn() is safe without RCU protection because:
a) kvm_gmem_bind() is called on a new memslot, before the memslot is
visible to kvm_gmem_get_pfn().
b) kvm->srcu ensures that kvm_gmem_unbind() and freeing of a memslot
occur after the memslot is no longer visible to kvm_gmem_get_pfn().
c) get_file_active() ensures that kvm_gmem_get_pfn() will not access the
stale file if kvm_gmem_release() sets it to NULL. This is because if
kvm_gmem_release() occurs before kvm_gmem_get_pfn(), get_file_active()
will return NULL; if get_file_active() does not return NULL,
kvm_gmem_release() should not occur until after kvm_gmem_get_pfn()
releases the file reference.
Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
Message-ID: <20241104084303.29909-1-yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>