Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 3/3] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:10:09 +0200

On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 12:08:47PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> Haven't really read the whole thing, just noticed something at a glance.
> 
> > +/* Expects to be always run from workqueue - which acts as
> > + * read-size critical section for our kind of RCU. */
> > +static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
> > +{
> > +	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = &net->dev.vqs[VHOST_NET_VQ_TX];
> > +	unsigned head, out, in, s;
> > +	struct msghdr msg = {
> > +		.msg_name = NULL,
> > +		.msg_namelen = 0,
> > +		.msg_control = NULL,
> > +		.msg_controllen = 0,
> > +		.msg_iov = vq->iov,
> > +		.msg_flags = MSG_DONTWAIT,
> > +	};
> > +	size_t len, total_len = 0;
> > +	int err, wmem;
> > +	size_t hdr_size;
> > +	struct socket *sock = rcu_dereference(vq->private_data);
> > +	if (!sock)
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	wmem = atomic_read(&sock->sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
> > +	if (wmem >= sock->sk->sk_sndbuf)
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	use_mm(net->dev.mm);
> 
> I haven't gone over all this code in detail, but that isolated reference count
> use looks suspicious. What prevents the mm from going away before
> you increment, if it's not the current one?

We take a reference to it before we start any virtqueues,
and stop all virtqueues before we drop the reference:
/* Caller should have device mutex */
static long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
{
        /* Is there an owner already? */
        if (dev->mm)
                return -EBUSY;
        /* No owner, become one */
        dev->mm = get_task_mm(current);
        return 0;
}

And 
vhost_dev_cleanup:
....

        if (dev->mm)
                mmput(dev->mm);
        dev->mm = NULL;
}

Fine?

> -Andi 
> 
> -- 
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