On 23/04/2025 12:06 pm, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 09:15:36AM +0000, CLEMENT MATHIEU--DRIF wrote:
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>> On 23/04/2025 8:00 am, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 05:38:20AM +0000, CLEMENT MATHIEU--DRIF wrote:
>>>> Address space creation might end up being called without holding the
>>>> bql as it is exposed through the IOMMU ops.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Clement Mathieu--Drif <[email protected]>
>>>> ---
>>>>    hw/i386/intel_iommu.c | 6 ++++++
>>>>    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
>>>> index dffd7ee885..cc8c9857e1 100644
>>>> --- a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
>>>> +++ b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
>>>> @@ -4238,6 +4238,12 @@ VTDAddressSpace *vtd_find_add_as(IntelIOMMUState 
>>>> *s, PCIBus *bus,
>>>>            vtd_dev_as->context_cache_entry.context_cache_gen = 0;
>>>>            vtd_dev_as->iova_tree = iova_tree_new();
>>>>
>>>> +        /*
>>>> +         * memory_region_add_subregion_overlap requires the bql,
>>>> +         * make sure we own it.
>>>> +         */
>>>> +        BQL_LOCK_GUARD();
>>>> +
>>>>            memory_region_init(&vtd_dev_as->root, OBJECT(s), name, 
>>>> UINT64_MAX);
>>>>            address_space_init(&vtd_dev_as->as, &vtd_dev_as->root, 
>>>> "vtd-root");
>>>
>>> Does not look like this addresses all races here:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]
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>>> while this can be a separate patch on top, I'd rather we just
>>> address everything in a single patchset.
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> We only aim to fix the potential crash here.
>> I saw Paolo's response and I know the race exists. I will send a patch
>> set to fix it soon but are you sure both fixes must be in the same
>> series? I think the nature is different.
>>
>> cmd
>
> If you have two races in the same function, fixing one can easily
> make another one occur more. Let's just fix it all please,
> I don't see any rush to apply a partial fix.
>

Fine, will do!

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