Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] s390/vfio-ap: fix circular lockdep when setting/clearing crypto masks

[Tony Krowiak]

On 2/19/21 8:45 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:15:47 -0500
> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This patch fixes a circular locking dependency in the CI introduced by
> > commit f21916ec4826 ("s390/vfio-ap: clean up vfio_ap resources when KVM
> > pointer invalidated"). The lockdep only occurs when starting a Secure
> > Execution guest. Crypto virtualization (vfio_ap) is not yet supported for
> > SE guests; however, in order to avoid CI errors, this fix is being
> > provided.
> >
> > The circular lockdep was introduced when the masks in the guest's APCB
> > were taken under the matrix_dev->lock. While the lock is definitely
> > needed to protect the setting/unsetting of the KVM pointer, it is not
> > necessarily critical for setting the masks, so this will not be done under
> > protection of the matrix_dev->lock.
> >
> > Fixes: f21916ec4826 ("s390/vfio-ap: clean up vfio_ap resources when KVM pointer invalidated")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >   1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> I've been looking at the patch for a bit now and tried to follow down
> the various paths; and while I think it's ok, I do not really have
> enough confidence about that for a R-b. But have an
>
> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the review.

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