RE: [PATCH 3/3] dmaengine: idxd: Do not call DMX TX callbacks during workqueue disable

From: Yu, Fenghua
Date: Fri Dec 02 2022 - 16:13:08 EST


Hi, Reinette,

> On driver unload any pending descriptors are flushed and pending DMA
> descriptors are explicitly completed:
> idxd_dmaengine_drv_remove() ->
> drv_disable_wq() ->
> idxd_wq_free_irq() ->
> idxd_flush_pending_descs() ->
> idxd_dma_complete_txd()
>
> With this done during driver unload any remaining descriptor is likely stuck and
> can be dropped. Even so, the descriptor may still have a callback set that could
> no longer be accessible. An example of such a problem is when the dmatest fails
> and the dmatest module is unloaded. The failure of dmatest leaves descriptors
> with dma_async_tx_descriptor::callback pointing to code that no longer exist.
> This causes a page fault as below at the time the IDXD driver is unloaded when it
> attempts to run the callback:
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffc0665190
> #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
> #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
>
> Fix this by clearing the callback pointers on the transmit descriptors only when
> workqueue is disabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> History of refactoring made the Fixes: hard to identify by me.
>
> drivers/dma/idxd/device.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c index
> b4d7bb923a40..2ac71a34fa34 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/device.c
> @@ -1156,6 +1156,7 @@ int idxd_device_load_config(struct idxd_device *idxd)
>
> static void idxd_flush_pending_descs(struct idxd_irq_entry *ie) {
> + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;

Nitpicking. It's better to move this line to below:

> struct idxd_desc *desc, *itr;
> struct llist_node *head;
> LIST_HEAD(flist);
> @@ -1175,6 +1176,15 @@ static void idxd_flush_pending_descs(struct
> idxd_irq_entry *ie)
> list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, itr, &flist, list) {

here?
+ struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;

> list_del(&desc->list);
> ctype = desc->completion->status ?
> IDXD_COMPLETE_NORMAL : IDXD_COMPLETE_ABORT;
> + /*
> + * wq is being disabled. Any remaining descriptors are
> + * likely to be stuck and can be dropped. callback could
> + * point to code that is no longer accessible, for example
> + * if dmatest module has been unloaded.
> + */
> + tx = &desc->txd;
> + tx->callback = NULL;
> + tx->callback_result = NULL;
> idxd_dma_complete_txd(desc, ctype, true);
> }
> }
> --
> 2.34.1

Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

-Fenghua