Re: [PATCH v2] x86/ioapic: Don't return 0 from arch_dynirq_lower_bound()

From: Saurabh Singh Sengar
Date: Tue Apr 11 2023 - 02:09:59 EST


On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:30:04AM -0700, Saurabh Sengar wrote:
> arch_dynirq_lower_bound() is invoked by the core interrupt code to
> retrieve the lowest possible Linux interrupt number for dynamically
> allocated interrupts like MSI.
>
> The x86 implementation uses this to exclude the IO/APIC GSI space.
> This works correctly as long as there is an IO/APIC registered, but
> returns 0 if not. This has been observed in VMs where the BIOS does
> not advertise an IO/APIC.
>
> 0 is an invalid interrupt number except for the legacy timer interrupt
> on x86. The return value is unchecked in the core code, so it ends up
> to allocate interrupt number 0 which is subsequently considered to be
> invalid by the caller, e.g. the MSI allocation code.
>
> The function has already a check for 0 in the case that an IO/APIC is
> registered, but ioapic_dynirq_base is 0 in case of device tree setups.
>
> Consolidate this and zero check for both ioapic_dynirq_base and gsi_top,
> which is used in the case that no IO/APIC is registered.
>
> Fixes: 3e5bedc2c258 ("x86/apic: Fix arch_dynirq_lower_bound() bug for DT enabled machines")
> Co-developed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> [V2]
> - Edit commit message
> - Consolidated the 0 check for ioapic_dynirq_base as well
>
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 14 +++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> index 1f83b052bb74..f980b38b0227 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> @@ -2477,17 +2477,21 @@ static int io_apic_get_redir_entries(int ioapic)
>
> unsigned int arch_dynirq_lower_bound(unsigned int from)
> {
> + unsigned int ret;
> +
> /*
> * dmar_alloc_hwirq() may be called before setup_IO_APIC(), so use
> * gsi_top if ioapic_dynirq_base hasn't been initialized yet.
> */
> - if (!ioapic_initialized)
> - return gsi_top;
> + ret = ioapic_dynirq_base ? : gsi_top;
> +
> /*
> - * For DT enabled machines ioapic_dynirq_base is irrelevant and not
> - * updated. So simply return @from if ioapic_dynirq_base == 0.
> + * For DT enabled machines ioapic_dynirq_base is irrelevant and
> + * always 0. gsi_top can be 0 if there is no IO/APIC registered.
> + * 0 is an invalid interrupt number for dynamic allocations. Return
> + * @from instead.
> */
> - return ioapic_dynirq_base ? : from;
> + return ret ? : from;
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32

Is this good to get accepted ? Please let me know if anything pending from my end on this.

- Saurabh

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