[PATCH] vfio/pci: take mmap write lock for io_remap_pfn_range

From: Yan Zhao
Date: Mon May 08 2023 - 09:23:54 EST


In VFIO type1, vaddr_get_pfns() will try fault in MMIO PFNs after
pin_user_pages_remote() returns -EFAULT.

follow_fault_pfn
fixup_user_fault
handle_mm_fault
handle_mm_fault
do_fault
do_shared_fault
do_fault
__do_fault
vfio_pci_mmap_fault
io_remap_pfn_range
remap_pfn_range
track_pfn_remap
vm_flags_set ==> mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_mm)
remap_pfn_range_notrack
vm_flags_set ==> mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_mm)

As io_remap_pfn_range() will call vm_flags_set() to update vm_flags [1],
holding of mmap write lock is required.
So, update vfio_pci_mmap_fault() to drop mmap read lock and take mmap
write lock.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230126193752.297968-3-surenb@xxxxxxxxxx
commit bc292ab00f6c ("mm: introduce vma->vm_flags wrapper functions")
commit 1c71222e5f23
("mm: replace vma->vm_flags direct modifications with modifier calls")

Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
index a5ab416cf476..5082f89152b3 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
@@ -1687,6 +1687,12 @@ static vm_fault_t vfio_pci_mmap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
struct vfio_pci_mmap_vma *mmap_vma;
vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;

+ mmap_assert_locked(vma->vm_mm);
+ mmap_read_unlock(vma->vm_mm);
+
+ if (mmap_write_lock_killable(vma->vm_mm))
+ return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
+
mutex_lock(&vdev->vma_lock);
down_read(&vdev->memory_lock);

@@ -1726,6 +1732,17 @@ static vm_fault_t vfio_pci_mmap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
up_out:
up_read(&vdev->memory_lock);
mutex_unlock(&vdev->vma_lock);
+ mmap_write_unlock(vma->vm_mm);
+
+ /* If PTE is installed successfully, add the completed flag to
+ * indicate mmap lock is released,
+ * otherwise retake the read lock
+ */
+ if (ret == VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)
+ ret |= VM_FAULT_COMPLETED;
+ else
+ mmap_read_lock(vma->vm_mm);
+
return ret;
}


base-commit: 705b004ee377b789e39ae237519bab714297ac83
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2.17.1