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SubjectRe: [test result] dirty logging without srcu update -- Re: [RFC][PATCH] srcu: Implement call_srcu()
On 02/02/2012 04:44 PM, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
> Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > > I have one concern about correctness issue though:
> > >
> > > concurrent rmap write protection may not be safe due to
> > > delayed tlb flush ... cannot happen?
> >
> > What do you mean by concurrent rmap write protection?
> >
>
> Not sure, but other codes like:
>
> - mmu_sync_children()
> for_each_sp(pages, sp, parents, i)
> protected |= rmap_write_protect(vcpu->kvm, sp->gfn);
>
> if (protected)
> kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
>
> - kvm_mmu_get_page()
> if (rmap_write_protect(vcpu->kvm, gfn))
> kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
>
> I just wondered what can happen if GET_DIRTY_LOG is being processed
> behind these processing?

It's a bug. If the flush happens outside the spinlock, then one of the
callers can return before it is assured the tlb is flushed.

A B

spin_lock
clear pte.w
spin_unlock
spin_lock
pte.w already clear
spin_unlock
skip flush
return
flush


>
>
> They may find nothing to write protect and won't do kvm_flush_remote_tlbs()
> if the gfn has been already protected by GET_DIRTY_LOG.
>
> But GET_DIRTY_LOG may still be busy write protecting other pages and
> others can return before. (My code releases mmu_lock to not include
> __put_user() in the critical section.)
>
> I am not still enough familier with these code yet.

It's actually an advantage, since you don't have any assumptions on how
the code works.

> (maybe empty concern)

Nope, good catch of this subtle bug.

--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function



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