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[v5] x86/mm: Clean up p2m_finish_type_change return value

Message ID 20190329124940.24091-1-aisaila@bitdefender.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v5] x86/mm: Clean up p2m_finish_type_change return value | expand

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Alexandru Stefan ISAILA March 29, 2019, 12:50 p.m. UTC
In the case of any errors, finish_type_change() passes values returned
from p2m->recalc() up the stack (with some exceptions in the case where
an error is expected); this eventually ends up being returned to the
XEN_DOMOP_map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server hypercall.

However, on Intel processors (but not on AMD processor), p2m->recalc()
can also return '1' as well as '0'.  This case is handled very
inconsistently: finish_type_change() will return the value of the final
entry it attempts, discarding results for other entries;
p2m_finish_type_change() will attempt to accumulate '1's, so that it
returns '1' if any of the calls to finish_type_change() returns '1'; and
dm_op() will again return '1' only if the very last call to
p2m_finish_type_change() returns '1'.  The result is that the
XEN_DMOP_map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server() hypercall will sometimes return
0 and sometimes return 1 on success, in an unpredictable manner.

The hypercall documentation doesn't mention return values; but it's not
clear what the caller could do with the information about whether
entries had been changed or not.  At the moment it's always 0 on AMD
boxes, and *usually* 1 on Intel boxes; so nothing can be relying on a
'1' return value for correctness (or if it is, it's broken).

Make the return value on success consistently '0' by only returning
0/-ERROR from finish_type_change().  Also remove the accumulation code
from p2m_finish_type_change().

Suggested-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Isaila <aisaila@bitdefender.com>

---
Changes since V4:
	- Undo changes in p2m->recalc() and have 1 turn into 0 in
	finish_type_change().
---
 xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c | 16 +++++-----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Comments

Jan Beulich March 29, 2019, 1:01 p.m. UTC | #1
>>> On 29.03.19 at 13:50, <aisaila@bitdefender.com> wrote:
> @@ -1174,9 +1174,9 @@ static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
>          /*
>           * ept->recalc could return 0/1/-ENOMEM. pt->recalc could return
>           * 0/-ENOMEM/-ENOENT, -ENOENT isn't an error as we are looping
> -         * gfn here.
> +         * gfn here. If rc is 1 we need to have it 0 for success.
>           */
> -        if ( rc == -ENOENT )
> +        if ( rc == -ENOENT || rc == 1 )

I guess you mean "rc > 0" here? This and the comment are of course
easy enough to adjust while committing, and with the adjustments
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

> @@ -1213,19 +1213,13 @@ int p2m_finish_type_change(struct domain *d,
>              if ( d->arch.altp2m_eptp[i] != mfn_x(INVALID_MFN) )
>              {
>                  struct p2m_domain *altp2m = d->arch.altp2m_p2m[i];
> -                int rc1;
>  
>                  p2m_lock(altp2m);
> -                rc1 = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
> +                rc = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
>                  p2m_unlock(altp2m);
>  
> -                if ( rc1 < 0 )
> -                {
> -                    rc = rc1;
> +                if ( rc < 0 )

Along the lines of an earlier comment - I think it is generally
better to not special case negative return values when positive
ones don't have special meaning. But I know the code base is
very inconsistent about this, so I don't really mind leaving it as
is.

Jan
Alexandru Stefan ISAILA April 10, 2019, 8:19 a.m. UTC | #2
Roger/Paul are you ok with the latest changes? Can this go in?

Regards,
Alex

On 29.03.2019 14:50, Alexandru Stefan ISAILA wrote:
> In the case of any errors, finish_type_change() passes values returned
> from p2m->recalc() up the stack (with some exceptions in the case where
> an error is expected); this eventually ends up being returned to the
> XEN_DOMOP_map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server hypercall.
> 
> However, on Intel processors (but not on AMD processor), p2m->recalc()
> can also return '1' as well as '0'.  This case is handled very
> inconsistently: finish_type_change() will return the value of the final
> entry it attempts, discarding results for other entries;
> p2m_finish_type_change() will attempt to accumulate '1's, so that it
> returns '1' if any of the calls to finish_type_change() returns '1'; and
> dm_op() will again return '1' only if the very last call to
> p2m_finish_type_change() returns '1'.  The result is that the
> XEN_DMOP_map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server() hypercall will sometimes return
> 0 and sometimes return 1 on success, in an unpredictable manner.
> 
> The hypercall documentation doesn't mention return values; but it's not
> clear what the caller could do with the information about whether
> entries had been changed or not.  At the moment it's always 0 on AMD
> boxes, and *usually* 1 on Intel boxes; so nothing can be relying on a
> '1' return value for correctness (or if it is, it's broken).
> 
> Make the return value on success consistently '0' by only returning
> 0/-ERROR from finish_type_change().  Also remove the accumulation code
> from p2m_finish_type_change().
> 
> Suggested-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Isaila <aisaila@bitdefender.com>
> 
> ---
> Changes since V4:
> 	- Undo changes in p2m->recalc() and have 1 turn into 0 in
> 	finish_type_change().
> ---
>   xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c | 16 +++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
> index b9bbb8f485..5508cedc55 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
> @@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ void p2m_change_type_range(struct domain *d,
>    * Finish p2m type change for gfns which are marked as need_recalc in a range.
>    * Uses the current p2m's max_mapped_pfn to further clip the invalidation
>    * range for alternate p2ms.
> - * Returns: 0/1 for success, negative for failure
> + * Returns: 0 for success, negative for failure
>    */
>   static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
>                                 gfn_t first_gfn, unsigned long max_nr)
> @@ -1174,9 +1174,9 @@ static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
>           /*
>            * ept->recalc could return 0/1/-ENOMEM. pt->recalc could return
>            * 0/-ENOMEM/-ENOENT, -ENOENT isn't an error as we are looping
> -         * gfn here.
> +         * gfn here. If rc is 1 we need to have it 0 for success.
>            */
> -        if ( rc == -ENOENT )
> +        if ( rc == -ENOENT || rc == 1 )
>               rc = 0;
>           else if ( rc < 0 )
>           {
> @@ -1213,19 +1213,13 @@ int p2m_finish_type_change(struct domain *d,
>               if ( d->arch.altp2m_eptp[i] != mfn_x(INVALID_MFN) )
>               {
>                   struct p2m_domain *altp2m = d->arch.altp2m_p2m[i];
> -                int rc1;
>   
>                   p2m_lock(altp2m);
> -                rc1 = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
> +                rc = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
>                   p2m_unlock(altp2m);
>   
> -                if ( rc1 < 0 )
> -                {
> -                    rc = rc1;
> +                if ( rc < 0 )
>                       goto out;
> -                }
> -
> -                rc |= rc1;
>               }
>       }
>   #endif
>
Paul Durrant April 10, 2019, 8:43 a.m. UTC | #3
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xen-devel [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org] On Behalf Of Alexandru Stefan ISAILA
> Sent: 10 April 2019 09:19
> To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@citrix.com>; Paul Durrant
> <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
> Cc: Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com>; Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>; jbeulich@suse.com; Roger
> Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5] x86/mm: Clean up p2m_finish_type_change return value
> 
> Roger/Paul are you ok with the latest changes? Can this go in?
> 

Yes, I am happy for my R-b to be added if so desired.

  Paul

> Regards,
> Alex
> 
> On 29.03.2019 14:50, Alexandru Stefan ISAILA wrote:
> > In the case of any errors, finish_type_change() passes values returned
> > from p2m->recalc() up the stack (with some exceptions in the case where
> > an error is expected); this eventually ends up being returned to the
> > XEN_DOMOP_map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server hypercall.
> >
> > However, on Intel processors (but not on AMD processor), p2m->recalc()
> > can also return '1' as well as '0'.  This case is handled very
> > inconsistently: finish_type_change() will return the value of the final
> > entry it attempts, discarding results for other entries;
> > p2m_finish_type_change() will attempt to accumulate '1's, so that it
> > returns '1' if any of the calls to finish_type_change() returns '1'; and
> > dm_op() will again return '1' only if the very last call to
> > p2m_finish_type_change() returns '1'.  The result is that the
> > XEN_DMOP_map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server() hypercall will sometimes return
> > 0 and sometimes return 1 on success, in an unpredictable manner.
> >
> > The hypercall documentation doesn't mention return values; but it's not
> > clear what the caller could do with the information about whether
> > entries had been changed or not.  At the moment it's always 0 on AMD
> > boxes, and *usually* 1 on Intel boxes; so nothing can be relying on a
> > '1' return value for correctness (or if it is, it's broken).
> >
> > Make the return value on success consistently '0' by only returning
> > 0/-ERROR from finish_type_change().  Also remove the accumulation code
> > from p2m_finish_type_change().
> >
> > Suggested-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Isaila <aisaila@bitdefender.com>
> >
> > ---
> > Changes since V4:
> > 	- Undo changes in p2m->recalc() and have 1 turn into 0 in
> > 	finish_type_change().
> > ---
> >   xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c | 16 +++++-----------
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
> > index b9bbb8f485..5508cedc55 100644
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
> > @@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ void p2m_change_type_range(struct domain *d,
> >    * Finish p2m type change for gfns which are marked as need_recalc in a range.
> >    * Uses the current p2m's max_mapped_pfn to further clip the invalidation
> >    * range for alternate p2ms.
> > - * Returns: 0/1 for success, negative for failure
> > + * Returns: 0 for success, negative for failure
> >    */
> >   static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
> >                                 gfn_t first_gfn, unsigned long max_nr)
> > @@ -1174,9 +1174,9 @@ static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
> >           /*
> >            * ept->recalc could return 0/1/-ENOMEM. pt->recalc could return
> >            * 0/-ENOMEM/-ENOENT, -ENOENT isn't an error as we are looping
> > -         * gfn here.
> > +         * gfn here. If rc is 1 we need to have it 0 for success.
> >            */
> > -        if ( rc == -ENOENT )
> > +        if ( rc == -ENOENT || rc == 1 )
> >               rc = 0;
> >           else if ( rc < 0 )
> >           {
> > @@ -1213,19 +1213,13 @@ int p2m_finish_type_change(struct domain *d,
> >               if ( d->arch.altp2m_eptp[i] != mfn_x(INVALID_MFN) )
> >               {
> >                   struct p2m_domain *altp2m = d->arch.altp2m_p2m[i];
> > -                int rc1;
> >
> >                   p2m_lock(altp2m);
> > -                rc1 = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
> > +                rc = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
> >                   p2m_unlock(altp2m);
> >
> > -                if ( rc1 < 0 )
> > -                {
> > -                    rc = rc1;
> > +                if ( rc < 0 )
> >                       goto out;
> > -                }
> > -
> > -                rc |= rc1;
> >               }
> >       }
> >   #endif
> >
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Jan Beulich April 10, 2019, 9:54 a.m. UTC | #4
>>> On 10.04.19 at 10:19, <aisaila@bitdefender.com> wrote:
> Roger/Paul are you ok with the latest changes? Can this go in?

The thing keeping it from going in is the lack of George's ack. Judging
from the To: list of your mail you may even have meant him instead
of Roger.

Jan
George Dunlap April 10, 2019, 10:05 a.m. UTC | #5
On 3/29/19 1:01 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 29.03.19 at 13:50, <aisaila@bitdefender.com> wrote:
>> @@ -1174,9 +1174,9 @@ static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
>>          /*
>>           * ept->recalc could return 0/1/-ENOMEM. pt->recalc could return
>>           * 0/-ENOMEM/-ENOENT, -ENOENT isn't an error as we are looping
>> -         * gfn here.
>> +         * gfn here. If rc is 1 we need to have it 0 for success.
>>           */
>> -        if ( rc == -ENOENT )
>> +        if ( rc == -ENOENT || rc == 1 )
> 
> I guess you mean "rc > 0" here? This and the comment are of course
> easy enough to adjust while committing, and with the adjustments

+1

> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>
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Patch

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
index b9bbb8f485..5508cedc55 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@  void p2m_change_type_range(struct domain *d,
  * Finish p2m type change for gfns which are marked as need_recalc in a range.
  * Uses the current p2m's max_mapped_pfn to further clip the invalidation
  * range for alternate p2ms.
- * Returns: 0/1 for success, negative for failure
+ * Returns: 0 for success, negative for failure
  */
 static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
                               gfn_t first_gfn, unsigned long max_nr)
@@ -1174,9 +1174,9 @@  static int finish_type_change(struct p2m_domain *p2m,
         /*
          * ept->recalc could return 0/1/-ENOMEM. pt->recalc could return
          * 0/-ENOMEM/-ENOENT, -ENOENT isn't an error as we are looping
-         * gfn here.
+         * gfn here. If rc is 1 we need to have it 0 for success.
          */
-        if ( rc == -ENOENT )
+        if ( rc == -ENOENT || rc == 1 )
             rc = 0;
         else if ( rc < 0 )
         {
@@ -1213,19 +1213,13 @@  int p2m_finish_type_change(struct domain *d,
             if ( d->arch.altp2m_eptp[i] != mfn_x(INVALID_MFN) )
             {
                 struct p2m_domain *altp2m = d->arch.altp2m_p2m[i];
-                int rc1;
 
                 p2m_lock(altp2m);
-                rc1 = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
+                rc = finish_type_change(altp2m, first_gfn, max_nr);
                 p2m_unlock(altp2m);
 
-                if ( rc1 < 0 )
-                {
-                    rc = rc1;
+                if ( rc < 0 )
                     goto out;
-                }
-
-                rc |= rc1;
             }
     }
 #endif