[02/12] KVM: Acquire SCRU lock outside of irqfds.lock during assignment

Commit Message

Sean Christopherson April 1, 2025, 8:44 p.m. UTC

Acquire SRCU outside of irqfds.lock so that the locking is symmetrical,
and add a comment explaining why on earth KVM holds SRCU for so long.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[e-mail]>
---
 virt/kvm/eventfd.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index 01c6eb4dceb8..e47b7b6df94f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -401,6 +401,18 @@  kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 	 */
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&irqfd->wait, irqfd_wakeup);
 
+	/*
+	 * Set the irqfd routing and add it to KVM's list before registering
+	 * the irqfd with the eventfd, so that the routing information is valid
+	 * and stays valid, e.g. if there are GSI routing changes, prior to
+	 * making the irqfd visible, i.e. before it might be signaled.
+	 *
+	 * Note, holding SRCU ensures a stable read of routing information, and
+	 * also prevents irqfd_shutdown() from freeing the irqfd before it's
+	 * fully initialized.
+	 */
+	idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu);
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
 
 	ret = 0;
@@ -409,11 +421,9 @@  kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 			continue;
 		/* This fd is used for another irq already. */
 		ret = -EBUSY;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
-		goto fail;
+		goto fail_duplicate;
 	}
 
-	idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu);
 	irqfd_update(kvm, irqfd);
 
 	list_add_tail(&irqfd->list, &kvm->irqfds.items);
@@ -449,6 +459,9 @@  kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 	srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->irq_srcu, idx);
 	return 0;
 
+fail_duplicate:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
+	srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->irq_srcu, idx);
 fail:
 	if (irqfd->resampler)
 		irqfd_resampler_shutdown(irqfd);