vhost_get_vq_desc (correctly) uses smp_rmb to order
avail ring reads after index reads.
However, over time we added two more places that read the
index and do not bother with barriers.
Since vhost_get_vq_desc when it was written assumed it is the
only reader when it sees a new index value is cached
it does not bother with a barrier either, as a result,
on the nvidia-gracehopper platform (arm64) available ring
entry reads have been observed bypassing ring reads, causing
a ring corruption.

To fix, factor out the correct index access code from vhost_get_vq_desc.
As a side benefit, we also validate the index on all paths now, which
will hopefully help catch future errors earlier.

Note: current code is inconsistent in how it handles errors:
some places treat it as an empty ring, others - non empty.
This patch does not attempt to change the existing behaviour.

Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Gavin Shan <gs...@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Will Deacon <w...@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Will Deacon <w...@kernel.org>
Fixes: 275bf960ac69 ("vhost: better detection of available buffers")
Cc: "Jason Wang" <jasow...@redhat.com>
Fixes: d3bb267bbdcb ("vhost: cache avail index in vhost_enable_notify()")
Cc: "Stefano Garzarella" <sgarz...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com>
---

I think it's better to bite the bullet and clean up the code.
Note: this is still only built, not tested.
Gavin could you help test please?
Especially on the arm platform you have?

Will thanks so much for finding this race!


 drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 045f666b4f12..26b70b1fd9ff 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1290,10 +1290,38 @@ static void vhost_dev_unlock_vqs(struct vhost_dev *d)
                mutex_unlock(&d->vqs[i]->mutex);
 }
 
-static inline int vhost_get_avail_idx(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
-                                     __virtio16 *idx)
+static inline int vhost_get_avail_idx(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
-       return vhost_get_avail(vq, *idx, &vq->avail->idx);
+       __virtio16 idx;
+       u16 avail_idx;
+       int r = vhost_get_avail(vq, idx, &vq->avail->idx);
+
+       if (unlikely(r < 0)) {
+               vq_err(vq, "Failed to access avail idx at %p: %d\n",
+                      &vq->avail->idx, r);
+               return -EFAULT;
+       }
+
+       avail_idx = vhost16_to_cpu(vq, idx);
+
+       /* Check it isn't doing very strange things with descriptor numbers. */
+       if (unlikely((u16)(avail_idx - vq->last_avail_idx) > vq->num)) {
+               vq_err(vq, "Guest moved used index from %u to %u",
+                      vq->last_avail_idx, vq->avail_idx);
+               return -EFAULT;
+       }
+
+       /* Nothing new? We are done. */
+       if (avail_idx == vq->avail_idx)
+               return 0;
+
+       vq->avail_idx = avail_idx;
+
+       /* We updated vq->avail_idx so we need a memory barrier between
+        * the index read above and the caller reading avail ring entries.
+        */
+       smp_rmb();
+       return 1;
 }
 
 static inline int vhost_get_avail_head(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
@@ -2498,38 +2526,21 @@ int vhost_get_vq_desc(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 {
        struct vring_desc desc;
        unsigned int i, head, found = 0;
-       u16 last_avail_idx;
-       __virtio16 avail_idx;
+       u16 last_avail_idx = vq->last_avail_idx;
        __virtio16 ring_head;
        int ret, access;
 
-       /* Check it isn't doing very strange things with descriptor numbers. */
-       last_avail_idx = vq->last_avail_idx;
 
        if (vq->avail_idx == vq->last_avail_idx) {
-               if (unlikely(vhost_get_avail_idx(vq, &avail_idx))) {
-                       vq_err(vq, "Failed to access avail idx at %p\n",
-                               &vq->avail->idx);
-                       return -EFAULT;
-               }
-               vq->avail_idx = vhost16_to_cpu(vq, avail_idx);
-
-               if (unlikely((u16)(vq->avail_idx - last_avail_idx) > vq->num)) {
-                       vq_err(vq, "Guest moved used index from %u to %u",
-                               last_avail_idx, vq->avail_idx);
-                       return -EFAULT;
-               }
+               ret = vhost_get_avail_idx(vq);
+               if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+                       return ret;
 
                /* If there's nothing new since last we looked, return
                 * invalid.
                 */
-               if (vq->avail_idx == last_avail_idx)
+               if (!ret)
                        return vq->num;
-
-               /* Only get avail ring entries after they have been
-                * exposed by guest.
-                */
-               smp_rmb();
        }
 
        /* Grab the next descriptor number they're advertising, and increment
@@ -2790,25 +2801,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_add_used_and_signal_n);
 /* return true if we're sure that avaiable ring is empty */
 bool vhost_vq_avail_empty(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
-       __virtio16 avail_idx;
        int r;
 
        if (vq->avail_idx != vq->last_avail_idx)
                return false;
 
-       r = vhost_get_avail_idx(vq, &avail_idx);
-       if (unlikely(r))
-               return false;
-       vq->avail_idx = vhost16_to_cpu(vq, avail_idx);
+       r = vhost_get_avail_idx(vq);
 
-       return vq->avail_idx == vq->last_avail_idx;
+       /* Note: we treat error as non-empty here */
+       return r == 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_vq_avail_empty);
 
 /* OK, now we need to know about added descriptors. */
 bool vhost_enable_notify(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
-       __virtio16 avail_idx;
        int r;
 
        if (!(vq->used_flags & VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY))
@@ -2832,13 +2839,10 @@ bool vhost_enable_notify(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct 
vhost_virtqueue *vq)
        /* They could have slipped one in as we were doing that: make
         * sure it's written, then check again. */
        smp_mb();
-       r = vhost_get_avail_idx(vq, &avail_idx);
-       if (r) {
-               vq_err(vq, "Failed to check avail idx at %p: %d\n",
-                      &vq->avail->idx, r);
+       r = vhost_get_avail_idx(vq);
+       /* Note: we treat error as empty here */
+       if (r < 0)
                return false;
-       }
-       vq->avail_idx = vhost16_to_cpu(vq, avail_idx);
 
        return vq->avail_idx != vq->last_avail_idx;
 }
-- 
MST


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