Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen/virtio: Avoid use of the dom0 backend in dom0

[Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>]

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On 07.07.23 10:00, Oleksandr Tyshchenko wrote:
> 
> 
> On 07.07.23 10:04, Juergen Gross wrote:
> 
> Hello Juergen
> 
> 
>> Re-reading the whole thread again ...
>>
>> On 29.06.23 03:00, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>>> On Wed, 21 Jun 2023, Oleksandr Tyshchenko wrote:
>>>> On 21.06.23 16:12, Petr Pavlu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Petr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> When attempting to run Xen on a QEMU/KVM virtual machine with virtio
>>>>> devices (all x86_64), dom0 tries to establish a grant for itself which
>>>>> eventually results in a hang during the boot.
>>>>>
>>>>> The backtrace looks as follows, the while loop in __send_control_msg()
>>>>> makes no progress:
>>>>>
>>>>>      #0  virtqueue_get_buf_ctx (_vq=_vq@entry=0xffff8880074a8400,
>>>>> len=len@entry=0xffffc90000413c94, ctx=ctx@entry=0x0
>>>>> <fixed_percpu_data>) at ../drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2326
>>>>>      #1  0xffffffff817086b7 in virtqueue_get_buf
>>>>> (_vq=_vq@entry=0xffff8880074a8400, len=len@entry=0xffffc90000413c94)
>>>>> at ../drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2333
>>>>>      #2  0xffffffff8175f6b2 in __send_control_msg (portdev=<optimized
>>>>> out>, port_id=0xffffffff, event=0x0, value=0x1) at
>>>>> ../drivers/char/virtio_console.c:562
>>>>>      #3  0xffffffff8175f6ee in __send_control_msg (portdev=<optimized
>>>>> out>, port_id=<optimized out>, event=<optimized out>,
>>>>> value=<optimized out>) at ../drivers/char/virtio_console.c:569
>>>>>      #4  0xffffffff817618b1 in virtcons_probe
>>>>> (vdev=0xffff88800585e800) at ../drivers/char/virtio_console.c:2098
>>>>>      #5  0xffffffff81707117 in virtio_dev_probe
>>>>> (_d=0xffff88800585e810) at ../drivers/virtio/virtio.c:305
>>>>>      #6  0xffffffff8198e348 in call_driver_probe
>>>>> (drv=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>, drv=0xffffffff82be40c0
>>>>> <virtio_console>, dev=0xffff88800585e810) at ../drivers/base/dd.c:579
>>>>>      #7  really_probe (dev=dev@entry=0xffff88800585e810,
>>>>> drv=drv@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>) at
>>>>> ../drivers/base/dd.c:658
>>>>>      #8  0xffffffff8198e58f in __driver_probe_device
>>>>> (drv=drv@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>,
>>>>> dev=dev@entry=0xffff88800585e810) at ../drivers/base/dd.c:800
>>>>>      #9  0xffffffff8198e65a in driver_probe_device
>>>>> (drv=drv@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>,
>>>>> dev=dev@entry=0xffff88800585e810) at ../drivers/base/dd.c:830
>>>>>      #10 0xffffffff8198e832 in __driver_attach
>>>>> (dev=0xffff88800585e810, data=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>)
>>>>> at ../drivers/base/dd.c:1216
>>>>>      #11 0xffffffff8198bfb2 in bus_for_each_dev (bus=<optimized out>,
>>>>> start=start@entry=0x0 <fixed_percpu_data>,
>>>>> data=data@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>,
>>>>>          fn=fn@entry=0xffffffff8198e7b0 <__driver_attach>) at
>>>>> ../drivers/base/bus.c:368
>>>>>      #12 0xffffffff8198db65 in driver_attach
>>>>> (drv=drv@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>) at
>>>>> ../drivers/base/dd.c:1233
>>>>>      #13 0xffffffff8198d207 in bus_add_driver
>>>>> (drv=drv@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>) at
>>>>> ../drivers/base/bus.c:673
>>>>>      #14 0xffffffff8198f550 in driver_register
>>>>> (drv=drv@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>) at
>>>>> ../drivers/base/driver.c:246
>>>>>      #15 0xffffffff81706b47 in register_virtio_driver
>>>>> (driver=driver@entry=0xffffffff82be40c0 <virtio_console>) at
>>>>> ../drivers/virtio/virtio.c:357
>>>>>      #16 0xffffffff832cd34b in virtio_console_init () at
>>>>> ../drivers/char/virtio_console.c:2258
>>>>>      #17 0xffffffff8100105c in do_one_initcall (fn=0xffffffff832cd2e0
>>>>> <virtio_console_init>) at ../init/main.c:1246
>>>>>      #18 0xffffffff83277293 in do_initcall_level
>>>>> (command_line=0xffff888003e2f900 "root", level=0x6) at
>>>>> ../init/main.c:1319
>>>>>      #19 do_initcalls () at ../init/main.c:1335
>>>>>      #20 do_basic_setup () at ../init/main.c:1354
>>>>>      #21 kernel_init_freeable () at ../init/main.c:1571
>>>>>      #22 0xffffffff81f64be1 in kernel_init (unused=<optimized out>)
>>>>> at ../init/main.c:1462
>>>>>      #23 0xffffffff81001f49 in ret_from_fork () at
>>>>> ../arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308
>>>>>      #24 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>>>>>
>>>>> Fix the problem by preventing xen_grant_init_backend_domid() from
>>>>> setting dom0 as a backend when running in dom0.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fixes: 035e3a4321f7 ("xen/virtio: Optimize the setup of
>>>>> "xen-grant-dma" devices")
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am not 100% sure whether the Fixes tag points to precise commit. If I
>>>> am not mistaken, the said commit just moves the code in the context
>>>> without changing the logic of CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT, this was
>>>> introduced before.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>     drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c | 4 +++-
>>>>>     1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c b/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c
>>>>> index 76f6f26265a3..29ed27ac450e 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/xen/grant-dma-ops.c
>>>>> @@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ static int xen_grant_init_backend_domid(struct
>>>>> device *dev,
>>>>>         if (np) {
>>>>>             ret = xen_dt_grant_init_backend_domid(dev, np,
>>>>> backend_domid);
>>>>>             of_node_put(np);
>>>>> -    } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT) ||
>>>>> xen_pv_domain()) {
>>>>> +    } else if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT) ||
>>>>> +            xen_pv_domain()) &&
>>>>> +           !xen_initial_domain()) {
>>>>
>>>> The commit lgtm, just one note:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would even bail out early in xen_virtio_restricted_mem_acc() instead,
>>>> as I assume the same issue could happen on Arm with DT (although there
>>>> we don't guess the backend's domid, we read it from DT and quite
>>>> unlikely we get Dom0 being in Dom0 with correct DT).
>>>>
>>>> Something like:
>>>>
>>>> @@ -416,6 +421,10 @@ bool xen_virtio_restricted_mem_acc(struct
>>>> virtio_device *dev)
>>>>     {
>>>>            domid_t backend_domid;
>>>>
>>>> +       /* Xen grant DMA ops are not used when running as initial
>>>> domain */
>>>> +       if (xen_initial_domain())
>>>> +               return false;
>>>> +
>>>>            if (!xen_grant_init_backend_domid(dev->dev.parent,
>>>> &backend_domid)) {
>>>>                    xen_grant_setup_dma_ops(dev->dev.parent,
>>>> backend_domid);
>>>>                    return true;
>>>> (END)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If so, that commit subject would need to be updated accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> Let's see what other reviewers will say.
>>>
>>> This doesn't work in all cases. Imagine using PCI Passthrough to assign
>>> a "physical" virtio device to a domU. The domU will run into the same
>>> error, right?
>>>
>>> The problem is that we need a way for the virtio backend to advertise
>>> its ability of handling grants. Right now we only have a way to do with
>>> that with device tree on ARM. On x86, we only have
>>> CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT, and if we take
>>> CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT at face value, it also enables grants for
>>> "physical" virtio devices. Note that in this case we are fixing a
>>> nested-virtualization bug, but there are actually physical
>>> virtio-compatible devices out there. CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT will
>>> break those too.
>>
>> In case you want virtio device passthrough, you shouldn't use a kernel
>> built with CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT.
>>
>> And supporting passing through virtio devices of the host to pv-domUs is
>> a security risk anyway.
>>
>> We _could_ drop the requirement of the backend needing to set
>> VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM for PV guests and allow grant-less virtio
>> handling for all guests. For this to work xen_virtio_restricted_mem_acc()
>> would need to check for VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM and return true if set.
>> Maybe we'd want to enable that possibility via a boot parameter?
> 
> 
> Maybe, yes. I don't see at the moment why this won't work.
> 
> At the same time I wonder, could we just modify xen_pv_init_platform()
> to call virtio_no_restricted_mem_acc() if forcibly disabled by boot
> parameter irrespective of VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM presence?

This wouldn't work for the case where a host virtio device is passed through
to the pv domU and at the same time another virtio device is using dom0 as a
backend. I think we should use grants if possible.


Juergen


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