Re: [PATCH] xen/p2m: Don't call get_balloon_scratch_page() twice, keep interrupts disabled for multicalls

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2013, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> m2p_remove_override() calls get_balloon_scratch_page() in
> MULTI_update_va_mapping() even though it already has pointer to this page from
> the earlier call (in scratch_page). This second call doesn't have a matching
> put_balloon_scratch_page() thus not restoring preempt count back. (Also, there
> is no put_balloon_scratch_page() in the error path.)
> 
> In addition, the second multicall uses __xen_mc_entry() which does not disable
> interrupts. Rearrange xen_mc_* calls to keep interrupts off while performing
> multicalls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>


>  arch/x86/xen/p2m.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
> index 0d4ec35..8b901e8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
> @@ -990,10 +990,13 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
>  				printk(KERN_WARNING "m2p_remove_override: "
>  						"pfn %lx mfn %lx, failed to modify kernel mappings",
>  						pfn, mfn);
> +				put_balloon_scratch_page();
>  				return -1;
>  			}
>  
> -			mcs = xen_mc_entry(
> +			xen_mc_batch();
> +
> +			mcs = __xen_mc_entry(
>  					sizeof(struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace));
>  			unmap_op = mcs.args;
>  			unmap_op->host_addr = kmap_op->host_addr;
> @@ -1003,12 +1006,11 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
>  			MULTI_grant_table_op(mcs.mc,
>  					GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace, unmap_op, 1);
>  
> -			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
> -
>  			mcs = __xen_mc_entry(0);
>  			MULTI_update_va_mapping(mcs.mc, scratch_page_address,
> -					pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(get_balloon_scratch_page()),
> +					pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(scratch_page),
>  					PAGE_KERNEL_RO), 0);
> +
>  			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
>  
>  			kmap_op->host_addr = 0;
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
>