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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c | 232 |
1 files changed, 178 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c index 9f9a295..b4d3f7c 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ /*P:200 This contains all the /dev/lguest code, whereby the userspace launcher * controls and communicates with the Guest. For example, the first write will - * tell us the Guest's memory layout, pagetable, entry point and kernel address - * offset. A read will run the Guest until something happens, such as a signal - * or the Guest doing a NOTIFY out to the Launcher. :*/ + * tell us the Guest's memory layout and entry point. A read will run the + * Guest until something happens, such as a signal or the Guest doing a NOTIFY + * out to the Launcher. +:*/ #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <linux/miscdevice.h> #include <linux/fs.h> @@ -11,14 +12,41 @@ #include <linux/file.h> #include "lg.h" +/*L:056 + * Before we move on, let's jump ahead and look at what the kernel does when + * it needs to look up the eventfds. That will complete our picture of how we + * use RCU. + * + * The notification value is in cpu->pending_notify: we return true if it went + * to an eventfd. + */ bool send_notify_to_eventfd(struct lg_cpu *cpu) { unsigned int i; struct lg_eventfd_map *map; - /* lg->eventfds is RCU-protected */ + /* + * This "rcu_read_lock()" helps track when someone is still looking at + * the (RCU-using) eventfds array. It's not actually a lock at all; + * indeed it's a noop in many configurations. (You didn't expect me to + * explain all the RCU secrets here, did you?) + */ rcu_read_lock(); + /* + * rcu_dereference is the counter-side of rcu_assign_pointer(); it + * makes sure we don't access the memory pointed to by + * cpu->lg->eventfds before cpu->lg->eventfds is set. Sounds crazy, + * but Alpha allows this! Paul McKenney points out that a really + * aggressive compiler could have the same effect: + * http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/lguest/2009-July/001560.html + * + * So play safe, use rcu_dereference to get the rcu-protected pointer: + */ map = rcu_dereference(cpu->lg->eventfds); + /* + * Simple array search: even if they add an eventfd while we do this, + * we'll continue to use the old array and just won't see the new one. + */ for (i = 0; i < map->num; i++) { if (map->map[i].addr == cpu->pending_notify) { eventfd_signal(map->map[i].event, 1); @@ -26,19 +54,50 @@ bool send_notify_to_eventfd(struct lg_cpu *cpu) break; } } + /* We're done with the rcu-protected variable cpu->lg->eventfds. */ rcu_read_unlock(); + + /* If we cleared the notification, it's because we found a match. */ return cpu->pending_notify == 0; } +/*L:055 + * One of the more tricksy tricks in the Linux Kernel is a technique called + * Read Copy Update. Since one point of lguest is to teach lguest journeyers + * about kernel coding, I use it here. (In case you're curious, other purposes + * include learning about virtualization and instilling a deep appreciation for + * simplicity and puppies). + * + * We keep a simple array which maps LHCALL_NOTIFY values to eventfds, but we + * add new eventfds without ever blocking readers from accessing the array. + * The current Launcher only does this during boot, so that never happens. But + * Read Copy Update is cool, and adding a lock risks damaging even more puppies + * than this code does. + * + * We allocate a brand new one-larger array, copy the old one and add our new + * element. Then we make the lg eventfd pointer point to the new array. + * That's the easy part: now we need to free the old one, but we need to make + * sure no slow CPU somewhere is still looking at it. That's what + * synchronize_rcu does for us: waits until every CPU has indicated that it has + * moved on to know it's no longer using the old one. + * + * If that's unclear, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-copy-update. + */ static int add_eventfd(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr, int fd) { struct lg_eventfd_map *new, *old = lg->eventfds; + /* + * We don't allow notifications on value 0 anyway (pending_notify of + * 0 means "nothing pending"). + */ if (!addr) return -EINVAL; - /* Replace the old array with the new one, carefully: others can - * be accessing it at the same time */ + /* + * Replace the old array with the new one, carefully: others can + * be accessing it at the same time. + */ new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new) + sizeof(new->map[0]) * (old->num + 1), GFP_KERNEL); if (!new) @@ -52,22 +111,41 @@ static int add_eventfd(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr, int fd) new->map[new->num].addr = addr; new->map[new->num].event = eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd); if (IS_ERR(new->map[new->num].event)) { + int err = PTR_ERR(new->map[new->num].event); kfree(new); - return PTR_ERR(new->map[new->num].event); + return err; } new->num++; - /* Now put new one in place. */ + /* + * Now put new one in place: rcu_assign_pointer() is a fancy way of + * doing "lg->eventfds = new", but it uses memory barriers to make + * absolutely sure that the contents of "new" written above is nailed + * down before we actually do the assignment. + * + * We have to think about these kinds of things when we're operating on + * live data without locks. + */ rcu_assign_pointer(lg->eventfds, new); - /* We're not in a big hurry. Wait until noone's looking at old - * version, then delete it. */ + /* + * We're not in a big hurry. Wait until noone's looking at old + * version, then free it. + */ synchronize_rcu(); kfree(old); return 0; } +/*L:052 + * Receiving notifications from the Guest is usually done by attaching a + * particular LHCALL_NOTIFY value to an event filedescriptor. The eventfd will + * become readable when the Guest does an LHCALL_NOTIFY with that value. + * + * This is really convenient for processing each virtqueue in a separate + * thread. + */ static int attach_eventfd(struct lguest *lg, const unsigned long __user *input) { unsigned long addr, fd; @@ -79,15 +157,22 @@ static int attach_eventfd(struct lguest *lg, const unsigned long __user *input) if (get_user(fd, input) != 0) return -EFAULT; + /* + * Just make sure two callers don't add eventfds at once. We really + * only need to lock against callers adding to the same Guest, so using + * the Big Lguest Lock is overkill. But this is setup, not a fast path. + */ mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); err = add_eventfd(lg, addr, fd); mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock); - return 0; + return err; } -/*L:050 Sending an interrupt is done by writing LHREQ_IRQ and an interrupt - * number to /dev/lguest. */ +/*L:050 + * Sending an interrupt is done by writing LHREQ_IRQ and an interrupt + * number to /dev/lguest. + */ static int user_send_irq(struct lg_cpu *cpu, const unsigned long __user *input) { unsigned long irq; @@ -97,12 +182,18 @@ static int user_send_irq(struct lg_cpu *cpu, const unsigned long __user *input) if (irq >= LGUEST_IRQS) return -EINVAL; + /* + * Next time the Guest runs, the core code will see if it can deliver + * this interrupt. + */ set_interrupt(cpu, irq); return 0; } -/*L:040 Once our Guest is initialized, the Launcher makes it run by reading - * from /dev/lguest. */ +/*L:040 + * Once our Guest is initialized, the Launcher makes it run by reading + * from /dev/lguest. + */ static ssize_t read(struct file *file, char __user *user, size_t size,loff_t*o) { struct lguest *lg = file->private_data; @@ -138,8 +229,10 @@ static ssize_t read(struct file *file, char __user *user, size_t size,loff_t*o) return len; } - /* If we returned from read() last time because the Guest sent I/O, - * clear the flag. */ + /* + * If we returned from read() last time because the Guest sent I/O, + * clear the flag. + */ if (cpu->pending_notify) cpu->pending_notify = 0; @@ -147,8 +240,10 @@ static ssize_t read(struct file *file, char __user *user, size_t size,loff_t*o) return run_guest(cpu, (unsigned long __user *)user); } -/*L:025 This actually initializes a CPU. For the moment, a Guest is only - * uniprocessor, so "id" is always 0. */ +/*L:025 + * This actually initializes a CPU. For the moment, a Guest is only + * uniprocessor, so "id" is always 0. + */ static int lg_cpu_start(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned id, unsigned long start_ip) { /* We have a limited number the number of CPUs in the lguest struct. */ @@ -163,8 +258,10 @@ static int lg_cpu_start(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned id, unsigned long start_ip) /* Each CPU has a timer it can set. */ init_clockdev(cpu); - /* We need a complete page for the Guest registers: they are accessible - * to the Guest and we can only grant it access to whole pages. */ + /* + * We need a complete page for the Guest registers: they are accessible + * to the Guest and we can only grant it access to whole pages. + */ cpu->regs_page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); if (!cpu->regs_page) return -ENOMEM; @@ -172,29 +269,38 @@ static int lg_cpu_start(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned id, unsigned long start_ip) /* We actually put the registers at the bottom of the page. */ cpu->regs = (void *)cpu->regs_page + PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(*cpu->regs); - /* Now we initialize the Guest's registers, handing it the start - * address. */ + /* + * Now we initialize the Guest's registers, handing it the start + * address. + */ lguest_arch_setup_regs(cpu, start_ip); - /* We keep a pointer to the Launcher task (ie. current task) for when - * other Guests want to wake this one (eg. console input). */ + /* + * We keep a pointer to the Launcher task (ie. current task) for when + * other Guests want to wake this one (eg. console input). + */ cpu->tsk = current; - /* We need to keep a pointer to the Launcher's memory map, because if + /* + * We need to keep a pointer to the Launcher's memory map, because if * the Launcher dies we need to clean it up. If we don't keep a - * reference, it is destroyed before close() is called. */ + * reference, it is destroyed before close() is called. + */ cpu->mm = get_task_mm(cpu->tsk); - /* We remember which CPU's pages this Guest used last, for optimization - * when the same Guest runs on the same CPU twice. */ + /* + * We remember which CPU's pages this Guest used last, for optimization + * when the same Guest runs on the same CPU twice. + */ cpu->last_pages = NULL; /* No error == success. */ return 0; } -/*L:020 The initialization write supplies 3 pointer sized (32 or 64 bit) - * values (in addition to the LHREQ_INITIALIZE value). These are: +/*L:020 + * The initialization write supplies 3 pointer sized (32 or 64 bit) values (in + * addition to the LHREQ_INITIALIZE value). These are: * * base: The start of the Guest-physical memory inside the Launcher memory. * @@ -206,14 +312,15 @@ static int lg_cpu_start(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned id, unsigned long start_ip) */ static int initialize(struct file *file, const unsigned long __user *input) { - /* "struct lguest" contains everything we (the Host) know about a - * Guest. */ + /* "struct lguest" contains all we (the Host) know about a Guest. */ struct lguest *lg; int err; unsigned long args[3]; - /* We grab the Big Lguest lock, which protects against multiple - * simultaneous initializations. */ + /* + * We grab the Big Lguest lock, which protects against multiple + * simultaneous initializations. + */ mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); /* You can't initialize twice! Close the device and start again... */ if (file->private_data) { @@ -248,8 +355,10 @@ static int initialize(struct file *file, const unsigned long __user *input) if (err) goto free_eventfds; - /* Initialize the Guest's shadow page tables, using the toplevel - * address the Launcher gave us. This allocates memory, so can fail. */ + /* + * Initialize the Guest's shadow page tables, using the toplevel + * address the Launcher gave us. This allocates memory, so can fail. + */ err = init_guest_pagetable(lg); if (err) goto free_regs; @@ -274,20 +383,24 @@ unlock: return err; } -/*L:010 The first operation the Launcher does must be a write. All writes +/*L:010 + * The first operation the Launcher does must be a write. All writes * start with an unsigned long number: for the first write this must be * LHREQ_INITIALIZE to set up the Guest. After that the Launcher can use - * writes of other values to send interrupts. + * writes of other values to send interrupts or set up receipt of notifications. * * Note that we overload the "offset" in the /dev/lguest file to indicate what - * CPU number we're dealing with. Currently this is always 0, since we only + * CPU number we're dealing with. Currently this is always 0 since we only * support uniprocessor Guests, but you can see the beginnings of SMP support - * here. */ + * here. + */ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *in, size_t size, loff_t *off) { - /* Once the Guest is initialized, we hold the "struct lguest" in the - * file private data. */ + /* + * Once the Guest is initialized, we hold the "struct lguest" in the + * file private data. + */ struct lguest *lg = file->private_data; const unsigned long __user *input = (const unsigned long __user *)in; unsigned long req; @@ -322,13 +435,15 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *in, } } -/*L:060 The final piece of interface code is the close() routine. It reverses +/*L:060 + * The final piece of interface code is the close() routine. It reverses * everything done in initialize(). This is usually called because the * Launcher exited. * * Note that the close routine returns 0 or a negative error number: it can't * really fail, but it can whine. I blame Sun for this wart, and K&R C for - * letting them do it. :*/ + * letting them do it. +:*/ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { struct lguest *lg = file->private_data; @@ -338,8 +453,10 @@ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) if (!lg) return 0; - /* We need the big lock, to protect from inter-guest I/O and other - * Launchers initializing guests. */ + /* + * We need the big lock, to protect from inter-guest I/O and other + * Launchers initializing guests. + */ mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); /* Free up the shadow page tables for the Guest. */ @@ -350,8 +467,10 @@ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) hrtimer_cancel(&lg->cpus[i].hrt); /* We can free up the register page we allocated. */ free_page(lg->cpus[i].regs_page); - /* Now all the memory cleanups are done, it's safe to release - * the Launcher's memory management structure. */ + /* + * Now all the memory cleanups are done, it's safe to release + * the Launcher's memory management structure. + */ mmput(lg->cpus[i].mm); } @@ -360,8 +479,10 @@ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) eventfd_ctx_put(lg->eventfds->map[i].event); kfree(lg->eventfds); - /* If lg->dead doesn't contain an error code it will be NULL or a - * kmalloc()ed string, either of which is ok to hand to kfree(). */ + /* + * If lg->dead doesn't contain an error code it will be NULL or a + * kmalloc()ed string, either of which is ok to hand to kfree(). + */ if (!IS_ERR(lg->dead)) kfree(lg->dead); /* Free the memory allocated to the lguest_struct */ @@ -385,7 +506,8 @@ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) * * We begin our understanding with the Host kernel interface which the Launcher * uses: reading and writing a character device called /dev/lguest. All the - * work happens in the read(), write() and close() routines: */ + * work happens in the read(), write() and close() routines: + */ static struct file_operations lguest_fops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .release = close, @@ -393,8 +515,10 @@ static struct file_operations lguest_fops = { .read = read, }; -/* This is a textbook example of a "misc" character device. Populate a "struct - * miscdevice" and register it with misc_register(). */ +/* + * This is a textbook example of a "misc" character device. Populate a "struct + * miscdevice" and register it with misc_register(). + */ static struct miscdevice lguest_dev = { .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, .name = "lguest", |
