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xen/pciback: Use mutexes when working with Xenbus state transitions.

PATCH In review Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk 2 participants 5 messages Sep 16, 2011 – Sep 21, 2011 Xen hypervisor interface

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PATCH 1/1 xen/pciback: Use mutexes when working with Xenbus state transitions.

The caller that orchestrates the state changes is xenwatch_thread and it takes a mutex. In our processing of Xenbus states we can take the luxery of going to sleep on a mutex, so lets do that and also fix this bug:

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at /linux/kernel/mutex.c:271

in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 32, name: xenwatch
2 locks held by xenwatch/32:
#0: (xenwatch_mutex){......}, at: [<ffffffff813856ab>] xenwatch_thread+0x4b/0x180 #1: (&(&pdev->dev_lock)->rlock){......}, at: [<ffffffff8138f05b>] xen_pcibk_disconnect+0x1b/0x80
Pid: 32, comm: xenwatch Not tainted 3.1.0-rc6-00015-g3ce340d #2

Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff810892b2>] __might_sleep+0x102/0x130
 [<ffffffff8163b90f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x2f/0x50
 [<ffffffff81382c1c>] unbind_from_irq+0x2c/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff8110da66>] ? free_irq+0x56/0xb0
 [<ffffffff81382dbc>] unbind_from_irqhandler+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff8138f06b>] xen_pcibk_disconnect+0x2b/0x80
 [<ffffffff81390348>] xen_pcibk_frontend_changed+0xe8/0x140
 [<ffffffff81387ac2>] xenbus_otherend_changed+0xd2/0x150
 [<ffffffff810895c1>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50
 [<ffffffff81387de0>] frontend_changed+0x10/0x20
 [<ffffffff81385712>] xenwatch_thread+0xb2/0x180
---
 drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h |    2 +-
 drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c  |   16 +++++-----------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h +1 -1
index a0e131a..c3af628 100644
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct pci_dev_entry {
 
 struct xen_pcibk_device {
 	void *pci_dev_data;
-	spinlock_t dev_lock;
+	struct mutex dev_lock;
 	struct xenbus_device *xdev;
 	struct xenbus_watch be_watch;
 	u8 be_watching;
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +5 -11
index 978d2c6..c057d67 100644
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static struct xen_pcibk_device *alloc_pdev(struct xenbus_device *xdev)
 	pdev->xdev = xdev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(&xdev->dev, pdev);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_init(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	pdev->sh_info = NULL;
 	pdev->evtchn_irq = INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ;
@@ -62,14 +62,13 @@ out:
 
 static void xen_pcibk_disconnect(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
 {
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* Ensure the guest can't trigger our handler before removing devices */
 	if (pdev->evtchn_irq != INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ) {
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(pdev->evtchn_irq, pdev);
 		pdev->evtchn_irq = INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* If the driver domain started an op, make sure we complete it
 	 * before releasing the shared memory */
@@ -77,13 +76,11 @@ static void xen_pcibk_disconnect(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
 	/* Note, the workqueue does not use spinlocks at all.*/
 	flush_workqueue(xen_pcibk_wq);
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	if (pdev->sh_info != NULL) {
 		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(pdev->xdev, pdev->sh_info);
 		pdev->sh_info = NULL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
-
+	mutex_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 }
 
 static void free_pdev(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
@@ -120,9 +117,8 @@ static int xen_pcibk_do_attach(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->sh_info = vaddr;
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
 		pdev->xdev->otherend_id, remote_evtchn, xen_pcibk_handle_event,
@@ -132,14 +128,12 @@ static int xen_pcibk_do_attach(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 				 "Error binding event channel to IRQ");
 		goto out;
 	}
-
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->evtchn_irq = err;
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	err = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Attached!\n");
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	return err;
 }
 
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#1 lore raw
Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 1 line
Quoted 1 line · Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk

The caller that orchestrates the state changes is xenwatch_thread and it takes a mutex. In our processing of Xenbus states we can take the luxery of going to sleep on a mutex, so lets do that and

This is only the direct conversion of existing spinlock accesses in xenbus.c. However, in the course of converting from the legacy implementation you stripped a couple more (in xen_pcibk_attach(), xen_pcibk_reconfigure(), and xen_pcibk_setup_backend()), and those should now get re-added imo.

Jan

Quoted 119 lines

also fix this bug:

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at 

/linux/kernel/mutex.c:271
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 32, name: xenwatch 2 locks held by xenwatch/32:
#0: (xenwatch_mutex){......}, at: [<ffffffff813856ab>]

xenwatch_thread+0x4b/0x180
 #1:  (&(&pdev->dev_lock)->rlock){......}, at: [<ffffffff8138f05b>] 
xen_pcibk_disconnect+0x1b/0x80
Pid: 32, comm: xenwatch Not tainted 3.1.0-rc6-00015-g3ce340d #2
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff810892b2>] __might_sleep+0x102/0x130
 [<ffffffff8163b90f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x2f/0x50
 [<ffffffff81382c1c>] unbind_from_irq+0x2c/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff8110da66>] ? free_irq+0x56/0xb0
 [<ffffffff81382dbc>] unbind_from_irqhandler+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff8138f06b>] xen_pcibk_disconnect+0x2b/0x80
 [<ffffffff81390348>] xen_pcibk_frontend_changed+0xe8/0x140
 [<ffffffff81387ac2>] xenbus_otherend_changed+0xd2/0x150
 [<ffffffff810895c1>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50
 [<ffffffff81387de0>] frontend_changed+0x10/0x20
 [<ffffffff81385712>] xenwatch_thread+0xb2/0x180
---
 drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h |    2 +-
 drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c  |   16 +++++-----------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h +1 -1
index a0e131a..c3af628 100644
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct pci_dev_entry {
 
 struct xen_pcibk_device {
 	void *pci_dev_data;
-	spinlock_t dev_lock;
+	struct mutex dev_lock;
 	struct xenbus_device *xdev;
 	struct xenbus_watch be_watch;
 	u8 be_watching;
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +1 -1
index 978d2c6..c057d67 100644
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static struct xen_pcibk_device *alloc_pdev(struct 
 xenbus_device *xdev)
 	pdev->xdev = xdev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(&xdev->dev, pdev);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_init(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	pdev->sh_info = NULL;
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +2 -5
 	pdev->evtchn_irq = INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ;
@@ -62,14 +62,13 @@ out:
 
 static void xen_pcibk_disconnect(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
 {
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* Ensure the guest can't trigger our handler before removing devices */
 	if (pdev->evtchn_irq != INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ) {
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(pdev->evtchn_irq, pdev);
 		pdev->evtchn_irq = INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* If the driver domain started an op, make sure we complete it
 	 * before releasing the shared memory */
@@ -77,13 +76,11 @@ static void xen_pcibk_disconnect(struct xen_pcibk_device 
 *pdev)
 	/* Note, the workqueue does not use spinlocks at all.*/
 	flush_workqueue(xen_pcibk_wq);
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	if (pdev->sh_info != NULL) {
 		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(pdev->xdev, pdev->sh_info);
 		pdev->sh_info = NULL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
-
+	mutex_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 }
 

static void free_pdev(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)

drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +1 -2
@@ -120,9 +117,8 @@ static int xen_pcibk_do_attach(struct xen_pcibk_device 
 *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->sh_info = vaddr;
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +1 -3
 		pdev->xdev->otherend_id, remote_evtchn, xen_pcibk_handle_event,
@@ -132,14 +128,12 @@ static int xen_pcibk_do_attach(struct xen_pcibk_device 
 *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 				 "Error binding event channel to IRQ");
 		goto out;
 	}
-
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->evtchn_irq = err;
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	err = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Attached!\n");
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	return err;
 }
#2 lore raw
Quoted 11 lines
Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 2 lines · Jan Beulich
Quoted 1 line · Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk

The caller that orchestrates the state changes is xenwatch_thread and it takes a mutex. In our processing of Xenbus states we can take the luxery of going to sleep on a mutex, so lets do that and

This is only the direct conversion of existing spinlock accesses in xenbus.c. However, in the course of converting from the legacy implementation you stripped a couple more (in xen_pcibk_attach(), xen_pcibk_reconfigure(), and xen_pcibk_setup_backend()), and

Actually, xen_pcibk_attach() has its lock taken in xen_pcibk_do_attach(), so no change needed there.

In xen_pcibk_reconfigure() and xen_pcibk_setup_backend() the locking may be redundant with the one in passthrough.c/vpci.c - is that the basis upon which you removed the locks taken there?

Jan

Quoted 131 lines

those should now get re-added imo.

Jan

Quoted 109 lines

also fix this bug:

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at 

/linux/kernel/mutex.c:271
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 32, name: xenwatch 2 locks held by xenwatch/32:
#0: (xenwatch_mutex){......}, at: [<ffffffff813856ab>]

xenwatch_thread+0x4b/0x180
 #1:  (&(&pdev->dev_lock)->rlock){......}, at: [<ffffffff8138f05b>] 
xen_pcibk_disconnect+0x1b/0x80
Pid: 32, comm: xenwatch Not tainted 3.1.0-rc6-00015-g3ce340d #2
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff810892b2>] __might_sleep+0x102/0x130
 [<ffffffff8163b90f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x2f/0x50
 [<ffffffff81382c1c>] unbind_from_irq+0x2c/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff8110da66>] ? free_irq+0x56/0xb0
 [<ffffffff81382dbc>] unbind_from_irqhandler+0x1c/0x30
 [<ffffffff8138f06b>] xen_pcibk_disconnect+0x2b/0x80
 [<ffffffff81390348>] xen_pcibk_frontend_changed+0xe8/0x140
 [<ffffffff81387ac2>] xenbus_otherend_changed+0xd2/0x150
 [<ffffffff810895c1>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50
 [<ffffffff81387de0>] frontend_changed+0x10/0x20
 [<ffffffff81385712>] xenwatch_thread+0xb2/0x180
---
 drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h |    2 +-
 drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c  |   16 +++++-----------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h +1 -1
index a0e131a..c3af628 100644
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct pci_dev_entry {
 
 struct xen_pcibk_device {
 	void *pci_dev_data;
-	spinlock_t dev_lock;
+	struct mutex dev_lock;
 	struct xenbus_device *xdev;
 	struct xenbus_watch be_watch;
 	u8 be_watching;
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +1 -1
index 978d2c6..c057d67 100644
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static struct xen_pcibk_device *alloc_pdev(struct 
 xenbus_device *xdev)
 	pdev->xdev = xdev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(&xdev->dev, pdev);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_init(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	pdev->sh_info = NULL;
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +2 -5
 	pdev->evtchn_irq = INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ;
@@ -62,14 +62,13 @@ out:
 
 static void xen_pcibk_disconnect(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
 {
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* Ensure the guest can't trigger our handler before removing devices */
 	if (pdev->evtchn_irq != INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ) {
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(pdev->evtchn_irq, pdev);
 		pdev->evtchn_irq = INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* If the driver domain started an op, make sure we complete it
 	 * before releasing the shared memory */
@@ -77,13 +76,11 @@ static void xen_pcibk_disconnect(struct xen_pcibk_device 
 *pdev)
 	/* Note, the workqueue does not use spinlocks at all.*/
 	flush_workqueue(xen_pcibk_wq);
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	if (pdev->sh_info != NULL) {
 		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(pdev->xdev, pdev->sh_info);
 		pdev->sh_info = NULL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
-
+	mutex_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 }
 

static void free_pdev(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)

drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +1 -2
@@ -120,9 +117,8 @@ static int xen_pcibk_do_attach(struct xen_pcibk_device 
 *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->sh_info = vaddr;
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +0 -1
 		pdev->xdev->otherend_id, remote_evtchn, xen_pcibk_handle_event,
@@ -132,14 +128,12 @@ static int xen_pcibk_do_attach(struct xen_pcibk_device 
 *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 				 "Error binding event channel to IRQ");
 		goto out;
 	}
-

drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c static int xen_pcibk_do_attach(struct xen_pcibk_device · line 139

Quoted 10 lines
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c +1 -2
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->evtchn_irq = err;
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	err = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Attached!\n");
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	return err;
 }

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#3 lore raw
Quoted 12 lines · Jan Beulich
Quoted 11 lines
Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 2 lines · Jan Beulich
Quoted 1 line · Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk

The caller that orchestrates the state changes is xenwatch_thread and it takes a mutex. In our processing of Xenbus states we can take the luxery of going to sleep on a mutex, so lets do that and

This is only the direct conversion of existing spinlock accesses in xenbus.c. However, in the course of converting from the legacy implementation you stripped a couple more (in xen_pcibk_attach(), xen_pcibk_reconfigure(), and xen_pcibk_setup_backend()), and

Quoted 6 lines

Actually, xen_pcibk_attach() has its lock taken in xen_pcibk_do_attach(), so no change needed there.

In xen_pcibk_reconfigure() and xen_pcibk_setup_backend() the locking may be redundant with the one in passthrough.c/vpci.c - is that the basis upon which you removed the locks taken there?

No. I believe the reason was much simpler.. it was b/c of this patch (see below). But for the life of me I don't recall what deadlock we could hit.

I think the better choice will be to restore the call-sites of these spinlocks but use mutex instead.

So let me post two patches - one for xenbus.c and one for vpci.c to complement "xen/pciback: use mutex rather than spinlock in passthrough backend" you posted and I queued up.

commit 3a8d1841ae2dd32452b79284da03eda596f30827

Author: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 23 14:35:47 2010 -0400

xen/pciback: Redo spinlock usage.

We were using coarse spinlocks that could end up with a deadlock. This patch fixes that and makes the spinlocks much more fine-grained.

We also drop be->watchding state spinlocks as they are already guarded by the xenwatch_thread against multiple customers.

drivers/xen/pciback/xenbus.c +17 -13
index d448bf5..993b659 100644
@@ -54,23 +54,29 @@ static void pciback_disconnect(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(pdev->evtchn_irq, pdev);
 		pdev->evtchn_irq = INVALID_EVTCHN_IRQ;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* If the driver domain started an op, make sure we complete it
 	 * before releasing the shared memory */
+
+	/* Note, the workqueue does not use spinlocks at all.*/
 	flush_workqueue(pciback_wq);
 
+	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	if (pdev->sh_info != NULL) {
 		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(pdev->xdev, pdev->sh_info);
 		pdev->sh_info = NULL;
 	}
-
 	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
+
 }
 
 static void free_pdev(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 {
-	if (pdev->be_watching)
+	if (pdev->be_watching) {
 		unregister_xenbus_watch(&pdev->be_watch);
+		pdev->be_watching = 0;
+	}
 
 	pciback_disconnect(pdev);
 
@@ -98,7 +104,10 @@ static int pciback_do_attach(struct pciback_device *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 				"Error mapping other domain page in ours.");
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->sh_info = vaddr;
+	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
 		pdev->xdev->otherend_id, remote_evtchn, pciback_handle_event,
@@ -108,7 +117,10 @@ static int pciback_do_attach(struct pciback_device *pdev, int gnt_ref,
 				 "Error binding event channel to IRQ");
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	pdev->evtchn_irq = err;
+	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 	err = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Attached!\n");
@@ -122,7 +134,6 @@ static int pciback_attach(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 	int gnt_ref, remote_evtchn;
 	char *magic = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	/* Make sure we only do this setup once */
 	if (xenbus_read_driver_state(pdev->xdev->nodename) !=
@@ -168,7 +179,6 @@ static int pciback_attach(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Connected? %d\n", err);
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	kfree(magic);
 
@@ -340,7 +350,6 @@ static int pciback_reconfigure(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 	char state_str[64];
 	char dev_str[64];
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Reconfiguring device ...\n");
 
@@ -481,8 +490,6 @@ static int pciback_reconfigure(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -539,8 +546,6 @@ static int pciback_setup_backend(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 	char dev_str[64];
 	char state_str[64];
 
-	spin_lock(&pdev->dev_lock);
-
 	/* It's possible we could get the call to setup twice, so make sure
 	 * we're not already connected.
 	 */
@@ -621,8 +626,6 @@ static int pciback_setup_backend(struct pciback_device *pdev)
 				 "Error switching to initialised state!");
 
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&pdev->dev_lock);
-
 	if (!err)
 		/* see if pcifront is already configured (if not, we'll wait) */
 		pciback_attach(pdev);
@@ -669,6 +672,7 @@ static int pciback_xenbus_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 				pciback_be_watch);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
+
 	pdev->be_watching = 1;
 
 	/* We need to force a call to our callback here in case
@@ -708,8 +712,8 @@ int __init pciback_xenbus_register(void)
 {
 	pciback_wq = create_workqueue("pciback_workqueue");
 	if (!pciback_wq) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "pciback_xenbus_register: create"
-			"pciback_workqueue failed\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: create"
+			"pciback_workqueue failed\n",__FUNCTION__);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	return xenbus_register_backend(&xenbus_pciback_driver);
#4 lore raw
Quoted 16 lines · Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Quoted 15 lines · Jan Beulich
Quoted 11 lines
Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 2 lines · Jan Beulich
Quoted 1 line · Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk

The caller that orchestrates the state changes is xenwatch_thread and it takes a mutex. In our processing of Xenbus states we can take the luxery of going to sleep on a mutex, so lets do that and

This is only the direct conversion of existing spinlock accesses in xenbus.c. However, in the course of converting from the legacy implementation you stripped a couple more (in xen_pcibk_attach(), xen_pcibk_reconfigure(), and xen_pcibk_setup_backend()), and

Actually, xen_pcibk_attach() has its lock taken in xen_pcibk_do_attach(), so no change needed there.

Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 3 lines

In xen_pcibk_reconfigure() and xen_pcibk_setup_backend() the locking may be redundant with the one in passthrough.c/vpci.c - is that the basis upon which you removed the locks taken there?

No. I believe the reason was much simpler.. it was b/c of this patch (see below). But for the life of me I don't recall what deadlock we could hit.

You know what.. I think the issue was that I was trying to fix the "sleeping on a spinlock" issue and was moving the spinlocks around to fix it.

.. Without realizing I could have just used a mutex.