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author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2015-02-11 15:28:01 +1030 |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2015-02-11 16:47:46 +1030 |
commit | d9bab50aa46ce46dd4537d455eb13b200cdac516 (patch) | |
tree | efa139a078f1842b1388e54daa67896734e64a0b /drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c | |
parent | 00f8d546512a7661d43600625f87a42a98cae26a (diff) |
lguest: remove NOTIFY call and eventfd facility.
Disappointing, as this was kind of neat (especially getting to use RCU
to manage the address -> eventfd mapping). But now the devices are PCI
handled in userspace, we get rid of both the NOTIFY hypercall and
the interface to connect an eventfd.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c | 186 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 182 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c index c8b0e8575b44..c4c6113eb9a6 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c @@ -2,182 +2,20 @@ * launcher controls and communicates with the Guest. For example, * the first write will 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. There is - * also a way for the Launcher to attach eventfds to particular NOTIFY - * values instead of returning from the read() call. + * a signal or the Guest accessing a device. :*/ #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <linux/miscdevice.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/sched.h> -#include <linux/eventfd.h> #include <linux/file.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/export.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; - - /* We only connect LHCALL_NOTIFY to event fds, not other traps. */ - if (cpu->pending.trap != LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY) - return false; - - /* - * 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.addr) { - eventfd_signal(map->map[i].event, 1); - cpu->pending.trap = 0; - 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.trap == 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. - */ - new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new) + sizeof(new->map[0]) * (old->num + 1), - GFP_KERNEL); - if (!new) - return -ENOMEM; - - /* First make identical copy. */ - memcpy(new->map, old->map, sizeof(old->map[0]) * old->num); - new->num = old->num; - - /* Now append new entry. */ - 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 err; - } - new->num++; - - /* - * 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 no one'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; - int err; - - if (get_user(addr, input) != 0) - return -EFAULT; - 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 err; -} - -/* The Launcher can get the registers, and also set some of them. */ + The Launcher can get the registers, and also set some of them. +*/ static int getreg_setup(struct lg_cpu *cpu, const unsigned long __user *input) { unsigned long which; @@ -409,13 +247,6 @@ static int initialize(struct file *file, const unsigned long __user *input) goto unlock; } - lg->eventfds = kmalloc(sizeof(*lg->eventfds), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!lg->eventfds) { - err = -ENOMEM; - goto free_lg; - } - lg->eventfds->num = 0; - /* Populate the easy fields of our "struct lguest" */ lg->mem_base = (void __user *)args[0]; lg->pfn_limit = args[1]; @@ -424,7 +255,7 @@ static int initialize(struct file *file, const unsigned long __user *input) /* This is the first cpu (cpu 0) and it will start booting at args[2] */ err = lg_cpu_start(&lg->cpus[0], 0, args[2]); if (err) - goto free_eventfds; + goto free_lg; /* * Initialize the Guest's shadow page tables. This allocates @@ -445,8 +276,6 @@ static int initialize(struct file *file, const unsigned long __user *input) free_regs: /* FIXME: This should be in free_vcpu */ free_page(lg->cpus[0].regs_page); -free_eventfds: - kfree(lg->eventfds); free_lg: kfree(lg); unlock: @@ -499,8 +328,6 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *in, return initialize(file, input); case LHREQ_IRQ: return user_send_irq(cpu, input); - case LHREQ_EVENTFD: - return attach_eventfd(lg, input); case LHREQ_GETREG: return getreg_setup(cpu, input); case LHREQ_SETREG: @@ -551,11 +378,6 @@ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) mmput(lg->cpus[i].mm); } - /* Release any eventfds they registered. */ - for (i = 0; i < lg->eventfds->num; i++) - 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(). |