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Date:   Mon, 21 Feb 2022 23:33:11 +0530
From:   Anirudh Rayabharam <mail@anirudhrb.com>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost/vsock: don't check owner in vhost_vsock_stop()
 while releasing
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 05:44:20PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 09:44:39PM +0530, Anirudh Rayabharam wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 02:59:30PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 12:49 PM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > vhost_vsock_stop() calls vhost_dev_check_owner() to check the device
> > > > ownership. It expects current->mm to be valid.
> > > >
> > > > vhost_vsock_stop() is also called by vhost_vsock_dev_release() when
> > > > the user has not done close(), so when we are in do_exit(). In this
> > > > case current->mm is invalid and we're releasing the device, so we
> > > > should clean it anyway.
> > > >
> > > > Let's check the owner only when vhost_vsock_stop() is called
> > > > by an ioctl.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 433fc58e6bf2 ("VSOCK: Introduce vhost_vsock.ko")
> > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Reported-by: syzbot+1e3ea63db39f2b4440e0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 14 ++++++++------
> > > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+0abd373e2e50d704db87@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > 
> > I don't think this patch fixes "INFO: task hung in vhost_work_dev_flush"
> > even though syzbot says so. I am able to reproduce the issue locally
> > even with this patch applied.
> 
> Are you using the sysbot reproducer or another test?
> In that case, can you share it?

I am using the syzbot reproducer.

> 
> From the stack trace it seemed to me that the worker accesses a zone that
> has been cleaned (iotlb), so it is invalid and fails.

Would the thread hang in that case? How?

Thanks,

	- Anirudh.

> That's why I had this patch tested which should stop the worker before
> cleaning.
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefano
>