On 18.07.2019 14:55, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 4:47 AM Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote:
>> On 17.07.2019 21:33, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
>>> @@ -900,6 +895,7 @@ static int share_pages(struct domain *sd, gfn_t sgfn, 
>>> shr_handle_t sh,
>>>        p2m_type_t smfn_type, cmfn_type;
>>>        struct two_gfns tg;
>>>        struct rmap_iterator ri;
>>> +    unsigned long put_count = 0;
>>>
>>>        get_two_gfns(sd, sgfn, &smfn_type, NULL, &smfn,
>>>                     cd, cgfn, &cmfn_type, NULL, &cmfn, 0, &tg);
>>> @@ -964,15 +960,6 @@ static int share_pages(struct domain *sd, gfn_t sgfn, 
>>> shr_handle_t sh,
>>>            goto err_out;
>>>        }
>>>
>>> -    /* Acquire an extra reference, for the freeing below to be safe. */
>>> -    if ( !get_page(cpage, dom_cow) )
>>> -    {
>>> -        ret = -EOVERFLOW;
>>> -        mem_sharing_page_unlock(secondpg);
>>> -        mem_sharing_page_unlock(firstpg);
>>> -        goto err_out;
>>> -    }
>>> -
>>>        /* Merge the lists together */
>>>        rmap_seed_iterator(cpage, &ri);
>>>        while ( (gfn = rmap_iterate(cpage, &ri)) != NULL)
>>> @@ -984,13 +971,14 @@ static int share_pages(struct domain *sd, gfn_t sgfn, 
>>> shr_handle_t sh,
>>>             * Don't change the type of rmap for the client page. */
>>>            rmap_del(gfn, cpage, 0);
>>>            rmap_add(gfn, spage);
>>> -        put_page_and_type(cpage);
>>> +        put_count++;
>>>            d = get_domain_by_id(gfn->domain);
>>>            BUG_ON(!d);
>>>            BUG_ON(set_shared_p2m_entry(d, gfn->gfn, smfn));
>>>            put_domain(d);
>>>        }
>>>        ASSERT(list_empty(&cpage->sharing->gfns));
>>> +    BUG_ON(!put_count);
>>>
>>>        /* Clear the rest of the shared state */
>>>        page_sharing_dispose(cpage);
>>> @@ -1001,7 +989,9 @@ static int share_pages(struct domain *sd, gfn_t sgfn, 
>>> shr_handle_t sh,
>>>
>>>        /* Free the client page */
>>>        put_page_alloc_ref(cpage);
>>> -    put_page(cpage);
>>> +
>>> +    while ( put_count-- )
>>> +        put_page_and_type(cpage);
>>>
>>>        /* We managed to free a domain page. */
>>>        atomic_dec(&nr_shared_mfns);
>>> @@ -1165,19 +1155,13 @@ int __mem_sharing_unshare_page(struct domain *d,
>>>        {
>>>            if ( !last_gfn )
>>>                mem_sharing_gfn_destroy(page, d, gfn_info);
>>> -        put_page_and_type(page);
>>> +
>>>            mem_sharing_page_unlock(page);
>>> +
>>>            if ( last_gfn )
>>> -        {
>>> -            if ( !get_page(page, dom_cow) )
>>> -            {
>>> -                put_gfn(d, gfn);
>>> -                domain_crash(d);
>>> -                return -EOVERFLOW;
>>> -            }
>>>                put_page_alloc_ref(page);
>>> -            put_page(page);
>>> -        }
>>> +
>>> +        put_page_and_type(page);
>>>            put_gfn(d, gfn);
>>>
>>>            return 0;
>>
>> ... this (main, as I guess by the title) part of the change? I think
>> you want to explain what was wrong here and/or why the new arrangement
>> is better. (I'm sorry, I guess it was this way on prior versions
>> already, but apparently I didn't notice.)
> 
> It's what the patch message says - calling put_page_and_type before
> mem_sharing_page_unlock can cause a deadlock. Since now we are now
> holding a reference to the page till the end there is no need for the
> extra get_page/put_page logic when we are dealing with the last_gfn.

The title says "reorder" without any "why".

Jan
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