vfio: fix deadlock between group lock and kvm lock

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After 51cdc8bc12, we have another deadlock scenario between the
kvm->lock and the vfio group_lock with two different codepaths acquiring
the locks in different order.  Specifically in vfio_open_device, vfio
holds the vfio group_lock when issuing device->ops->open_device but some
drivers (like vfio-ap) need to acquire kvm->lock during their open_device
routine;  Meanwhile, kvm_vfio_release will acquire the kvm->lock first
before calling vfio_file_set_kvm which will acquire the vfio group_lock.

To resolve this, let's remove the need for the vfio group_lock from the
kvm_vfio_release codepath.  This is done by introducing a new spinlock to
protect modifications to the vfio group kvm pointer, and acquiring a kvm
ref from within vfio while holding this spinlock, with the reference held
until the last close for the device in question.

Fixes: 51cdc8bc12 ("kvm/vfio: Fix potential deadlock on vfio group_lock")
Reported-by: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230203215027.151988-2-mjrosato@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>

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Matthew Rosato 2023-02-03 16:50:26 -05:00 • committed by Alex Williamson

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drivers/vfio/group.c

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drivers/vfio/vfio.h

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drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c

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include/linux/vfio.h

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