virtio: order index/descriptor reads

virtio has the equivalent of:

	if (vq->last_avail_index != vring_avail_idx(vq)) {
		read descriptor head at vq->last_avail_index;
	}

In theory, processor can reorder descriptor head
read to happen speculatively before the index read.
this would trigger the following race:

	host descriptor head read <- reads invalid head from ring
		guest writes valid descriptor head
		guest writes avail index
	host avail index read <- observes valid index

as a result host will use an invalid head value.
This was not observed in the field by me but after
the experience with the previous two races
I think it is prudent to address this theoretical race condition.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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Michael S. Tsirkin 2012-04-23 15:46:22 +03:00
parent 92045d80ba
commit a821ce5933
2 changed files with 17 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ static int virtqueue_num_heads(VirtQueue *vq, unsigned int idx)
idx, vring_avail_idx(vq));
exit(1);
}
/* On success, callers read a descriptor at vq->last_avail_idx.
* Make sure descriptor read does not bypass avail index read. */
if (num_heads) {
smp_rmb();
}
return num_heads;
}