[PATCH v7 1/5] iommu: Lock group->mutex in iommu_deferred_attach()

Srivastava, Dheeraj Kumar dhsrivas at amd.com
Wed Nov 26 04:55:34 PST 2025


Hi,

On 11/22/2025 7:27 AM, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> The iommu_deferred_attach() function invokes __iommu_attach_device(), but
> doesn't hold the group->mutex like other __iommu_attach_device() callers.
> 
> Though there is no pratical bug being triggered so far, it would be better
> to apply the same locking to this __iommu_attach_device(), since the IOMMU
> drivers nowaday are more aware of the group->mutex -- some of them use the
> iommu_group_mutex_assert() function that could be potentially in the path
> of an attach_dev callback function invoked by the __iommu_attach_device().
> 
> Worth mentioning that the iommu_deferred_attach() will soon need to check
> group->resetting_domain that must be locked also.
> 
> Thus, grab the mutex to guard __iommu_attach_device() like other callers.
> 

Tested the series with PCI reset on PFs and VFs, including device 
pass-through to a Linux guest. All scenarios worked as expected.

Tested-by: Dheeraj Kumar Srivastava <dheerajkumar.srivastava at amd.com>

Thanks
Dheeraj

> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at nvidia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu at linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc at nvidia.com>
> ---
>   drivers/iommu/iommu.c | 13 ++++++++++---
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> index 2ca990dfbb884..170e522b5bda4 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> @@ -2185,10 +2185,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_attach_device);
>   
>   int iommu_deferred_attach(struct device *dev, struct iommu_domain *domain)
>   {
> -	if (dev->iommu && dev->iommu->attach_deferred)
> -		return __iommu_attach_device(domain, dev, NULL);
> +	/*
> +	 * This is called on the dma mapping fast path so avoid locking. This is
> +	 * racy, but we have an expectation that the driver will setup its DMAs
> +	 * inside probe while being single threaded to avoid racing.
> +	 */
> +	if (!dev->iommu || !dev->iommu->attach_deferred)
> +		return 0;
>   
> -	return 0;
> +	guard(mutex)(&dev->iommu_group->mutex);
> +
> +	return __iommu_attach_device(domain, dev, NULL);
>   }
>   
>   void iommu_detach_device(struct iommu_domain *domain, struct device *dev)




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