[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] firmware: qemu_fw_cfg.c: hold ACPI global lock during device access

[Gabriel Somlo]

Allowing for the future possibility of implementing AML-based
(i.e., firmware-triggered) access to the QEMU fw_cfg device,
acquire the global ACPI lock when accessing the device on behalf
of the guest-side sysfs driver, to prevent any potential race
conditions.

Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <address@hidden>
---

Changes since v1:
        - no more "#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI"; instead we proceed if
          acpi_acquire_global_lock() returns either OK or NOT_CONFIGURED,
          and only throw a warning/error message otherwise.

        - didn't get any *negative* feedback from the QEMU crowd, so
          this is now a bona-fide "please apply this", rather than just
          an RFC :)

        - tested on ACPI-enabled x86_64, and acpi_less ARM (32 and 64 bit)
          QEMU VMs (I don't have handy access to an ACPI-enabled ARM VM)

Thanks much,
  --Gabriel

 drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
index 7bba76c..a44dc32 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
@@ -77,12 +77,28 @@ static inline u16 fw_cfg_sel_endianness(u16 key)
 static inline void fw_cfg_read_blob(u16 key,
                                    void *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
+       u32 glk;
+       acpi_status status;
+
+       /* If we have ACPI, ensure mutual exclusion against any potential
+        * device access by the firmware, e.g. via AML methods:
+        */
+       status = acpi_acquire_global_lock(ACPI_WAIT_FOREVER, &glk);
+       if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) && status != AE_NOT_CONFIGURED) {
+               /* Should never get here */
+               WARN(1, "fw_cfg_read_blob: Failed to lock ACPI!\n");
+               memset(buf, 0, count);
+               return;
+       }
+
        mutex_lock(&fw_cfg_dev_lock);
        iowrite16(fw_cfg_sel_endianness(key), fw_cfg_reg_ctrl);
        while (pos-- > 0)
                ioread8(fw_cfg_reg_data);
        ioread8_rep(fw_cfg_reg_data, buf, count);
        mutex_unlock(&fw_cfg_dev_lock);
+
+       acpi_release_global_lock(glk);
 }
 
 /* clean up fw_cfg device i/o */
-- 
2.4.3