Push nwfilter update locking up to top level

The NWFilter code has as a deadlock race condition between
the virNWFilter{Define,Undefine} APIs and starting of guest
VMs due to mis-matched lock ordering.

In the virNWFilter{Define,Undefine} codepaths the lock ordering
is

  1. nwfilter driver lock
  2. virt driver lock
  3. nwfilter update lock
  4. domain object lock

In the VM guest startup paths the lock ordering is

  1. virt driver lock
  2. domain object lock
  3. nwfilter update lock

As can be seen the domain object and nwfilter update locks are
not acquired in a consistent order.

The fix used is to push the nwfilter update lock upto the top
level resulting in a lock ordering for virNWFilter{Define,Undefine}
of

  1. nwfilter driver lock
  2. nwfilter update lock
  3. virt driver lock
  4. domain object lock

and VM start using

  1. nwfilter update lock
  2. virt driver lock
  3. domain object lock

This has the effect of serializing VM startup once again, even if
no nwfilters are applied to the guest. There is also the possibility
of deadlock due to a call graph loop via virNWFilterInstantiate
and virNWFilterInstantiateFilterLate.

These two problems mean the lock must be turned into a read/write
lock instead of a plain mutex at the same time. The lock is used to
serialize changes to the "driver->nwfilters" hash, so the write lock
only needs to be held by the define/undefine methods. All other
methods can rely on a read lock which allows good concurrency.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c

@@ -143,17 +143,22 @@ static const struct int_map chain_priorities[] = {
 /*
  * only one filter update allowed
  */
-static virMutex updateMutex;
+static virRWLock updateLock;
 static bool initialized = false;
 
 void
-virNWFilterLockFilterUpdates(void) {
-    virMutexLock(&updateMutex);
+virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates(void) {
+    virRWLockRead(&updateLock);
+}
+
+void
+virNWFilterWriteLockFilterUpdates(void) {
+    virRWLockWrite(&updateLock);
 }
 
 void
 virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates(void) {
-    virMutexUnlock(&updateMutex);
+    virRWLockUnlock(&updateLock);
 }
 
 
@@ -2990,14 +2995,12 @@ virNWFilterObjAssignDef(virNWFilterObjListPtr nwfilters,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    virNWFilterLockFilterUpdates();
 
     if ((nwfilter = virNWFilterObjFindByName(nwfilters, def->name))) {
 
         if (virNWFilterDefEqual(def, nwfilter->def, false)) {
             virNWFilterDefFree(nwfilter->def);
             nwfilter->def = def;
-            virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
             return nwfilter;
         }
 
@@ -3005,7 +3008,6 @@ virNWFilterObjAssignDef(virNWFilterObjListPtr nwfilters,
         /* trigger the update on VMs referencing the filter */
         if (virNWFilterTriggerVMFilterRebuild()) {
             nwfilter->newDef = NULL;
-            virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
             virNWFilterObjUnlock(nwfilter);
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -3013,12 +3015,9 @@ virNWFilterObjAssignDef(virNWFilterObjListPtr nwfilters,
         virNWFilterDefFree(nwfilter->def);
         nwfilter->def = def;
         nwfilter->newDef = NULL;
-        virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
         return nwfilter;
     }
 
-    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
-
     if (VIR_ALLOC(nwfilter) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
@@ -3483,7 +3482,7 @@ int virNWFilterConfLayerInit(virDomainObjListIterator domUpdateCB,
 
     initialized = true;
 
-    if (virMutexInitRecursive(&updateMutex) < 0)
+    if (virRWLockInit(&updateLock) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     return 0;
@@ -3495,7 +3494,7 @@ void virNWFilterConfLayerShutdown(void)
     if (!initialized)
         return;
 
-    virMutexDestroy(&updateMutex);
+    virRWLockDestroy(&updateLock);
 
     initialized = false;
     virNWFilterDomainFWUpdateOpaque = NULL;

src/conf/nwfilter_conf.h

@@ -716,7 +716,8 @@ virNWFilterDefPtr virNWFilterDefParseFile(const char *filename);
 void virNWFilterObjLock(virNWFilterObjPtr obj);
 void virNWFilterObjUnlock(virNWFilterObjPtr obj);
 
-void virNWFilterLockFilterUpdates(void);
+void virNWFilterWriteLockFilterUpdates(void);
+void virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates(void);
 void virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates(void);
 
 int virNWFilterConfLayerInit(virDomainObjListIterator domUpdateCB, void *opaque);

src/libvirt_private.syms

@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ virNWFilterDefParseString;
 virNWFilterInstFiltersOnAllVMs;
 virNWFilterJumpTargetTypeToString;
 virNWFilterLoadAllConfigs;
-virNWFilterLockFilterUpdates;
 virNWFilterObjAssignDef;
 virNWFilterObjDeleteDef;
 virNWFilterObjFindByName;
@@ -587,6 +586,7 @@ virNWFilterObjSaveDef;
 virNWFilterObjUnlock;
 virNWFilterPrintStateMatchFlags;
 virNWFilterPrintTCPFlags;
+virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates;
 virNWFilterRegisterCallbackDriver;
 virNWFilterRuleActionTypeToString;
 virNWFilterRuleDirectionTypeToString;
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ virNWFilterRuleProtocolTypeToString;
 virNWFilterTestUnassignDef;
 virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates;
 virNWFilterUnRegisterCallbackDriver;
+virNWFilterWriteLockFilterUpdates;
 
 
 # conf/nwfilter_ipaddrmap.h

src/lxc/lxc_driver.c

@@ -1015,6 +1015,8 @@ static int lxcDomainCreateWithFiles(virDomainPtr dom,
 
     virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_START_AUTODESTROY, -1);
 
+    virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates();
+
     if (!(vm = lxcDomObjFromDomain(dom)))
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -1053,6 +1055,7 @@ cleanup:
     if (event)
         virObjectEventStateQueue(driver->domainEventState, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1109,6 +1112,8 @@ lxcDomainCreateXMLWithFiles(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_START_AUTODESTROY, NULL);
 
+    virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates();
+
     if (!(caps = virLXCDriverGetCapabilities(driver, false)))
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -1164,6 +1169,7 @@ cleanup:
         virObjectEventStateQueue(driver->domainEventState, event);
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     return dom;
 }
 

src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c

@@ -283,12 +283,14 @@ nwfilterStateReload(void)
     virNWFilterLearnThreadsTerminate(true);
 
     nwfilterDriverLock(driverState);
+    virNWFilterWriteLockFilterUpdates();
     virNWFilterCallbackDriversLock();
 
     virNWFilterLoadAllConfigs(&driverState->nwfilters,
                               driverState->configDir);
 
     virNWFilterCallbackDriversUnlock();
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     nwfilterDriverUnlock(driverState);
 
     virNWFilterInstFiltersOnAllVMs();
@@ -554,6 +556,7 @@ nwfilterDefineXML(virConnectPtr conn,
     virNWFilterPtr ret = NULL;
 
     nwfilterDriverLock(driver);
+    virNWFilterWriteLockFilterUpdates();
     virNWFilterCallbackDriversLock();
 
     if (!(def = virNWFilterDefParseString(xml)))
@@ -580,6 +583,7 @@ cleanup:
         virNWFilterObjUnlock(nwfilter);
 
     virNWFilterCallbackDriversUnlock();
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     nwfilterDriverUnlock(driver);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -592,10 +596,9 @@ nwfilterUndefine(virNWFilterPtr obj) {
     int ret = -1;
 
     nwfilterDriverLock(driver);
+    virNWFilterWriteLockFilterUpdates();
     virNWFilterCallbackDriversLock();
 
-    virNWFilterLockFilterUpdates();
-
     nwfilter = virNWFilterObjFindByUUID(&driver->nwfilters, obj->uuid);
     if (!nwfilter) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_NO_NWFILTER,
@@ -626,9 +629,8 @@ cleanup:
     if (nwfilter)
         virNWFilterObjUnlock(nwfilter);
 
-    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
-
     virNWFilterCallbackDriversUnlock();
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     nwfilterDriverUnlock(driver);
     return ret;
 }

src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c

@@ -935,8 +935,6 @@ _virNWFilterInstantiateFilter(virNWFilterDriverStatePtr driver,
     int ifindex;
     int rc;
 
-    virNWFilterLockFilterUpdates();
-
     /* after grabbing the filter update lock check for the interface; if
        it's not there anymore its filters will be or are being removed
        (while holding the lock) and we don't want to build new ones */
@@ -964,8 +962,6 @@ _virNWFilterInstantiateFilter(virNWFilterDriverStatePtr driver,
                                         foundNewFilter);
 
 cleanup:
-    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
-
     return rc;
 }
 
@@ -984,7 +980,7 @@ virNWFilterInstantiateFilterLate(virNWFilterDriverStatePtr driver,
     int rc;
     bool foundNewFilter = false;
 
-    virNWFilterLockFilterUpdates();
+    virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates();
 
     rc = __virNWFilterInstantiateFilter(driver,
                                         vmuuid,

src/qemu/qemu_driver.c

@@ -1576,6 +1576,8 @@ static virDomainPtr qemuDomainCreateXML(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_START_AUTODESTROY)
         start_flags |= VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_START_AUTODESTROY;
 
+    virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates();
+
     if (!(caps = virQEMUDriverGetCapabilities(driver, false)))
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -1656,6 +1658,7 @@ cleanup:
     }
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     return dom;
 }
 
@@ -6095,6 +6098,8 @@ qemuDomainCreateWithFlags(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags)
                   VIR_DOMAIN_START_BYPASS_CACHE |
                   VIR_DOMAIN_START_FORCE_BOOT, -1);
 
+    virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates();
+
     if (!(vm = qemuDomObjFromDomain(dom)))
         return -1;
 
@@ -6122,6 +6127,7 @@ endjob:
 cleanup:
     if (vm)
         virObjectUnlock(vm);
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     return ret;
 }
 

src/uml/uml_driver.c

@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ static virDomainPtr umlDomainCreateXML(virConnectPtr conn, const char *xml,
 
     virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_START_AUTODESTROY, NULL);
 
+    virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates();
     umlDriverLock(driver);
     if (!(def = virDomainDefParseString(xml, driver->caps, driver->xmlopt,
                                         1 << VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_UML,
@@ -1613,6 +1614,7 @@ cleanup:
     if (event)
         umlDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     umlDriverUnlock(driver);
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     return dom;
 }
 
@@ -1997,6 +1999,7 @@ static int umlDomainCreateWithFlags(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags) {
 
     virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_START_AUTODESTROY, -1);
 
+    virNWFilterReadLockFilterUpdates();
     umlDriverLock(driver);
     vm = virDomainObjListFindByUUID(driver->domains, dom->uuid);
 
@@ -2023,6 +2026,7 @@ cleanup:
     if (event)
         umlDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     umlDriverUnlock(driver);
+    virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
     return ret;
 }