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Hi Amit, Rusty RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127062 steps: - Read random data by 'dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null' in guest - check sysfs files in the same time, 'cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_*' Result: cat process will get stuck, it will return if we kill dd process. We have some static variables (eg, current_rng, data_avail, etc) in hw_random/core.c, they are protected by rng_mutex. I try to workaround this issue by undelay(100) after mutex_unlock() in rng_dev_read(). This gives...

Hi Amit, Rusty RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127062 steps: - Read random data by 'dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null' in guest - check sysfs files in the same time, 'cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_*' Result: cat process will get stuck, it will return if we kill dd process. We have some static variables (eg, current_rng, data_avail, etc) in hw_random/core.c, they are protected by rng_mutex. I try to workaround this issue by undelay(100) after mutex_unlock() in rng_dev_read(). This gives...

...rote: > (Resend to fix the subject) > > Hi Amit, Rusty > > RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127062 > steps: > - Read random data by 'dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null' in guest > - check sysfs files in the same time, 'cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_*' > > Result: cat process will get stuck, it will return if we kill dd process. How common is it going to be to have a long-running 'dd' process on /dev/hwrng? Also, with the new khwrng thread, reading from /dev/hwrng isn't required -- just use /dev/random? (This doesn'...

...rote: > (Resend to fix the subject) > > Hi Amit, Rusty > > RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127062 > steps: > - Read random data by 'dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null' in guest > - check sysfs files in the same time, 'cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_*' > > Result: cat process will get stuck, it will return if we kill dd process. How common is it going to be to have a long-running 'dd' process on /dev/hwrng? Also, with the new khwrng thread, reading from /dev/hwrng isn't required -- just use /dev/random? (This doesn'...

...long-running dd process, it takes too much cpu time and almost hold the mutex lock. When we check hwrng attributes from sysfs by cat, it gets stuck in waiting the lock releaseing. The problem can only be reproduced with non-smp guest with slow backend. This patchset resolves the issue by changing rng_dev_read() to always schedule 10 jiffies after release mutex lock, then cat process can have chance to get the lock and execute protected code without stuck. Thanks. V2: update commitlog to describe PATCH 2, split second patch. Amos Kong (3): virtio-rng cleanup: move some code out of mutex prot...

...long-running dd process, it takes too much cpu time and almost hold the mutex lock. When we check hwrng attributes from sysfs by cat, it gets stuck in waiting the lock releaseing. The problem can only be reproduced with non-smp guest with slow backend. This patchset resolves the issue by changing rng_dev_read() to always schedule 10 jiffies after release mutex lock, then cat process can have chance to get the lock and execute protected code without stuck. Thanks. V2: update commitlog to describe PATCH 2, split second patch. Amos Kong (3): virtio-rng cleanup: move some code out of mutex prot...

(Resend to fix the subject) Hi Amit, Rusty RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127062 steps: - Read random data by 'dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null' in guest - check sysfs files in the same time, 'cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_*' Result: cat process will get stuck, it will return if we kill dd process. We have some static variables (eg, current_rng, data_avail, etc) in hw_random/core.c, they are protected by rng_mutex. I try to workaround this issue by undelay(100) after mutex_unlock() in rng_dev_read(). This gives...

I started a QEMU (non-smp) guest with one virtio-rng device, and read random data from /dev/hwrng by dd: # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & In the same time, if I check hwrng attributes from sysfs by cat: # cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_* The cat process always gets stuck with slow backend (5 k/s), if we use a quick backend (1.2 M/s), the cat process will cost 1 to 2 minutes. The stuck doesn't exist for smp guest. Reading syscall enters kernel and call rng_dev_read(), it's user context. We used need_resched() to check if...

...ct) > > > > Hi Amit, Rusty > > > > RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127062 > > steps: > > - Read random data by 'dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null' in guest > > - check sysfs files in the same time, 'cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_*' > > > > Result: cat process will get stuck, it will return if we kill dd process. > > How common is it going to be to have a long-running 'dd' process on > /dev/hwrng? Not a common usage, but we have this strict testing. > Also, with the new khwrng thread,...

....com> writes: > I started a QEMU (non-smp) guest with one virtio-rng device, and read > random data from /dev/hwrng by dd: > > # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & > > In the same time, if I check hwrng attributes from sysfs by cat: > > # cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_* > > The cat process always gets stuck with slow backend (5 k/s), if we > use a quick backend (1.2 M/s), the cat process will cost 1 to 2 > minutes. The stuck doesn't exist for smp guest. > > Reading syscall enters kernel and call rng_dev_read(), it's user > context. We...

....com> writes: > I started a QEMU (non-smp) guest with one virtio-rng device, and read > random data from /dev/hwrng by dd: > > # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & > > In the same time, if I check hwrng attributes from sysfs by cat: > > # cat /sys/class/misc/hw_random/rng_* > > The cat process always gets stuck with slow backend (5 k/s), if we > use a quick backend (1.2 M/s), the cat process will cost 1 to 2 > minutes. The stuck doesn't exist for smp guest. > > Reading syscall enters kernel and call rng_dev_read(), it's user > context. We...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V5: reset cleanup_done flag...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V5: reset cleanup_done flag...

There's currently a big lock around everything, and it means that we can't query sysfs (eg /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_current) while the rng is reading. This is a real problem when the rng is slow, or blocked (eg. virtio_rng with qemu's default /dev/random backend) This doesn't help (it leaves the current lock untouched), just adds a lock to protect the read function and the static buffers, in preparation...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V5: reset cleanup_done flag...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V5: reset cleanup_done flag...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V4: update patch 4 to fix...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V4: update patch 4 to fix...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V2: added patch 2 to fix a...

...guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 2: | guest) # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 4: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | cat /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_* | | test 5: | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null | cancel dd process after 10 seconds | guest) # dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/null & | hotunplug rng device from qemu monitor | | test 6: | use a fifo as rng backend, execute test 0 ~ 5 with no input of fifo V2: added patch 2 to fix a...