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    xen/gntdev: Avoid blocking in unmap_grant_pages() · dbe97cff
    Demi Marie Obenour authored
    unmap_grant_pages() currently waits for the pages to no longer be used.
    In https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7481, this lead to a
    deadlock against i915: i915 was waiting for gntdev's MMU notifier to
    finish, while gntdev was waiting for i915 to free its pages.  I also
    believe this is responsible for various deadlocks I have experienced in
    the past.
    
    Avoid these problems by making unmap_grant_pages async.  This requires
    making it return void, as any errors will not be available when the
    function returns.  Fortunately, the only use of the return value is a
    WARN_ON(), which can be replaced by a WARN_ON when the error is
    detected.  Additionally, a failed call will not prevent further calls
    from being made, but this is harmless.
    
    Because unmap_grant_pages is now async, the grant handle will be sent to
    INVALID_GRANT_HANDLE too late to prevent multiple unmaps of the same
    handle.  Instead, a separate bool array is allocated for this purpose.
    This waste...
    dbe97cff
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