linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] vhost

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:08:13 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Cc:	Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] vhost - cleanup

On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 04:10:14PM -0500, Jeff Dike wrote:
> commit 1191aa42193d030470dbd4ab17e4fb57772534ff
> Author: Jeff Dike <jdike@...alhost.localdomain>
> Date:   Thu Mar 4 14:51:20 2010 -0500
> 
>     Delete a label and goto from vhost_net_set_backend
>     
>     Inverting a test allows a label and goto to be eliminated.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@...ux.intel.com>


Thanks!
I am in fixes-only mode for 2.6.34, will queue this for the next release.

> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> index 4ada4b4..7abb883 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> @@ -518,13 +518,12 @@ static long vhost_net_set_backend(struct vhost_net *n, unsigned index, int fd)
>  
>  	/* start polling new socket */
>  	oldsock = vq->private_data;
> -	if (sock == oldsock)
> -		goto done;
> +	if (sock != oldsock){
> +                vhost_net_disable_vq(n, vq);
> +                rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, sock);
> +                vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
> +	}
>  
> -	vhost_net_disable_vq(n, vq);
> -	rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, sock);
> -	vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
> -done:
>  	if (oldsock) {
>  		vhost_net_flush_vq(n, index);
>  		fput(oldsock->file);
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/