linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jan 2014 21:13:05 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	"olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service



> -----Original Message-----
> From: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:15 PM
> To: Dan Carpenter
> Cc: KY Srinivasan; olaf@...fle.de; jasowang@...hat.com; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; apw@...onical.com; devel@...uxdriverproject.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service
> 
> On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:09:21PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > We've had this discussion before where you urge me to trust the host...
> >
> >  Problem: This code is racy.
> > Solution: The host will only send one message at a time.
> >
> > Now I have to audit the user space code on the host and I don't feel
> > like doing that so you win.
> >
> > I wish we had a better way to do IPC.  If kdbus were ready, that might
> > have worked for this, and it's a better solution because both sender and
> > reciever code will be written in a less trusting way.
> 
> kdbus is almost ready, it might make 3.15, depending on the result of
> work that is happening at linux.conf.au and FOSDEM.
> 
> If it would be a better solution for this, that's even more reason to
> get kdbus merged soon, no need to add something that doesn't really
> work.
> 
> But, how will kdbus help with this?  It's a userspace <-> userspace
> message transmission bus, would you want the kernel to be a receiver or
> sender here?

Greg,

The transport between the kernel and the user in this driver is a regular char device and
Vmbus is the transport between the host and the guest. As you observe, I am not sure
how kdbus would be useful.

K. Y
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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