linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 02/16] virtio/9p: verify device has config space

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Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:27:28 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com,
	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
	Ron Minnich <rminnich@...dia.gov>,
	Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 02/16] virtio/9p: verify device has config space

Some devices might not implement config space access
(e.g. remoteproc used not to - before 3.9).
virtio/9p needs config space access so make it
fail gracefully if not there.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 net/9p/trans_virtio.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index daa749c..d8e376a 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -524,6 +524,12 @@ static int p9_virtio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	int err;
 	struct virtio_chan *chan;
 
+	if (!vdev->config->get) {
+		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "%s failure: config access disabled\n",
+			__func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	chan = kmalloc(sizeof(struct virtio_chan), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!chan) {
 		pr_err("Failed to allocate virtio 9P channel\n");
-- 
MST

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