linux-kernel - [PATCH] virtio_balloon: fix towards

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Message-Id: <1219097731-1224-1-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:15:31 -0500
From:	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] virtio_balloon: fix towards_target when deflating balloon

Both v and vb->num_pages are u32 and unsigned int respectively.  If v is less
than vb->num_pages (and it is, when deflating the balloon), the result is a
very large 32-bit number.  Since we're returning a s64, instead of getting the
same negative number we desire, we get a very large positive number.

This handles the case where v < vb->num_pages and ensures we get a small,
negative, s64 as the result.

Rusty: please push this for 2.6.27-rc4.  It's probably appropriate for the
stable tree too as it will cause an unexpected OOM when ballooning.

Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index bfef604..bd3c384 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ static inline s64 towards_target(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 	vb->vdev->config->get(vb->vdev,
 			      offsetof(struct virtio_balloon_config, num_pages),
 			      &v, sizeof(v));
-	return v - vb->num_pages;
+	if (v < vb->num_pages)
+		return -(s64)(vb->num_pages - v);
+	else
+		return v - vb->num_pages;
 }
 
 static void update_balloon_size(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
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