linux-kernel - [KVM PATCH 2/4] KVM: fix irqfd error checking

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:44:21 -0400
From:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davidel@...ilserver.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, mst@...hat.com, avi@...hat.com,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: [KVM PATCH 2/4] KVM: fix irqfd error checking

Michael Tsirkin pointed out that f_ops->poll() does not return a standard
"int" error, yet we are treating it as such. Lets fix this.

Reported-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
---

 virt/kvm/eventfd.c |   14 ++++++++------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index a0e329f..a9e7de7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi, int flags)
 	struct _irqfd *irqfd;
 	struct file *file = NULL;
 	int ret;
+	unsigned int events;
 
 	irqfd = kzalloc(sizeof(*irqfd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!irqfd)
@@ -169,9 +170,7 @@ kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi, int flags)
 	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&irqfd->wait, irqfd_wakeup);
 	init_poll_funcptr(&irqfd->pt, irqfd_ptable_queue_proc);
 
-	ret = file->f_op->poll(file, &irqfd->pt);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto fail;
+	events = file->f_op->poll(file, &irqfd->pt);
 
 	kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
 
@@ -180,6 +179,12 @@ kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi, int flags)
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
 	/*
+	 * Check if there was an event already queued
+	 */
+	if (events & POLLIN)
+		schedule_work(&irqfd->inject);
+
+	/*
 	 * do not drop the file until the irqfd is fully initialized, otherwise
 	 * we might race against the POLLHUP
 	 */
@@ -188,9 +193,6 @@ kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi, int flags)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-	if (irqfd->wqh)
-		remove_wait_queue(irqfd->wqh, &irqfd->wait);
-
 	if (file && !IS_ERR(file))
 		fput(file);
 

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