linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] macvtap: TX zero copy between guest and host kernel

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Message-Id: <20100913.201730.27805132.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:17:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mashirle@...ibm.com
Cc:	avi@...hat.com, arnd@...db.de, mst@...hat.com,
	xiaohui.xin@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] macvtap: TX zero copy between guest and host
 kernel

From: Shirley Ma <mashirle@...ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:48:03 -0700

> +		base = (unsigned long)from->iov_base + offset1;
> +		size = ((base & ~PAGE_MASK) + len + ~PAGE_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +		num_pages = get_user_pages_fast(base, size, 0, &page[i]);
> +		if ((num_pages != size) ||
> +		    (num_pages > MAX_SKB_FRAGS - skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags))
> +			/* put_page is in skb free */
> +			return -EFAULT;

What keeps the user from writing to these pages in it's address space
after the write call returns?

A write() return of success means:

	"I wrote what you gave to me"

not

	"I wrote what you gave to me, oh and BTW don't touch these
         pages for a while."

In fact "a while" isn't even defined in any way, as there is no way
for the write() invoker to know when the networking card is done with
those pages.
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