linux-kernel - [PATCH V6 0/3] handle polling errors in vhost/vhost

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Message-Id: <1358351078-58915-1-git-send-email-jasowang@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:44:35 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, mst@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH V6 0/3] handle polling errors in vhost/vhost_net

This is an update version of last version to fix the handling of polling errors
in vhost/vhost_net.

Currently, vhost and vhost_net ignore polling errors which can lead kernel
crashing when it tries to remove itself from waitqueue after the polling
failure. Fix this by:

- examing the POLLERR when setting backend and report erros to userspace
- let tun always add to waitqueue in .poll() after the queue is created even if
  it was detached.

Changes from V5:
- use rcu_dereference() instead of the wrong rtnl_dereference() in data path
- test with CONFIG_PROVE_RCU

Changes from V4:
- check the detached state by tfile->detached and protect it by RCU

Changes from V3:
- make a smaller patch that doesn't touch the whole polling state and only check
  the polliner errors in backend setting.
- add a patch that allows tuntap to do polling/reading/writing when detached
  which could simplify the work of its user.

Changes from v2:
- check poll->wqh instead of the wrong assumption about POLLERR and waitqueue
- drop the whole tx polling state check since it was replaced by the wqh
  checking
- drop the buggy tuntap patch

Changes from v1:
- restore the state before the ioctl when vhost_init_used() fails
- log the error when meet polling errors in the data path
- don't put into waitqueue when tun_chr_poll() return POLLERR

Jason Wang (3):
  vhost_net: correct error handling in vhost_net_set_backend()
  vhost_net: handle polling errors when setting backend
  tuntap: allow polling/writing/reading when detached

 drivers/net/tun.c     |   45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 drivers/vhost/net.c   |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c |   18 +++++++++++++++---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.h |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

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