linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.11 11/25] xen-netback: transition to CLOSED when removing a VIF

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:40:40 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>,
	Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.11 11/25] xen-netback: transition to CLOSED when removing a VIF

3.11-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

[ Upstream commit dc62ccaccfb139d9b04bbc5a2688a4402adbfab3 ]

If a guest is destroyed without transitioning its frontend to CLOSED,
the domain becomes a zombie as netback was not grant unmapping the
shared rings.

When removing a VIF, transition the backend to CLOSED so the VIF is
disconnected if necessary (which will unmap the shared rings etc).

This fixes a regression introduced by
279f438e36c0a70b23b86d2090aeec50155034a9 (xen-netback: Don't destroy
the netdev until the vif is shut down).

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Cc: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Reviewed-by:  Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
@@ -39,11 +39,15 @@ static int connect_rings(struct backend_
 static void connect(struct backend_info *);
 static void backend_create_xenvif(struct backend_info *be);
 static void unregister_hotplug_status_watch(struct backend_info *be);
+static void set_backend_state(struct backend_info *be,
+			      enum xenbus_state state);
 
 static int netback_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 {
 	struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
 
+	set_backend_state(be, XenbusStateClosed);
+
 	unregister_hotplug_status_watch(be);
 	if (be->vif) {
 		kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/