linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] hv: hv_balloon: avoid memory leak on alloc

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Message-ID: <5473F818.4050304@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:31:36 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de,
	apw@...onical.com, kys@...rosoft.com
CC:	haiyangz@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hv: hv_balloon: avoid memory leak on alloc_error of
 2MB memory block

On 11/25/2014 12:32 PM, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> If num_ballooned is not 0, we shouldn't neglect the
> already-partially-allocated 2MB memory block(s).
>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>
> v2: I fixed the logic error in v1, pointed by Jason Wang:
> 	In v1: in the case of partially-allocated 2MB, alloc_error is true,
> 	so we'll run "done = true" and hence we won't proceed with
> 	the next iteration of trying 4K allocation.
>
>     I also changed the WARN_ON to WARN_ON_ONCE in case the host behavior
>     changes in the future.
>
>  drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> index 5e90c5d..b958ded 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> @@ -1087,10 +1087,12 @@ static void balloon_up(struct work_struct *dummy)
>  	struct dm_balloon_response *bl_resp;
>  	int alloc_unit;
>  	int ret;
> -	bool alloc_error = false;
> +	bool alloc_error;
>  	bool done = false;
>  	int i;
>  
> +	/* The host balloons pages in 2M granularity. */
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(num_pages % PAGES_IN_2M != 0);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We will attempt 2M allocations. However, if we fail to
> @@ -1107,16 +1109,18 @@ static void balloon_up(struct work_struct *dummy)
>  
>  
>  		num_pages -= num_ballooned;
> +		alloc_error = false;
>  		num_ballooned = alloc_balloon_pages(&dm_device, num_pages,
>  						bl_resp, alloc_unit,
>  						 &alloc_error);
>  
> -		if ((alloc_error) && (alloc_unit != 1)) {
> +		if (alloc_unit != 1 && num_ballooned == 0) {
>  			alloc_unit = 1;
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  
> -		if ((alloc_error) || (num_ballooned == num_pages)) {
> +		if ((alloc_unit == 1 && alloc_error) ||
> +			(num_ballooned == num_pages)) {
>  			bl_resp->more_pages = 0;
>  			done = true;
>  			dm_device.state = DM_INITIALIZED;

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>

Thanks
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