linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] virtio_balloon: convert to virtio 1.0 endian-ness

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]

Message-ID: <20141202193930.2b8750f7.cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2014 19:39:30 +0100
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] virtio_balloon: convert to virtio 1.0
 endian-ness

On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:44:06 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> balloon device is not part of virtio 1.0 spec.  Still, it's easy enough
> to make it handle endian-ness exactly as other virtio 1.0 devices: what
> we gain from this, is that there's no need to special-case it in virtio
> core.

Well, the balloon is weird in a number of ways, including its always
little-endian config space.

But I'm not quite sure the spec covers this?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 5 +++--
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c     | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

>  struct virtio_balloon_stat {
> -	__u16 tag;
> -	__u64 val;
> +	__virtio16 tag;
> +	__virtio64 val;
>  } __attribute__((packed));

Would the respective fields in the spec need updating? While it is
actually talking about legacy requirements, the fields are not
specified as __virtio{16,64}.

Also, is changing the stat fields enough? I've not looked into balloon
operation, but does the payload need some endianess conversion as well?

--
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/