linux-kernel - [PATCH] vhost: drop hard-coded num

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Message-ID: <1424795457-6770-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:31:10 +0100
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vhost: drop hard-coded num_buffers size

The 2 that we use for copy_to_iter comes from sizeof(u16),
it used to be that way before the iov iter update.
Fix it up, making it obvious the size of stack access
is right.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/net.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index ca70434..2bbfc25 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -621,7 +621,8 @@ static void handle_rx(struct vhost_net *net)
 
 		num_buffers = cpu_to_vhost16(vq, headcount);
 		if (likely(mergeable) &&
-		    copy_to_iter(&num_buffers, 2, &fixup) != 2) {
+		    copy_to_iter(&num_buffers, sizeof num_buffers,
+				 &fixup) != sizeof num_buffers) {
 			vq_err(vq, "Failed num_buffers write");
 			vhost_discard_vq_desc(vq, headcount);
 			break;
-- 
MST
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