linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vhost: relax log address alignment

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:40:55 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost: relax log address alignment



On 11/16/2015 11:00 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> commit 5d9a07b0de512b77bf28d2401e5fe3351f00a240 ("vhost: relax used
> address alignment") fixed the alignment for the used virtual address,
> but not for the physical address used for logging.
>
> That's a mistake: alignment should clearly be the same for virtual and
> physical addresses,
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index eec2f11..080422f 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
>  		BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__ *vq->used > VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE);
>  		if ((a.avail_user_addr & (VRING_AVAIL_ALIGN_SIZE - 1)) ||
>  		    (a.used_user_addr & (VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE - 1)) ||
> -		    (a.log_guest_addr & (sizeof(u64) - 1))) {
> +		    (a.log_guest_addr & (VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE - 1))) {
>  			r = -EINVAL;
>  			break;
>  		}

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