linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_balloon: fix PFN format for virtio-1

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 15:27:46 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_balloon: fix PFN format for virtio-1

On Wed, 18 May 2016 15:38:53 +0300
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> Everything should be LE when using virtio-1, but
> the linux balloon driver does not seem to care about that.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Keeping the pfns in proper byte order seems less hacky than my
approach, and it fixes the crash for my setup as well.

Tested-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>