linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen: add new hypercall buffer mapping device

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Date:   Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:43:03 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: add new hypercall buffer mapping device

On 06/15/2018 09:17 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> +static int privcmd_buf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +	struct privcmd_buf_private *file_priv = file->private_data;
> +	struct privcmd_buf_vma_private *vma_priv;
> +	unsigned int count = vma_pages(vma);
> +	unsigned int i;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
> +		pr_err("Mapping must be shared\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (file_priv->allocated + count > limit) {
> +		pr_err("Mapping limit reached!\n");
> +		return -ENOSPC;


This error (which I thought should have been E2BIG) is not in the list
of allowed error codes (per man page). I think it it's either EINVAL or
ENOMEM (EINVAL seems more appropriate to me).

I am also not sure about pr_err as the caller can force it (although
presumably the file is only accessible to superuser).

-boris