linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] xen/gntdev: sanitize user interface handling

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Message-ID: <442417bc-ec65-0864-0a99-59583a52f866@suse.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 Nov 2019 09:48:49 +0100
From:   Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] xen/gntdev: sanitize user interface handling

On 07.11.19 12:15, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The Xen gntdev driver's checking of the number of allowed mapped pages
> is in need of some sanitizing work.
> 
> Changes in V2:
> - enhanced commit message of patch 1 (Andrew Cooper)
> 
> Juergen Gross (2):
>    xen/gntdev: replace global limit of mapped pages by limit per call
>    xen/gntdev: switch from kcalloc() to kvcalloc()
> 
>   drivers/xen/gntdev-common.h |  2 +-
>   drivers/xen/gntdev-dmabuf.c | 11 +++------
>   drivers/xen/gntdev.c        | 55 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>   3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 

Boris, could you please comment on the patches?


Juergen