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Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:19:55 +0300
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        "open list:BLOCK LAYER" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:VIRTIO CORE AND NET DRIVERS" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-blk: check host supplied logical block size

On Wed, 2020-07-15 at 06:06 -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 12:55:18PM +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > Linux kernel only supports logical block sizes which are power of
> > two,
> > at least 512 bytes and no more that PAGE_SIZE.
> > 
> > Check this instead of crashing later on.
> > 
> > Note that there is no need to check physical block size since it is
> > only a hint, and virtio-blk already only supports power of two
> > values.
> > 
> > Bugzilla link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1664619
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> > index 980df853ee497..36dda31cc4e96 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> > @@ -681,6 +681,12 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops virtio_mq_ops =
> > {
> >  static unsigned int virtblk_queue_depth;
> >  module_param_named(queue_depth, virtblk_queue_depth, uint, 0444);
> >  
> > +
> > +static bool virtblk_valid_block_size(unsigned int blksize)
> > +{
> > +	return blksize >= 512 && blksize <= PAGE_SIZE &&
> > is_power_of_2(blksize);
> > +}
> > +
> 
> Is this a blk core assumption? in that case, does not this belong
> in blk core?

It is a blk core assumption. 
I had checked other drivers and these that have variable block size all
check this manually like that.

I don't mind fixing all of them but I am a bit afraid to create
too much mess.

> 
> >  static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> >  {
> >  	struct virtio_blk *vblk;
> > @@ -809,9 +815,16 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
> > *vdev)
> >  	err = virtio_cread_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE,
> >  				   struct virtio_blk_config, blk_size,
> >  				   &blk_size);
> > -	if (!err)
> > +	if (!err) {
> > +		if (!virtblk_valid_block_size(blk_size)) {
> > +			dev_err(&vdev->dev,
> > +				"%s failure: unsupported logical block
> > size %d\n",
> > +				__func__, blk_size);
> > +			err = -EINVAL;
> > +			goto out_cleanup_queue;
> > +		}
> >  		blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, blk_size);
> > -	else
> > +	} else
> >  		blk_size = queue_logical_block_size(q);
> >  
> >  	/* Use topology information if available */
> 
> OK so if we are doing this pls add {} around  blk_size =
> queue_logical_block_size(q);
> too.
Will do.

> 
> > @@ -872,6 +885,9 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
> > *vdev)
> >  	device_add_disk(&vdev->dev, vblk->disk, virtblk_attr_groups);
> >  	return 0;
> >  
> > +out_cleanup_queue:
> > +	blk_cleanup_queue(vblk->disk->queue);
> > +	vblk->disk->queue = NULL;
> >  out_free_tags:
> >  	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&vblk->tag_set);
> >  out_put_disk:
> > -- 
> > 2.26.2


Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky