linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] VSOCK DRIVER: Add multi-cid support for guest

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Message-ID: <20210802160815-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:10:48 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     fuguancheng <fuguancheng@...edance.com>
Cc:     jasowang@...hat.com, stefanha@...hat.com, sgarzare@...hat.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, arseny.krasnov@...persky.com,
        andraprs@...zon.com, colin.king@...onical.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] VSOCK DRIVER: Add multi-cid support for guest

On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 08:07:17PM +0800, fuguancheng wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> index c998860d7bbc..a3ea99f6fc7f 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
>  
>  #define VHOST_FILE_UNBIND -1
>  
> +/* structs used for hypervisors to send cid info. */
> +
> +struct multi_cid_message {
> +	u32 number_cid;
> +	u64 *cid;
> +};
> +
>  /* ioctls */
>  
>  #define VHOST_VIRTIO 0xAF


In this case, a kernel pointer in a UAPI struct is suspicious.
So is padding after number_cid.

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