linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] vdpa: Block vq property change in DRIVER

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <5c638566b18c211a2788ca7ce4937a4c727f4e2f.camel@nvidia.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 15:09:22 +0000
From: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
To: "mst@...hat.com" <mst@...hat.com>
CC: "xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com" <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, Parav Pandit
	<parav@...dia.com>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>, "eperezma@...hat.com"
	<eperezma@...hat.com>, "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org"
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "si-wei.liu@...cle.com"
	<si-wei.liu@...cle.com>, "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] vdpa: Block vq property change in DRIVER_OK

On Mon, 2023-12-25 at 09:40 -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 03:42:08PM +0200, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
> > This series prevents the change of virtqueue address or state when a
> > device is in DRIVER_OK and not suspended. The virtio spec doesn't
> > allow changing virtqueue addresses and state in DRIVER_OK, but some devices
> > do support this operation when the device is suspended. The series
> > leaves the door open for these devices.
> > 
> > The series was suggested while discussing the addition of resumable
> > virtuque support in the mlx5_vdpa driver [0].
> 
> 
> I am confused. Isn't this also included in
>  vdpa/mlx5: Add support for resumable vqs
> 
> do you now want this merged separately?
The discussion in the linked thread lead to having 2 series that are
independent: this series and the original v2 of of the "vdpa/mlx5: Add support
for resumable vqs" series (for which I will send a v5 now that is same as v2 +
Acked-by tags).

> 
> > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/20231219180858.120898-1-dtatulea@nvidia.com/T/#m044ddf540d98a6b025f81bffa058ca647a3d013e
> > 
> > Dragos Tatulea (2):
> >   vdpa: Track device suspended state
> >   vdpa: Block vq property changes in DRIVER_OK
> > 
> >  drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > -- 
> > 2.43.0
>