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Message-ID: <20141120124458.GC4973@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:44:58 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V5] virtio-net: validate features during probe

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 05:03:05PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> We currently trigger BUG when VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ
> is not set but one of features depending on it is.
> That's not a friendly way to report errors to
> hypervisors.
> Let's check, and fail probe instead.
> 
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>


Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Cc DaveM to pick up the patch.

> ---
> Changes from V1:
> - Drop NETIF_F_*_UFO from checklist
> Changes from V2:
> - only check the features for ctrl vq (this fix the real bug)
> - better error message and simplify API
> Changes from V3:
> - pass dbit directly and even better error message
> - typo fix
> Changes from v4:
> - add "device" before "advertise"
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index ec2a8b4..b0bc8ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -1673,6 +1673,40 @@ static const struct attribute_group virtio_net_mrg_rx_group = {
>  };
>  #endif
>  
> +static bool virtnet_fail_on_feature(struct virtio_device *vdev,
> +				    unsigned int fbit,
> +				    const char *fname, const char *dname)
> +{
> +	if (!virtio_has_feature(vdev, fbit))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	dev_err(&vdev->dev, "device advertises feature %s but not %s",
> +		fname, dname);
> +
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
> +#define VIRTNET_FAIL_ON(vdev, fbit, dbit)			\
> +	virtnet_fail_on_feature(vdev, fbit, #fbit, dbit)
> +
> +static bool virtnet_validate_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> +{
> +	if (!virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ) &&
> +	    (VIRTNET_FAIL_ON(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX,
> +			     "VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ") ||
> +	     VIRTNET_FAIL_ON(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN,
> +			     "VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ") ||
> +	     VIRTNET_FAIL_ON(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE,
> +			     "VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ") ||
> +	     VIRTNET_FAIL_ON(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ, "VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ") ||
> +	     VIRTNET_FAIL_ON(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR,
> +			     "VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ"))) {
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
>  static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  {
>  	int i, err;
> @@ -1680,6 +1714,9 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  	struct virtnet_info *vi;
>  	u16 max_queue_pairs;
>  
> +	if (!virtnet_validate_features(vdev))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	/* Find if host supports multiqueue virtio_net device */
>  	err = virtio_cread_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ,
>  				   struct virtio_net_config,
> -- 
> 1.9.1
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