netdev - [PATCH net 1/4] vhost: make sure used idx is seen before log in vhost_add_used

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Date:   Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:44:51 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 1/4] vhost: make sure used idx is seen before log in vhost_add_used_n()

We miss a write barrier that guarantees used idx is updated and seen
before log. This will let userspace sync and copy used ring before
used idx is update. Fix this by adding a barrier before log_write().

Fixes: 8dd014adfea6f ("vhost-net: mergeable buffers support")
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 6b98d8e3a5bf..5915f240275a 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -2220,6 +2220,8 @@ int vhost_add_used_n(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct vring_used_elem *heads,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(vq->log_used)) {
+		/* Make sure used idx is seen before log. */
+		smp_wmb();
 		/* Log used index update. */
 		log_write(vq->log_base,
 			  vq->log_addr + offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),
-- 
2.17.1