netdev - Re: [PATCH] vringh: Use wiov->used to check for read/write desc order

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Message-ID: <20210623161013.qg3azanyxt7nucgl@steredhat>
Date:   Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:10:13 +0200
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vringh: Use wiov->used to check for read/write desc order

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 05:07:53PM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>As iov->used is incremented when descriptors are processed
>in __vringh_iov(), use it to check for incorrect read
>and write descriptor order.
>
>Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>
>---
> drivers/vhost/vringh.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>

>
>diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
>index 4af8fa2..14e2043 100644
>--- a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
>+++ b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
>@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ __vringh_iov(struct vringh *vrh, u16 i,
> 			iov = wiov;
> 		else {
> 			iov = riov;
>-			if (unlikely(wiov && wiov->i)) {
>+			if (unlikely(wiov && wiov->used)) {
> 				vringh_bad("Readable desc %p after writable",
> 					   &descs[i]);
> 				err = -EINVAL;
>-- 
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