netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] vhost: fix range used in translate

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 09:18:23 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] vhost: fix range used in translate_desc()

On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 11:28:41AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 6:34 PM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>> vhost_iotlb_itree_first() requires `start` and `last` parameters
>> to search for a mapping that overlaps the range.
>>
>> In translate_desc() we cyclically call vhost_iotlb_itree_first(),
>> incrementing `addr` by the amount already translated, so rightly
>> we move the `start` parameter passed to vhost_iotlb_itree_first(),
>> but we should hold the `last` parameter constant.
>>
>> Let's fix it by saving the `last` parameter value before incrementing
>> `addr` in the loop.
>>
>> Fixes: 0bbe30668d89 ("vhost: factor out IOTLB")
>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>
>> I'm not sure about the fixes tag. On the one I used this patch should
>> apply cleanly, but looking at the latest stable (4.9), maybe we should
>> use
>>
>> Fixes: a9709d6874d5 ("vhost: convert pre sorted vhost memory array to interval tree")
>
>I think this should be the right commit to fix.

Yeah, @Michael should I send a v2 with that tag?

>
>Other than this
>
>Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
>

Thanks for the review,
Stefano