Re: [PATCH] virtio_ring: use u32 for virtio_max_dma_size

From: Xuan Zhuo
Date: Tue May 09 2023 - 23:30:04 EST


On Wed, 10 May 2023 10:54:37 +0800, zhenwei pi <pizhenwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Both split ring and packed ring use 32bits to describe the length of
> a descriptor: see struct vring_desc and struct vring_packed_desc.
> This means the max segment size supported by virtio is U32_MAX.
>
> An example of virtio_max_dma_size in virtio_blk.c:
> u32 v, max_size;
>
> max_size = virtio_max_dma_size(vdev); -> implicit convert
> err = virtio_cread_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX,
> struct virtio_blk_config, size_max, &v);
> max_size = min(max_size, v);
>
> There is a risk during implicit convert here, once virtio_max_dma_size
> returns 4G, max_size becomes 0.
>
> Fixes: e6d6dd6c875e ("virtio: Introduce virtio_max_dma_size()")
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: zhenwei pi <pizhenwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 12 ++++++++----
> include/linux/virtio.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> index c5310eaf8b46..55cfecf030a1 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> @@ -289,12 +289,16 @@ static bool vring_use_dma_api(const struct virtio_device *vdev)
> return false;
> }
>
> -size_t virtio_max_dma_size(const struct virtio_device *vdev)
> +u32 virtio_max_dma_size(const struct virtio_device *vdev)


LGTM

But, should we change the parameter to vq, then use the dma_dev?

@Jason

Thanks.


> {
> - size_t max_segment_size = SIZE_MAX;
> + u32 max_segment_size = U32_MAX;
>
> - if (vring_use_dma_api(vdev))
> - max_segment_size = dma_max_mapping_size(vdev->dev.parent);
> + if (vring_use_dma_api(vdev)) {
> + size_t max_dma_size = dma_max_mapping_size(vdev->dev.parent);
> +
> + if (max_dma_size < max_segment_size)
> + max_segment_size = max_dma_size;
> + }
>
> return max_segment_size;
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
> index b93238db94e3..1a605f408329 100644
> --- a/include/linux/virtio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int virtio_device_restore(struct virtio_device *dev);
> #endif
> void virtio_reset_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
>
> -size_t virtio_max_dma_size(const struct virtio_device *vdev);
> +u32 virtio_max_dma_size(const struct virtio_device *vdev);
>
> #define virtio_device_for_each_vq(vdev, vq) \
> list_for_each_entry(vq, &vdev->vqs, list)
> --
> 2.20.1
>