Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] Drivers: hv: Add modules to expose /dev/mshv to VMMs running on Hyper-V

From: Nuno Das Neves
Date: Fri Aug 25 2023 - 14:26:58 EST


On 8/23/2023 12:40 AM, Saurabh Singh Sengar wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] Drivers: hv: Add modules to expose /dev/mshv
>> to VMMs running on Hyper-V
>>
>> On 8/19/2023 10:19 PM, Saurabh Singh Sengar wrote:
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>>> linux- arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Cc: patches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Michael Kelley (LINUX)
>>>> <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>>>> wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Dexuan
>>>> Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; apais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Tianyu Lan
>>>> <Tianyu.Lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; MUKESH
>>>> RATHOR <mukeshrathor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>> stanislav.kinsburskiy@xxxxxxxxx;
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>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/15] Drivers: hv: Add modules to expose
>>>> /dev/mshv to VMMs running on Hyper-V
>>>>
>>>> On 8/18/2023 6:08 AM, Saurabh Singh Sengar wrote:
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +config MSHV_VTL
>>>>>> + tristate "Microsoft Hyper-V VTL driver"
>>>>>> + depends on MSHV
>>>>>> + select HYPERV_VTL_MODE
>>>>>> + select TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
>>>>>
>>>>> TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE can be avoided for now.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will remove it in the next version. Thanks.
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +#define HV_GET_REGISTER_BATCH_SIZE \
>>>>>> + (HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(union hv_register_value))
>>>>>> +#define HV_SET_REGISTER_BATCH_SIZE \
>>>>>> + ((HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct hv_input_set_vp_registers)) \
>>>>>> + / sizeof(struct hv_register_assoc))
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +int hv_call_get_vp_registers(
>>>>>> + u32 vp_index,
>>>>>> + u64 partition_id,
>>>>>> + u16 count,
>>>>>> + union hv_input_vtl input_vtl,
>>>>>> + struct hv_register_assoc *registers) {
>>>>>> + struct hv_input_get_vp_registers *input_page;
>>>>>> + union hv_register_value *output_page;
>>>>>> + u16 completed = 0;
>>>>>> + unsigned long remaining = count;
>>>>>> + int rep_count, i;
>>>>>> + u64 status;
>>>>>> + unsigned long flags;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + local_irq_save(flags);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + input_page = *this_cpu_ptr(hyperv_pcpu_input_arg);
>>>>>> + output_page = *this_cpu_ptr(hyperv_pcpu_output_arg);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + input_page->partition_id = partition_id;
>>>>>> + input_page->vp_index = vp_index;
>>>>>> + input_page->input_vtl.as_uint8 = input_vtl.as_uint8;
>>>>>> + input_page->rsvd_z8 = 0;
>>>>>> + input_page->rsvd_z16 = 0;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + while (remaining) {
>>>>>> + rep_count = min(remaining, HV_GET_REGISTER_BATCH_SIZE);
>>>>>> + for (i = 0; i < rep_count; ++i)
>>>>>> + input_page->names[i] = registers[i].name;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + status = hv_do_rep_hypercall(HVCALL_GET_VP_REGISTERS,
>>>>>> rep_count,
>>>>>> + 0, input_page, output_page);
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any possibility that count value is passed 0 by mistake ?
>>>>> In that case status will remain uninitialized.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> These lines ensure rep_count is never 0 here:
>>>>
>>>> while (remaining) {
>>>> rep_count = min(remaining, HV_GET_REGISTER_BATCH_SIZE);
>>>>
>>>> Remaining can't be 0 or the loop would exit, and
>>>> HV_GET_REGISTER_BATCH_SIZE is not 0, or we would never get any
>> registers.
>>>
>>> There is a parameter in this function "count". I was checking if there
>>> is any possibility that is passed as 0 by mistake ? this will lead to
>>> "remaining" value as 0 and loop will never execute. Which results using
>> "status" uninitialized later in the function.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ah ok, thanks! I will change it to return immediately in case count is 0.
>
> Or you can initialize status with appropriate error value, either way is fine.
> Please consider fixing the same issue in hv_call_set_vp_registers as well.
>

Thanks again - noted.