Re: [PATCH] vringh: don't use vringh_kiov_advance() in vringh_iov_xfer()

[Jason Wang]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 6:31 PM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In the while loop of vringh_iov_xfer(), `partlen` could be 0 if one of
> the `iov` has 0 lenght.
> In this case, we should skip the iov and go to the next one.
> But calling vringh_kiov_advance() with 0 lenght does not cause the
> advancement, since it returns immediately if asked to advance by 0 bytes.
>
> Let's restore the code that was there before commit b8c06ad4d67d
> ("vringh: implement vringh_kiov_advance()"), avoiding using
> vringh_kiov_advance().
>
> Fixes: b8c06ad4d67d ("vringh: implement vringh_kiov_advance()")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vringh.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
> index 955d938eb663..7b8fd977f71c 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
> @@ -123,8 +123,18 @@ static inline ssize_t vringh_iov_xfer(struct vringh *vrh,
>                 done += partlen;
>                 len -= partlen;
>                 ptr += partlen;
> +               iov->consumed += partlen;
> +               iov->iov[iov->i].iov_len -= partlen;
> +               iov->iov[iov->i].iov_base += partlen;
>
> -               vringh_kiov_advance(iov, partlen);
> +               if (!iov->iov[iov->i].iov_len) {
> +                       /* Fix up old iov element then increment. */
> +                       iov->iov[iov->i].iov_len = iov->consumed;
> +                       iov->iov[iov->i].iov_base -= iov->consumed;
> +
> +                       iov->consumed = 0;
> +                       iov->i++;
> +               }
>         }
>         return done;
>  }
> --
> 2.41.0
>