Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/14] eepro100: Use PCI DMA stub functions

[Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 09:16:34AM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 05:06:49PM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
>> From: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro>
[snip]
>> @@ -744,21 +713,26 @@ static void dump_statistics(EEPRO100State * s)
>> * values which really matter.
>> * Number of data should check configuration!!!
>> */
>> - cpu_physical_memory_write(s->statsaddr, &s->statistics, s->stats_size);
>> - e100_stl_le_phys(s->statsaddr + 0, s->statistics.tx_good_frames);
>> - e100_stl_le_phys(s->statsaddr + 36, s->statistics.rx_good_frames);
>> - e100_stl_le_phys(s->statsaddr + 48, s->statistics.rx_resource_errors);
>> - e100_stl_le_phys(s->statsaddr + 60, 
>> s->statistics.rx_short_frame_errors);
>> + pci_dma_write(&s->dev, s->statsaddr,
>> + (uint8_t *) &s->statistics, s->stats_size);
>> + stl_le_pci_dma(&s->dev, s->statsaddr + 0,
>> + s->statistics.tx_good_frames);
>> + stl_le_pci_dma(&s->dev, s->statsaddr + 36,
>> + s->statistics.rx_good_frames);
>> + stl_le_pci_dma(&s->dev, s->statsaddr + 48,
>> + s->statistics.rx_resource_errors);
>> + stl_le_pci_dma(&s->dev, s->statsaddr + 60,
>> + s->statistics.rx_short_frame_errors);
>
> This might introduce a bug: stlXX APIs assume aligned addresses,
> an address in statsaddr is user-controlled so I'm not sure
> it's always aligned.
>
> Why isn't the patch simply replacing cpu_physical_memory_read
> with pci_XXX ? Any cleanups should be done separately.

Hello,

I just sent a patch for eepro100.c which enforces aligned addresses
for s->statsaddr, so most of David's changes are now safe.

Please include the patch in QEMU 1.0.

Thanks,
Stefan Weil