Re: [PATCH 5/8] KVM: Add kvm_get_irq_routing_entry() func

[Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>]

On Wednesday 20 October 2010 16:53:02 Avi Kivity wrote:
>   On 10/20/2010 10:26 AM, Sheng Yang wrote:
> > We need to query the entry later.
> > 
> > 
> > +struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *kvm_get_irq_routing_entry(struct
> > kvm *kvm, +							       int gsi)
> > +{
> > +	int count = 0;
> > +	struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *ei = NULL;
> > +	struct kvm_irq_routing_table *irq_rt;
> > +	struct hlist_node *n;
> > +
> > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > +	irq_rt = rcu_dereference(kvm->irq_routing);
> > +	if (gsi<  irq_rt->nr_rt_entries)
> > +		hlist_for_each_entry(ei, n,&irq_rt->map[gsi], link)
> > +			count++;
> > +	rcu_read_unlock();
> > +	if (count == 1)
> > +		return ei;
> > +
> > +	return NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> 
> I believe this is incorrect rcu usage.  rcu_read_lock() prevents ei from
> being destroyed under us, but rcu_read_unlock() removes that protection,
> and a future dereference of ei may access freed memory.

Yes... I would update the patch by copying it to caller's variable.

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regards
Yang, Sheng