[PATCH net V2 1/4] vhost: make sure used idx is seen before log in vhost_add_used_n()

Jason Wang
2018-12-12T10:08:35Z

We miss a write barrier that guarantees used idx is updated and seen
before log. This will let userspace sync and copy used ring before
used idx is update. Fix this by adding a barrier before log_write().

Fixes: 8dd014adfea6f ("vhost-net: mergeable buffers support")
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
---
drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 6b98d8e3a5bf..5915f240275a 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -2220,6 +2220,8 @@ int vhost_add_used_n(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct vring_used_elem *heads,
return -EFAULT;
}
if (unlikely(vq->log_used)) {
+ /* Make sure used idx is seen before log. */
+ smp_wmb();
/* Log used index update. */
log_write(vq->log_base,
vq->log_addr + offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),
--
2.17.1