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From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
To: linmiaohe <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	x86@kernel.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, rkrcmar@redhat.com,
	sean.j.christopherson@intel.com, wanpengli@tencent.com,
	jmattson@google.com, joro@8bytes.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, hpa@zytor.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: apic: avoid calculating pending eoi from an uninitialized val
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:14:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8736b3rk8j.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1582293886-23335-1-git-send-email-linmiaohe@huawei.com>

linmiaohe <linmiaohe@huawei.com> writes:

> From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
>
> When pv_eoi_get_user() fails, 'val' may remain uninitialized and the return
> value of pv_eoi_get_pending() becomes random. Fix the issue by initializing
> the variable.

Well, now the 'perfect' commit message doesn't match the patch :-). I
think you (or Paolo upon commit) can just drop the last sentence.

>
> Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> Collect Vitaly' R-b.
> Use Vitaly' alternative wording.
> Explicitly handle the error, as suggested by Sean.
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 4f14ec7525f6..b4aca77efc8e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -627,9 +627,11 @@ static inline bool pv_eoi_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  static bool pv_eoi_get_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>  	u8 val;
> -	if (pv_eoi_get_user(vcpu, &val) < 0)
> +	if (pv_eoi_get_user(vcpu, &val) < 0) {
>  		printk(KERN_WARNING "Can't read EOI MSR value: 0x%llx\n",
>  			   (unsigned long long)vcpu->arch.pv_eoi.msr_val);
> +		return false;
> +	}
>  	return val & 0x1;
>  }

-- 
Vitaly


  reply	other threads:[~2020-02-21 16:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-21 14:04 [PATCH v2] KVM: apic: avoid calculating pending eoi from an uninitialized val linmiaohe
2020-02-21 16:14 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-02-24  1:53 linmiaohe

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