Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] ide: Fix incorrect handling of some PRDTs and add the corresponding unit-test

[Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>]

On 23.12.2019 20:51, Alexander Popov wrote:
> Fuzzing the Linux kernel with syzkaller allowed to find how to crash qemu
> using a special SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND. It hits the assertion in
> ide_dma_cb() introduced in the commit a718978ed58a in July 2015.
> 
> This patch series fixes incorrect handling of some PRDTs in ide_dma_cb()
> and improves the ide-test to cover more PRDT cases (including one
> that causes that particular qemu crash).
> 
> Changes from v2 (thanks to Kevin Wolf for the feedback):
>  - the assertion about prepare_buf() return value is improved;
>  - the patch order is reversed to keep the tree bisectable;
>  - the unit-test performance is improved -- now it runs 8 seconds
>    instead of 3 minutes on my laptop.
> 
> Alexander Popov (2):
>   ide: Fix incorrect handling of some PRDTs in ide_dma_cb()
>   tests/ide-test: Create a single unit-test covering more PRDT cases
> 
>  hw/ide/core.c    |  30 +++++---
>  tests/ide-test.c | 174 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  2 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)

Hello!

Just a friendly ping.

Could I have the feedback for this patch series?

Kevin, do you like the changes?

Best regards,
Alexander