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From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>
To: mst@redhat.com, david@kernel.org
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/4] virtio_balloon: warn on failed buffer add in stats_handle_request()
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:40:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624154001.2733242-1-den@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <549e5456-2b6c-48a5-abe5-ef5425c3f63c@kernel.org>

Like tell_host(), stats_handle_request() ignores the return value of
virtqueue_add_outbuf() and kicks the queue regardless. The same "we
should always be able to add one buffer to an empty queue" assumption
does not hold once the virtqueue has been broken (e.g. on device
shutdown), where the add fails with -EIO. Unlike tell_host() it does
not wait_event() afterwards so it cannot hang, but it still kicks a
queue with nothing queued.

Warn and bail out on failure, mirroring tell_host() and
virtballoon_free_page_report().

Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 0866a8781f0b..454bbb77331d 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ static void stats_handle_request(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	struct scatterlist sg;
 	unsigned int len, num_stats;
+	int err;
 
 	num_stats = update_balloon_stats(vb);
 
@@ -452,7 +453,9 @@ static void stats_handle_request(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 	if (!virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len))
 		return;
 	sg_init_one(&sg, vb->stats, sizeof(vb->stats[0]) * num_stats);
-	virtqueue_add_outbuf(vq, &sg, 1, vb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = virtqueue_add_outbuf(vq, &sg, 1, vb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(err))
+		return;
 	virtqueue_kick(vq);
 }
 
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-24 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-24 14:08 [PATCH v2 0/4] virtio_balloon: quiesce balloon work on device shutdown Denis V. Lunev
2026-06-24 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] virtio: add virtio_device_shutdown() helper Denis V. Lunev
2026-06-24 14:52   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-24 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] virtio_balloon: factor out virtballoon_quiesce() Denis V. Lunev
2026-06-24 14:52   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-24 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] virtio_balloon: quiesce balloon work before device shutdown Denis V. Lunev
2026-06-24 14:55   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-24 15:00     ` Denis V. Lunev
2026-06-24 15:23       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-24 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] virtio_balloon: warn on failed buffer add in tell_host() Denis V. Lunev
2026-06-24 14:57   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-24 15:40     ` Denis V. Lunev [this message]
2026-06-24 16:56       ` [PATCH v2 5/4] virtio_balloon: warn on failed buffer add in stats_handle_request() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-24 17:03         ` Denis V. Lunev

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