Re: [PATCH] vhost: vringh: Modify the return value check

From: Michael S. Tsirkin

Date: Sun Sep 21 2025 - 17:41:13 EST


On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 04:59:36PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 05:17:38PM +0800, zhangjiao2 wrote:
> > From: zhang jiao <zhangjiao2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The return value of copy_from_iter and copy_to_iter can't be negative,
> > check whether the copied lengths are equal.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: zhang jiao <zhangjiao2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Well I don't see a fix for copy_to_iter here.
>
>
> ret = copy_to_iter(src, translated, &iter);
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
>

to clarify, pls send an additional patch to copy that one.

>
>
>
> > ---
> > drivers/vhost/vringh.c | 7 ++++---
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
> > index 9f27c3f6091b..0c8a17cbb22e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
> > @@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ static inline int copy_from_iotlb(const struct vringh *vrh, void *dst,
> > struct iov_iter iter;
> > u64 translated;
> > int ret;
> > + size_t size;
> >
> > ret = iotlb_translate(vrh, (u64)(uintptr_t)src,
> > len - total_translated, &translated,
> > @@ -1132,9 +1133,9 @@ static inline int copy_from_iotlb(const struct vringh *vrh, void *dst,
> > translated);
> > }
> >
> > - ret = copy_from_iter(dst, translated, &iter);
> > - if (ret < 0)
> > - return ret;
> > + size = copy_from_iter(dst, translated, &iter);
> > + if (size != translated)
> > + return -EFAULT;
> >
> > src += translated;
> > dst += translated;
> > --
> > 2.33.0
> >
> >