Re: [PATCH 1/3] virtio: Basic implementation of virtio pstore driver

[Kees Cook]

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The virtio pstore driver provides interface to the pstore subsystem so
> that the guest kernel's log/dump message can be saved on the host
> machine.  Users can access the log file directly on the host, or on the
> guest at the next boot using pstore filesystem.  It currently deals with
> kernel log (printk) buffer only, but we can extend it to have other
> information (like ftrace dump) later.
>
> It supports legacy PCI device using a 16K buffer by default and it's
> configurable.  It uses two virtqueues - one for (sync) read and another
> for (async) write.  Since it cannot wait for write finished, it supports
> up to 128 concurrent IO.
>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: virtio-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: qemu-devel@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

While I can't speak to the virtio parts, the interface into pstore
looks fine to me. :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Nexus Security