[PATCH v1 2/5] mdev: Make mdev alias unique among all mdevs
From: Parav Pandit
Date: Tue Aug 27 2019 - 15:17:40 EST
Mdev alias should be unique among all the mdevs, so that when such alias
is used by the mdev users to derive other objects, there is no
collision in a given system.
Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog:
v0->v1:
- Fixed inclusiong of alias for NULL check
- Added ratelimited debug print for sha1 hash collision error
---
drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
index 62d29f57fe0c..4b9899e40665 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
@@ -375,6 +375,13 @@ int mdev_device_create(struct kobject *kobj, struct device *dev,
ret = -EEXIST;
goto mdev_fail;
}
+ if (tmp->alias && alias && strcmp(tmp->alias, alias) == 0) {
+ mutex_unlock(&mdev_list_lock);
+ ret = -EEXIST;
+ dev_dbg_ratelimited(dev, "Hash collision in alias creation for UUID %pUl\n",
+ uuid);
+ goto mdev_fail;
+ }
}
mdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdev), GFP_KERNEL);
--
2.19.2