Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: fix param validation in mlx5_vdpa_get_config()

From: Stefano Garzarella
Date: Thu Feb 11 2021 - 11:53:33 EST


On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:12:31AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:17:19PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:

On 2021/2/9 下午5:00, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 07:43:02AM +0200, Eli Cohen wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 05:17:41PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> > > It's legal to have 'offset + len' equal to
> > > sizeof(struct virtio_net_config), since 'ndev->config' is a
> > > 'struct virtio_net_config', so we can safely copy its content under
> > > this condition.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 1a86b377aa21 ("vdpa/mlx5: Add VDPA driver for supported
> > > mlx5 devices")
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Acked-by: Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > BTW, same error in vdpa_sim you may want to fix.
> >
>
> Commit 65b709586e22 ("vdpa_sim: add get_config callback in
> vdpasim_dev_attr") unintentionally solved it.
>
> Since it's a simulator, maybe we can avoid solving it in the stable
> branches. Or does it matter?


I think not, since the module depends on RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU.

Thanks


Well people use the simulator for development...
I'm not going to block this patch on it, but if someone
has the cycles to post a stable branch patch, that would be
great.


Okay, I'll do it.

Thanks,
Stefano