Re: [PATCH V5 2/8] x86/hyperv: Set Virtual Trust Level in VMBus init message

From: Wei Liu
Date: Fri Aug 11 2023 - 17:15:30 EST


On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 10:59:35PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > From: Tianyu Lan <ltykernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 9:04 AM
> > [...]
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> > @@ -378,6 +378,41 @@ static void __init hv_get_partition_id(void)
> > local_irq_restore(flags);
> > }
> >
> > +static u8 __init get_vtl(void)
> > +{
> > + u64 control = HV_HYPERCALL_REP_COMP_1 |
> > HVCALL_GET_VP_REGISTERS;
> > + struct hv_get_vp_registers_input *input;
> > + struct hv_get_vp_registers_output *output;
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > + u64 ret;
>
> This should be
> u64 ret = 0;
>
> > + local_irq_save(flags);
> > + input = *this_cpu_ptr(hyperv_pcpu_input_arg);
> > + output = (struct hv_get_vp_registers_output *)input;
> > + if (!input) {
> > + local_irq_restore(flags);
> > + goto done;
>
> Here the uninitialized 'ret' is returned.
>
> If we move the "done:" label one line earlier, we won't need the
> the above " local_irq_restore(flags);"
> Maybe we should add a WARN_ON_ONCE(1) before "goto done"?

Out of interest why will input be NULL here?

Thanks,
Wei.