Re: [PATCH v9 03/24] virt: sev-guest: Make payload a variable length array
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jun 24 2024 - 09:40:30 EST
On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 08:00:38AM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> An alternative to the #defines would be something like:
>
> struct snp_guest_msg {
> struct snp_guest_msg_hdr hdr;
> u8 payload[PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct snp_guest_msg_hdr)];
> } __packed;
>
> Not sure it matters, but does reduce the changes while ensuring the
> payload plus header doesn't exceed a page.
Yeah, because that would've been my next question - the requirement to keep it
<= PAGE_SIZE.
So yeah, Nikunj, please do that also and add a
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct snp_guest_msg) > PAGE_SIZE);
somewhere in the driver to catch all kinds of funky stuff.
Thx.
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