Re: virtio_net: support device stats

From: Xuan Zhuo
Date: Tue Oct 15 2024 - 05:57:26 EST


On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:47:41 -0400, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 10:39:26AM +0100, Colin King (gmail) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Static analysis on Linux-next has detected a potential issue with the
> > following commit:
> >
> > commit 941168f8b40e50518a3bc6ce770a7062a5d99230
> > Author: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Fri Apr 26 11:39:24 2024 +0800
> >
> > virtio_net: support device stats
> >
> >
> > The issue is in function virtnet_stats_ctx_init, in drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > as follows:
> >
> > if (vi->device_stats_cap & VIRTIO_NET_STATS_TYPE_CVQ) {
> > queue_type = VIRTNET_Q_TYPE_CQ;
> >
> > ctx->bitmap[queue_type] |= VIRTIO_NET_STATS_TYPE_CVQ;
> > ctx->desc_num[queue_type] +=
> > ARRAY_SIZE(virtnet_stats_cvq_desc);
> > ctx->size[queue_type] += sizeof(struct
> > virtio_net_stats_cvq);
> > }
> >
> >
> > ctx->bitmap is declared as a u32 however it is being bit-wise or'd with
> > VIRTIO_NET_STATS_TYPE_CVQ and this is defined as 1 << 32:
> >
> > include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h:#define VIRTIO_NET_STATS_TYPE_CVQ (1ULL <<
> > 32)
> >
> > ..and hence the bit-wise or operation won't set any bits in ctx->bitmap
> > because 1ULL < 32 is too wide for a u32.
>
> Indeed. Xuan Zhuo how did you test this patch?

In our machines, cvq type is not supported. ^_^

Why gcc has not warning for this, or I missed it.

>
> > I suspect ctx->bitmap should be
> > declared as u64.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> >
>
> In fact, it is read into a u64:
>
> u64 offset, bitmap;
> ....
> bitmap = ctx->bitmap[queue_type];
>
> we'll have to reorder fields to avoid wasting memory.
> Like this I guess:
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

>
> Colin, can you confirm pls?
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index c6af18948092..ef221429f784 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -4111,12 +4111,12 @@ struct virtnet_stats_ctx {
> /* Used to calculate the offset inside the output buffer. */
> u32 desc_num[3];
>
> - /* The actual supported stat types. */
> - u32 bitmap[3];
> -
> /* Used to calculate the reply buffer size. */
> u32 size[3];
>
> + /* The actual supported stat types. */
> + u64 bitmap[3];
> +
> /* Record the output buffer. */
> u64 *data;
> };
> --
> MST
>