Re: [PATCH v7 5/7] Drivers: hv: Improve region overlap detection in partition create

From: Anirudh Rayabharam
Date: Mon Dec 01 2025 - 10:08:18 EST


On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 02:09:17AM +0000, Stanislav Kinsburskii wrote:
> Refactor region overlap check in mshv_partition_create_region to use
> mshv_partition_region_by_gfn for both start and end guest PFNs, replacing
> manual iteration.
>
> This is a cleaner approach that leverages existing functionality to
> accurately detect overlapping memory regions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsburskii <skinsburskii@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c | 8 ++------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> index 5dfb933da981..ae600b927f49 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> @@ -1086,13 +1086,9 @@ static int mshv_partition_create_region(struct mshv_partition *partition,
> u64 nr_pages = HVPFN_DOWN(mem->size);
>
> /* Reject overlapping regions */
> - hlist_for_each_entry(rg, &partition->pt_mem_regions, hnode) {
> - if (mem->guest_pfn + nr_pages <= rg->start_gfn ||
> - rg->start_gfn + rg->nr_pages <= mem->guest_pfn)
> - continue;
> -
> + if (mshv_partition_region_by_gfn(partition, mem->guest_pfn) ||
> + mshv_partition_region_by_gfn(partition, mem->guest_pfn + nr_pages - 1))
> return -EEXIST;
> - }
>
> rg = mshv_region_create(mem->guest_pfn, nr_pages,
> mem->userspace_addr, mem->flags,
>
>

Reviewed-by: Anirudh Rayabharam (Microsoft) <anirudh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>