Re: [PATCH] kvm: fix to update memslots properly

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Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> This suggests another fix.  We can change the insertion to use a ">="
> comparison, as in your first patch.  Alone it is not correct, but we
> only need to take some care and avoid breaking the case of deleting a
> memslot.
> 
> It's enough to wrap the second loop (that you patched) with
> "if (new->npages)".  In the new->npages == 0 case the first loop has
> already set i to the right value, and moving i back would be wrong:
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index f5283438ee05..050974c051b5 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -687,11 +687,23 @@ static void update_memslots(struct kvm_memslots *slots,
>  		slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] = i;
>  		i++;
>  	}
> -	while (i > 0 &&
> -	       new->base_gfn > mslots[i - 1].base_gfn) {
> -		mslots[i] = mslots[i - 1];
> -		slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] = i;
> -		i--;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The ">=" is needed when creating a slot with base_gfn == 0,
> +	 * so that it moves before all those with base_gfn == npages == 0.
> +	 *
> +	 * On the other hand, if new->npages is zero, the above loop has
> +	 * already left i pointing to the beginning of the empty part of
> +	 * mslots, and the ">=" would move the hole backwards in this
> +	 * case---which is wrong.  So skip the loop when deleting a slot.
> +	 */
> +	if (new->npages) {
> +		while (i > 0 &&
> +		       new->base_gfn >= mslots[i - 1].base_gfn) {
> +			mslots[i] = mslots[i - 1];
> +			slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] = i;
> +			i--;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	mslots[i] = *new;

I gave this a try, and it works just fine for me too.

-- 
Jamie Heilman                     http://audible.transient.net/~jamie/
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