Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: Fix device ioctl bug and update docs

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On 15/02/19 21:48, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Patch 2/3 contains the only real code change, which adds a check to the
> device ioctl to reject the ioctl if the issuer is not the same process
> that created VM which owns said device.  The bulk of the patches are to
> tweak and enhance KVM's API documentation.
> 
> This series was prompted by the recent series to add memcg accounting
> to KVM's kernel allocation[1], Paolo's comment that KVM allows creating
> multiple VM's in a single process[2], and work on an unrelated project
> that uses a similar file descriptor approach for managing an API.
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10806707
> [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/f23265d4-528e-3bd4-011f-4d7b8f3281db@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Sean Christopherson (3):
>   KVM: doc: Fix incorrect word ordering regarding supported use of APIs
>   KVM: Reject device ioctls from processes other than the VM's creator
>   KVM: doc: Document the life cycle of a VM and its resources
> 
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c               |  3 ++
>  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo



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