On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:19:00 -0500 Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mdev alias should be unique among all the mdevs, so that when such alias > is used by the mdev users to derive other objects, there is no > collision in a given system. > > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > Changelog: > v1->v2: > - Moved alias NULL check at beginning > v0->v1: > - Fixed inclusiong of alias for NULL check > - Added ratelimited debug print for sha1 hash collision error > --- > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c > index 3bdff0469607..c9bf2ac362b9 100644 > --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c > +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c > @@ -388,6 +388,13 @@ int mdev_device_create(struct kobject *kobj, struct device *dev, > ret = -EEXIST; > goto mdev_fail; > } > + if (alias && tmp->alias && strcmp(alias, tmp->alias) == 0) { > + mutex_unlock(&mdev_list_lock); > + ret = -EEXIST; > + dev_dbg_ratelimited(dev, "Hash collision in alias creation for UUID %pUl\n", > + uuid); > + goto mdev_fail; > + } > } > > mdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdev), GFP_KERNEL); Any reason not to merge this into the first patch?