On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 01:04:58PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > Asias He <asias@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 02:47:53PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> Asias He <asias@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> > scsi.c includes vhost.c which uses memcpy_fromiovec. > >> > > >> > This patch fixes this build failure. > >> > > >> > From Randy Dunlap: > >> > ''' > >> > on x86_64: > >> > > >> > ERROR: "memcpy_fromiovec" [drivers/vhost/vhost_scsi.ko] undefined! > >> > > >> > It needs to depend on NET since net/core/ provides that function. > >> > ''' > >> > >> Proper fix please. > > > > --verbose please ;-) > > > > Making VHOST_SCSI depends on NET looks weird but this is because vhost > > core depends on it. A bunch of patches are cleaning this up. Since MST > > wanted do the vhost.ko split up in 3.11, plus your WIP vringh work, so I > > wanted the fix for 3.10 as minimum as possible. > > If this isn't the only symbol causing the problem, then this should be > mentioned in the changelog. If it is, it should be fixed: we have > plenty of time for that. > > Either way, your commit message or the commit itself needs to justify > it! > > > Other users are using memcpy_fromiovec and friends outside net. It seems > > a good idea to put it in a util library. e.g. crypto/algif_skcipher.c > > which also depends on NET for it. > > > >> Though I can't see why you thought this was a good idea. Nonetheless, I > >> shan't highlight why: I have far too much respect for your intellects > >> and abilities. > >> > >> No, don't thank me! > > > > Interesting. > > Heh... I originally wrote an explanation, then found it a bit insulting: > I knew I didn't need to tell you :) > > How's this? > > From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Hoist memcpy_fromiovec into lib/ > > ERROR: "memcpy_fromiovec" [drivers/vhost/vhost_scsi.ko] undefined! > > That function is only present with CONFIG_NET. Turns out that > crypto/algif_skcipher.c also uses that outside net, but it actually > needs sockets anyway. > > socket.h already include uio.h, so no callers need updating. > > Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Would you like me to merge this through the vhost tree? If I do I can drop #include "linux/socket.h" from vhost.c right now. > diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h > index 428c37a..7266775 100644 > --- a/include/linux/socket.h > +++ b/include/linux/socket.h > @@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ struct ucred { > > extern void cred_to_ucred(struct pid *pid, const struct cred *cred, struct ucred *ucred); > > -extern int memcpy_fromiovec(unsigned char *kdata, struct iovec *iov, int len); > extern int memcpy_fromiovecend(unsigned char *kdata, const struct iovec *iov, > int offset, int len); > extern int csum_partial_copy_fromiovecend(unsigned char *kdata, > diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h > index 629aaf5..21628d3 100644 > --- a/include/linux/uio.h > +++ b/include/linux/uio.h > @@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ static inline size_t iov_length(const struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs) > } > > unsigned long iov_shorten(struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, size_t to); > + > +int memcpy_fromiovec(unsigned char *kdata, struct iovec *iov, int len); > #endif > diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile > index e9c52e1..2377211 100644 > --- a/lib/Makefile > +++ b/lib/Makefile > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif > > lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \ > rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o timerqueue.o\ > - idr.o int_sqrt.o extable.o \ > + idr.o int_sqrt.o extable.o iovec.o \ > sha1.o md5.o irq_regs.o reciprocal_div.o argv_split.o \ > proportions.o flex_proportions.o prio_heap.o ratelimit.o show_mem.o \ > is_single_threaded.o plist.o decompress.o kobject_uevent.o \ > diff --git a/lib/iovec.c b/lib/iovec.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..632c5ea > --- /dev/null > +++ b/lib/iovec.c > @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ > +#include <linux/uaccess.h> > +#include <linux/export.h> > +#include <linux/uio.h> > + > +/* > + * Copy iovec to kernel. Returns -EFAULT on error. > + * > + * Note: this modifies the original iovec. > + */ > + > +int memcpy_fromiovec(unsigned char *kdata, struct iovec *iov, int len) > +{ > + while (len > 0) { > + if (iov->iov_len) { > + int copy = min_t(unsigned int, len, iov->iov_len); > + if (copy_from_user(kdata, iov->iov_base, copy)) > + return -EFAULT; > + len -= copy; > + kdata += copy; > + iov->iov_base += copy; > + iov->iov_len -= copy; > + } > + iov++; > + } > + > + return 0; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_fromiovec); > + > diff --git a/net/core/iovec.c b/net/core/iovec.c > index 7e7aeb0..d81257f 100644 > --- a/net/core/iovec.c > +++ b/net/core/iovec.c > @@ -125,31 +125,6 @@ int memcpy_toiovecend(const struct iovec *iov, unsigned char *kdata, > EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_toiovecend); > > /* > - * Copy iovec to kernel. Returns -EFAULT on error. > - * > - * Note: this modifies the original iovec. > - */ > - > -int memcpy_fromiovec(unsigned char *kdata, struct iovec *iov, int len) > -{ > - while (len > 0) { > - if (iov->iov_len) { > - int copy = min_t(unsigned int, len, iov->iov_len); > - if (copy_from_user(kdata, iov->iov_base, copy)) > - return -EFAULT; > - len -= copy; > - kdata += copy; > - iov->iov_base += copy; > - iov->iov_len -= copy; > - } > - iov++; > - } > - > - return 0; > -} > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_fromiovec); > - > -/* > * Copy iovec from kernel. Returns -EFAULT on error. > */ > > _______________________________________________ > Virtualization mailing list > Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html