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. Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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..c8cd40366783 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)) { + 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); -- 2.19.2