Re: Re: [PATCH v7 11/12] vduse: Introduce VDUSE - vDPA Device in Userspace

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:13 PM Jason Wang [off-list ref] wrote:

在 2021/5/17 下午5:55, Xie Yongji 写道:

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+
+static int vduse_dev_msg_sync(struct vduse_dev *dev,
+                           struct vduse_dev_msg *msg)
+{
+     init_waitqueue_head(&msg->waitq);
+     spin_lock(&dev->msg_lock);
+     vduse_enqueue_msg(&dev->send_list, msg);
+     wake_up(&dev->waitq);
+     spin_unlock(&dev->msg_lock);
+     wait_event_killable(msg->waitq, msg->completed);

What happens if the userspace(malicous) doesn't give a response forever?

It looks like a DOS. If yes, we need to consider a way to fix that.

How about using wait_event_killable_timeout() instead?

Thanks,
Yongji