# Re: \[PATCH V3 04/13\] HV: Mark vmbus ring buffer visible to host in Isolation VM

- From: Tianyu Lan \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-08-15 15:21:34 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/08/1478225
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/xen-devel/2021/08/1472230/t.md

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On 8/13/2021 6:20 AM, Michael Kelley wrote:
>> @@ -474,6 +482,13 @@ static int __vmbus_establish_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
>>   	if (ret)
>>   		return ret;
>>
>> +	ret = set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)kbuffer,
>> +				   HVPFN_UP(size));
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		pr_warn("Failed to set host visibility.\n");
> Enhance this message a bit.  "Failed to set host visibility for new GPADL\n"
> and also output the value of ret.

OK. This looks better. Thanks.

>
>> @@ -539,6 +554,10 @@ static int __vmbus_establish_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
>>   	/* At this point, we received the gpadl created msg */
>>   	*gpadl_handle = gpadlmsg->gpadl;
>>
>> +	channel->gpadl_array[index].size = size;
>> +	channel->gpadl_array[index].buffer = kbuffer;
>> +	channel->gpadl_array[index].gpadlhandle = *gpadl_handle;
>> +
> I can see the merits of transparently stashing the memory address and size
> that will be needed by vmbus_teardown_gpadl(), so that the callers of
> __vmbus_establish_gpadl() don't have to worry about it.  But doing the
> stashing transparently is somewhat messy.
>
> Given that the callers are already have memory allocated to save the
> GPADL handle, a little refactoring would make for a much cleaner solution.
> Instead of having memory allocated for the 32-bit GPADL handle, callers
> should allocate the slightly larger struct vmbus_gpadl that you've
> defined below.  The calling interfaces can be updated to take a pointer
> to this structure instead of a pointer to the 32-bit GPADL handle, and
> you can save the memory address and size right along with the GPADL
> handle.  This approach touches a few more files, but I think there are
> only two callers outside of the channel management code -- netvsc
> and hv_uio -- so it's not a big change.

Yes, this is a good suggestion and Will update in the next version.

>
>> @@ -859,6 +886,19 @@ int vmbus_teardown_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel, u32 gpadl_handle)
>>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
>>
>>   	kfree(info);
>> +
>> +	/* Find gpadl buffer virtual address and size. */
>> +	for (i = 0; i < VMBUS_GPADL_RANGE_COUNT; i++)
>> +		if (channel->gpadl_array[i].gpadlhandle == gpadl_handle)
>> +			break;
>> +
>> +	if (set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)channel->gpadl_array[i].buffer,
>> +			HVPFN_UP(channel->gpadl_array[i].size)))
>> +		pr_warn("Fail to set mem host visibility.\n");
> Enhance this message a bit: "Failed to set host visibility in GPADL teardown\n".
> Also output the returned error code to help in debugging any occurrences of
> a failure
Yes, agree. Will update.

Thanks.
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