Re: [PATCH] vsock/virtio: annotate 'the_virtio_vsock' RCU pointer
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2020-07-13 10:54:56
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 02:12:43PM +0200, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
Commit 0deab087b16a ("vsock/virtio: use RCU to avoid use-after-free
on the_virtio_vsock") starts to use RCU to protect 'the_virtio_vsock'
pointer, but we forgot to annotate it.
This patch adds the annotation to fix the following sparse errors:
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:171:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:171:17: struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:171:17: struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:207:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:207:17: struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:207:17: struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:561:13: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:561:13: struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:561:13: struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:612:9: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:612:9: struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:612:9: struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:631:9: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:631:9: struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:631:9: struct virtio_vsock *
Fixes: 0deab087b16a ("vsock/virtio: use RCU to avoid use-after-free on the_virtio_vsock")
Reported-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> who's merging this? Dave?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c index dfbaf6bd8b1c..2700a63ab095 100644 --- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ #include <net/af_vsock.h> static struct workqueue_struct *virtio_vsock_workqueue; -static struct virtio_vsock *the_virtio_vsock; +static struct virtio_vsock __rcu *the_virtio_vsock; static DEFINE_MUTEX(the_virtio_vsock_mutex); /* protects the_virtio_vsock */ struct virtio_vsock {-- 2.26.2