[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [RFC PATCH V1 01/12] hvm/ioreq: Make x86's IOREQ feature common
On 15.08.20 20:30, Julien Grall wrote: Hi Oleksandr, Hi Julien. On 03/08/2020 19:21, Oleksandr Tyshchenko wrote:+static int hvm_send_buffered_ioreq(struct hvm_ioreq_server *s, ioreq_t *p)+{[...]+ /* Canonicalize read/write pointers to prevent their overflow. */ + while ( (s->bufioreq_handling == HVM_IOREQSRV_BUFIOREQ_ATOMIC) && + qw++ < IOREQ_BUFFER_SLOT_NUM && + pg->ptrs.read_pointer >= IOREQ_BUFFER_SLOT_NUM ) + { + union bufioreq_pointers old = pg->ptrs, new; + unsigned int n = old.read_pointer / IOREQ_BUFFER_SLOT_NUM; ++ new.read_pointer = old.read_pointer - n * IOREQ_BUFFER_SLOT_NUM; + new.write_pointer = old.write_pointer - n * IOREQ_BUFFER_SLOT_NUM;+ cmpxchg(&pg->ptrs.full, old.full, new.full);While working on the implementation of cmpxchg(), I realized the operation will happen on memory shared with a the emulator.This will need to be switched to guest_cmpxchg64() to prevent a domain to DoS Xen on Arm. Got it. I will create a separate patch for that purpose. -- Regards, Oleksandr Tyshchenko
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