Re: [PATCH v2] xen/privcmd: fix error exit of privcmd_ioctl_dm_op()

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>]

On 25.08.2022 12:13, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 25.08.22 11:50, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 25.08.2022 11:26, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>> --- a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
>>> @@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ static int lock_pages(
>>>   		*pinned += page_count;
>>>   		nr_pages -= page_count;
>>>   		pages += page_count;
>>> +
>>> +		/* Exact reason isn't known, EFAULT is one possibility. */
>>> +		if (page_count < requested)
>>> +			return -EFAULT;
>>>   	}
>>
>> I don't really know the inner workings of pin_user_pages_fast()
>> nor what future plans there are with it. To be as independent of
>> its behavior as possible, how about bailing here only when
>> page_count actually is zero (i.e. no forward progress)?
> 
> This would require to rework the loop in lock_pages() to be able to
> handle only a partial buffer.

Oh, I see - I've misread the code as if the loop was capping each
iteration's count to the capacity of some internal buffer (as iirc
is being done elsewhere). So ...

> This would add some complexity, but OTOH I'd get an exact error code
> back in case of failure.

... perhaps not worth it then, ...

> I'll have a try and see how the result would look like.

... unless you think this might be relevant in certain cases.

Jan