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* [PATCH] virtio-balloon: move release_pages_balloon() outside of mutex_unlock(&vb->balloon_lock)
@ 2021-03-26  9:53 Liu Xiang
  2021-03-26 11:13 ` David Hildenbrand
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Liu Xiang @ 2021-03-26  9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mst
  Cc: david, jasowang, virtualization, linux-kernel, liuxiang_1999,
	liuxiang1999, Liu Xiang

Since pages have been deflated to a local list,
there is no race between fill and leak.

Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang@zlingsmart.com>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 8985fc2ce..7da25b87f 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ static unsigned leak_balloon(struct virtio_balloon *vb, size_t num)
 	 */
 	if (vb->num_pfns != 0)
 		tell_host(vb, vb->deflate_vq);
-	release_pages_balloon(vb, &pages);
 	mutex_unlock(&vb->balloon_lock);
+	release_pages_balloon(vb, &pages);
 	return num_freed_pages;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH] virtio-balloon: move release_pages_balloon() outside of mutex_unlock(&vb->balloon_lock)
  2021-03-26  9:53 [PATCH] virtio-balloon: move release_pages_balloon() outside of mutex_unlock(&vb->balloon_lock) Liu Xiang
@ 2021-03-26 11:13 ` David Hildenbrand
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Hildenbrand @ 2021-03-26 11:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Liu Xiang, mst
  Cc: jasowang, virtualization, linux-kernel, liuxiang_1999, liuxiang1999

On 26.03.21 10:53, Liu Xiang wrote:
> Since pages have been deflated to a local list,
> there is no race between fill and leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang@zlingsmart.com>
> ---
>   drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> index 8985fc2ce..7da25b87f 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> @@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ static unsigned leak_balloon(struct virtio_balloon *vb, size_t num)
>   	 */
>   	if (vb->num_pfns != 0)
>   		tell_host(vb, vb->deflate_vq);
> -	release_pages_balloon(vb, &pages);
>   	mutex_unlock(&vb->balloon_lock);
> +	release_pages_balloon(vb, &pages);
>   	return num_freed_pages;
>   }
>   
> 

I think this should be fine

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb


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