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Subject[PATCH V6 0/3] handle polling errors in vhost/vhost_net
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This is an update version of last version to fix the handling of polling errors
in vhost/vhost_net.

Currently, vhost and vhost_net ignore polling errors which can lead kernel
crashing when it tries to remove itself from waitqueue after the polling
failure. Fix this by:

- examing the POLLERR when setting backend and report erros to userspace
- let tun always add to waitqueue in .poll() after the queue is created even if
it was detached.

Changes from V5:
- use rcu_dereference() instead of the wrong rtnl_dereference() in data path
- test with CONFIG_PROVE_RCU

Changes from V4:
- check the detached state by tfile->detached and protect it by RCU

Changes from V3:
- make a smaller patch that doesn't touch the whole polling state and only check
the polliner errors in backend setting.
- add a patch that allows tuntap to do polling/reading/writing when detached
which could simplify the work of its user.

Changes from v2:
- check poll->wqh instead of the wrong assumption about POLLERR and waitqueue
- drop the whole tx polling state check since it was replaced by the wqh
checking
- drop the buggy tuntap patch

Changes from v1:
- restore the state before the ioctl when vhost_init_used() fails
- log the error when meet polling errors in the data path
- don't put into waitqueue when tun_chr_poll() return POLLERR

Jason Wang (3):
vhost_net: correct error handling in vhost_net_set_backend()
vhost_net: handle polling errors when setting backend
tuntap: allow polling/writing/reading when detached

drivers/net/tun.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
drivers/vhost/net.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
drivers/vhost/vhost.h | 2 +-
4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)



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