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SubjectRE: [PATCH] hv: hyperv.h: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kelley (LINUX) <mikelley@microsoft.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 1:46 AM
> To: Michael Kelley (LINUX) <mikelley@microsoft.com>; Saurabh Singh Sengar
> <ssengar@microsoft.com>; Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com>;
> KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>; Haiyang Zhang
> <haiyangz@microsoft.com>; wei.liu@kernel.org; Dexuan Cui
> <decui@microsoft.com>
> Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] hv: hyperv.h: Replace one-element array with flexible-
> array member
>
> From: Michael Kelley (LINUX) <mikelley@microsoft.com> Sent: Monday,
> August 14, 2023 1:10 PM
> > From: Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@microsoft.com> Sent: Tuesday,
> > August 8, 2023 2:49 AM
> > >
>
> [snip]
>
> > >
> > > Thanks for your comment, I wanted to have this discussion.
> > >
> > > Before sending this patch, I was contemplating whether or not to make
> this change.
> > > Through my analysis, I arrived at the conclusion that the initial
> > > validation code wasn't entirely accurate. And with the proposed changes it
> gets more accurate.
> > > IMHO it is more accurate to exclude the size of 'ranges' in the header.
> > >
> > > With my limited understanding of this driver, the current "header size
> validation"
> > > is only to make sure that header is correct. So, that we fetch the
> > > range_cnt and xfer_pageset_id correctly from it. For this to be done
> > > I don't find any reason to include the size of ranges in this check.
> > > With inclusion of ranges we are checking the first 'struct
> > > vmtransfer_page_range' size as well which is not required for fetching
> above two values.
> > >
> > > Once we have the count of ranges we will anyway check the sanity of
> > > ranges with NETVSC_XFER_HEADER_SIZE. This will check "count * (struct
> vmtransfer_page_range)"
> > > Which is present few lines after.
> > >
> > > For a ranges count = 1, I don't see there is any difference between
> > > both the checks as of today.
> > >
> > > Please let me know you opinion if you don't find my explanation
> reasonable.
> > >
> > > I don't see any other place this structure's size change will affect.
> > >
> >
> > Got it. I have now carefully looked at the netvsc_receive() code
> > myself, and I agree with you. With the 1 element array, the
> > validation in
> > netvsc_receive() could have generated a false positive if the
> > range_cnt is zero. But I don't think a zero range_cnt ever happens,
> > so the false positive never happens. With the change to use a
> > flexible array, the validation is now correct even with a range_cnt of zero.
> >
> > Please add a note to the commit message for this patch: The
> > validation code in the netvsc driver is affected by changing the
> > struct size, but the effects have been examined and have been determined
> to be appropriate.
> >
>
> One other thought: Could this change affect user space DPDK code that is
> processing netvsc packets?

+ Long Li

I am aware that DPDK code uses uio_hv_generic driver to have its own
implementation of userspace netvsc and the changes here are only confined
to kernel's netvsc driver. Thus, I believe this code shouldn't affect anything
in userspace netvsc implementation.

I also browsed the DPDK code and found that DPDK has this struct implemented as
struct vmbus_chanpkt_rxbuf and that already has flexible array member.

https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/v23.07/drivers/bus/vmbus/rte_vmbus_reg.h#L182

- Saurabh

>
> Michael

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