Re: [Qemu-stable] [PATCH 6/7] address_space_map: address_space_to_flatview needs RCU lock

[Alexey Kardashevskiy]

On 05/03/18 19:36, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> address_space_map is calling address_space_to_flatview but it can
> be called outside the RCU lock.  The function itself is calling
> rcu_read_lock/rcu_read_unlock, just in the wrong place, so the
> fix is easy.
> 
> Cc: address@hidden
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <address@hidden>


> ---
>  exec.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
> index 177583c2ee..070eaff3e7 100644
> --- a/exec.c
> +++ b/exec.c
> @@ -3464,7 +3464,7 @@ void *address_space_map(AddressSpace *as,
>      hwaddr l, xlat;
>      MemoryRegion *mr;
>      void *ptr;
> -    FlatView *fv = address_space_to_flatview(as);
> +    FlatView *fv;
>  
>      if (len == 0) {
>          return NULL;
> @@ -3472,6 +3472,7 @@ void *address_space_map(AddressSpace *as,
>  
>      l = len;
>      rcu_read_lock();
> +    fv = address_space_to_flatview(as);
>      mr = flatview_translate(fv, addr, &xlat, &l, is_write);
>  
>      if (!memory_access_is_direct(mr, is_write)) {
> 


-- 
Alexey