On 8/27/25 11:12, Honglei Huang wrote:
> From: Honglei Huang <honglei1.hu...@amd.com>
>
> Commit 206cc44588f7 ("virtio: reject shm region if length is zero")
> enhanced the validation in virtio_get_shm_region() by adding a check
> for a zero-length shared memory region.
>
> It is performed before the underlying transport's .get_shm_region()
> implementation is called. This creates an issue in the virtio-gpu
> driver, where the `region` struct is part of a larger structure
> that is zero-initialized by drmm_kzalloc().
>
> Consequently, the `len` field is 0 at the time of the check, causing
> virtio_get_shm_region() to return false prematurely. This prevents the
> host visible memory feature from being enabled, even when the device
> supports it.
>
> To resolve this, this patch bypasses the inline helper and calls the
> underlying vdev->config->get_shm_region() function pointer directly.
> This ensures that the region's parameters are checked only after they
> have been populated by the transport, aligning with the intended logic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Honglei Huang <honglei1.hu...@amd.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
> index 7dfb2006c561..ed5981248302 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
> @@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ int virtio_gpu_init(struct virtio_device *vdev, struct
> drm_device *dev)
> if (virtio_has_feature(vgdev->vdev, VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_BLOB)) {
> vgdev->has_resource_blob = true;
> }
> - if (virtio_get_shm_region(vgdev->vdev, &vgdev->host_visible_region,
> - VIRTIO_GPU_SHM_ID_HOST_VISIBLE)) {
> + if (vgdev->vdev->config->get_shm_region &&
> + vgdev->vdev->config->get_shm_region(
> + vgdev->vdev, &vgdev->host_visible_region,
> + VIRTIO_GPU_SHM_ID_HOST_VISIBLE)) {
> if (!devm_request_mem_region(&vgdev->vdev->dev,
> vgdev->host_visible_region.addr,
> vgdev->host_visible_region.len,
Hi, virtio_get_shm_region() change has been reverted by [1]. Don't think
anything else needs to be done.
[1]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-20250827&id=ced17ee32a9988b8a260628e7c31a100d7dc082e
+cc Michael Tsirkin
Might be only good to send a stable kernel PR with that revert. I see
patch available only in linux-next, while stable kernels need to be
fixed sooner.
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Best regards,
Dmitry
