On 15.09.2015 18:07, marcandre.lur...@redhat.com wrote: > From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> > > The number of eventfd that can be handled per peer is limited by the > number of vectors. Return an error when receiving too many of them. > > Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> > --- > hw/misc/ivshmem.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c > index b9c78cd..63e4c4f 100644 > --- a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c > +++ b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c > @@ -569,6 +569,13 @@ static void ivshmem_read(void *opaque, const uint8_t > *buf, int size) > } > > /* get a new eventfd */ > + if (peer->nb_eventfds >= s->vectors) { > + error_report("Too many eventfd received, device has %d vectors", > + s->vectors); > + close(incoming_fd); > + return; > + } > + > nth_eventfd = peer->nb_eventfds++; > > /* this is an eventfd for a particular peer VM */ >
can the device still operate if we detect these errors at ivshmem_read time? I am referring also to the other checks happening in ivshmem_read doing if ([something fails]) { error_report("abcabc"); /* close(), ... */ return; } Can the device stop operating if these conditions happen? If so, do we have to put the device into a non-operating state, where all read/writes are ignored? Should there be a ivshmem status flag for ERROR? Should we exit(1)? note: I don't know what the "proper" behavior should be, but I am concerned about the runtime stability of the software which uses the device. Ciao, Claudio