When init_vqs runs, virtio_balloon.stats is either uninitialized or contains stale values. The host updates its state with garbage data because it has no way of knowing that this is just a marker buffer used for signaling.
This patch updates the stats before pushing the initial buffer. Signed-off-by: Ladi Prosek <[email protected]> --- drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c index 4e11915..fcd06e1 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c @@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ static int init_vqs(struct virtio_balloon *vb) * Prime this virtqueue with one buffer so the hypervisor can * use it to signal us later (it can't be broken yet!). */ + update_balloon_stats(vb); + sg_init_one(&sg, vb->stats, sizeof vb->stats); if (virtqueue_add_outbuf(vb->stats_vq, &sg, 1, vb, GFP_KERNEL) < 0) -- 2.9.3 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
