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authorAmit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>2011-07-20 13:30:56 +0530
committerAmit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>2011-07-26 11:21:14 +0530
commit1a39b0fcff1c3cc77ad21930821b43be890ba400 (patch)
tree566190fd2aff6d6a31964f0f07ac7ccecbbb570d /host-utils.c
parent4a97e18b878afb95d2bc6a027f0d9b38e358d142 (diff)
balloon: Separate out stat and balloon handling
Passing on '0' as ballooning target to indicate retrieval of stats is bad API. It also makes 'balloon 0' in the monitor cause a segfault. Have two different functions handle the different functionality instead. Detailed explanation from Markus's review: 1. do_info_balloon() is an info_async() method. It receives a callback with argument, to be called exactly once (callback frees the argument). It passes the callback via qemu_balloon_status() and indirectly through qemu_balloon_event to virtio_balloon_to_target(). virtio_balloon_to_target() executes its balloon stats half. It stores the callback in the device state. If it can't send a stats request, it resets stats and calls the callback right away. Else, it sends a stats request. The device model runs the callback when it receives the answer. Works. 2. do_balloon() is a cmd_async() method. It receives a callback with argument, to be called when the command completes. do_balloon() calls it right before it succeeds. Odd, but should work. Nevertheless, it passes the callback on via qemu_ballon() and indirectly through qemu_balloon_event to virtio_balloon_to_target(). a. If the argument is non-zero, virtio_balloon_to_target() executes its balloon half, which doesn't use the callback in any way. Odd, but works. b. If the argument is zero, virtio_balloon_to_target() executes its balloon stats half, just like in 1. It either calls the callback right away, or arranges for it to be called later. Thus, the callback runs twice: use after free and double free. Test case: start with -S -device virtio-balloon, execute "balloon 0" in human monitor. Runs the callback first from virtio_balloon_to_target(), then again from do_balloon(). Reported-by: Mike Cao <bcao@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
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