Linux Virtualization - Jun 2013 - [PATCH V2] vhost_net: clear msg.control for non-zerocopy case during tx

When we decide not use zero-copy, msg.control should be set to NULL otherwise
macvtap/tap may set zerocopy callbacks which may decrease the kref of ubufs
wrongly.

Bug were introduced by commit cedb9bdce099206290a2bdd02ce47a7b253b6a84
(vhost-net: skip head management if no outstanding).

This solves the following warnings:

WARNING: at include/linux/kref.h:47 handle_tx+0x477/0x4b0 [vhost_net]()
Modules linked in: vhost_net macvtap macvlan tun nfsd exportfs bridge stp llc
openvswitch kvm_amd kvm bnx2 megaraid_sas [last unloaded: tun]
CPU: 5 PID: 8670 Comm: vhost-8668 Not tainted 3.10.0-rc2+ #1566
Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R715/00XHKG, BIOS 1.5.2 04/19/2011
ffffffffa0198323 ffff88007c9ebd08 ffffffff81796b73 ffff88007c9ebd48
ffffffff8103d66b 000000007b773e20 ffff8800779f0000 ffff8800779f43f0
ffff8800779f8418 000000000000015c 0000000000000062 ffff88007c9ebd58
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81796b73>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1e
[<ffffffff8103d66b>] warn_slowpath_common+0x6b/0xa0
[<ffffffff8103d6b5>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20
[<ffffffffa0197627>] handle_tx+0x477/0x4b0 [vhost_net]
[<ffffffffa0197690>] handle_tx_kick+0x10/0x20 [vhost_net]
[<ffffffffa019541e>] vhost_worker+0xfe/0x1a0 [vhost_net]
[<ffffffffa0195320>] ? vhost_attach_cgroups_work+0x30/0x30 [vhost_net]
[<ffffffffa0195320>] ? vhost_attach_cgroups_work+0x30/0x30 [vhost_net]
[<ffffffff81061f46>] kthread+0xc6/0xd0
[<ffffffff81061e80>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70
[<ffffffff817a1aec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[<ffffffff81061e80>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
---
The patch is needed for -stable.

Changes from v1:
- code style issue fix
---
 drivers/vhost/net.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 2b51e23..518622d 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
 				kref_get(&ubufs->kref);
 			}
 			nvq->upend_idx = (nvq->upend_idx + 1) % UIO_MAXIOV;
+		} else {
+			msg.msg_control = NULL;
 		}
 		/* TODO: Check specific error and bomb out unless ENOBUFS? */
 		err = sock->ops->sendmsg(NULL, sock, &msg, len);
-- 
1.7.1