[PATCH] vsock: only load vmci transport on VMware hypervisor by default

From: Dexuan Cui
Date: Thu Aug 17 2017 - 04:00:57 EST



Without the patch, vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko can automatically load
when an application creates an AF_VSOCK socket.

This is the expected good behavior on VMware hypervisor, but as we
are going to add hv_sock.ko (i.e. Hyper-V transport for AF_VSOCK), we
should make sure vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko can't load on Hyper-V,
otherwise there is a -EBUSY conflict when both vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko
and hv_sock.ko try to call vsock_core_init() on Hyper-V.

On the other hand, hv_sock.ko can only load on Hyper-V, because it
depends on hv_vmbus.ko, which detects Hyper-V in hv_acpi_init().

KVM's vsock_virtio_transport doesn't have the issue because it doesn't
define MODULE_ALIAS_NETPROTO(PF_VSOCK).

The patch also adds a module parameter "skip_hypervisor_check" for
vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alok Kataria <akataria@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy King <acking@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adit Ranadive <aditr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: George Zhang <georgezhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig | 2 +-
net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig b/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig
index a24369d..3f52929 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config VSOCKETS

config VMWARE_VMCI_VSOCKETS
tristate "VMware VMCI transport for Virtual Sockets"
- depends on VSOCKETS && VMWARE_VMCI
+ depends on VSOCKETS && VMWARE_VMCI && HYPERVISOR_GUEST
help
This module implements a VMCI transport for Virtual Sockets.

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 10ae782..c068873 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/hypervisor.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ struct vmci_transport_recv_pkt_info {
struct vmci_transport_packet pkt;
};

+static bool skip_hypervisor_check;
+module_param(skip_hypervisor_check, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(hot_add, "If set, attempt to load on non-VMware platforms");
+
static LIST_HEAD(vmci_transport_cleanup_list);
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmci_transport_cleanup_lock);
static DECLARE_WORK(vmci_transport_cleanup_work, vmci_transport_cleanup);
@@ -2085,6 +2090,12 @@ static int __init vmci_transport_init(void)
{
int err;

+ /* Check if we are running on VMware's hypervisor and bail out
+ * if we are not.
+ */
+ if (!skip_hypervisor_check && x86_hyper != &x86_hyper_vmware)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
/* Create the datagram handle that we will use to send and receive all
* VSocket control messages for this context.
*/
--
2.7.4