virtio_balloon: fix towards_target when deflating balloon

Both v and vb->num_pages are u32 and unsigned int respectively.  If v is less
than vb->num_pages (and it is, when deflating the balloon), the result is a
very large 32-bit number.  Since we're returning a s64, instead of getting the
same negative number we desire, we get a very large positive number.

This handles the case where v < vb->num_pages and ensures we get a small,
negative, s64 as the result.

Rusty: please push this for 2.6.27-rc4.  It's probably appropriate for the
stable tree too as it will cause an unexpected OOM when ballooning.

Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (simplified)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index bfef604..62eab43 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static inline s64 towards_target(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
        vb->vdev->config->get(vb->vdev,
                              offsetof(struct virtio_balloon_config, num_pages),
                              &v, sizeof(v));
-       return v - vb->num_pages;
+       return (s64)v - vb->num_pages;
 }
 
 static void update_balloon_size(struct virtio_balloon *vb)