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commit a7f0d7aab0b4f3f0780b1f77356e2fe7202ac0cb upstream. If an incoming FUSE request can't fit on the virtqueue, the request is placed onto a workqueue so a worker can try to resubmit it later where there will (hopefully) be space for it next time. This is fine for requests that aren't larger than a virtqueue's maximum capacity. However, if a request's size exceeds the maximum capacity of the virtqueue (even if the virtqueue is empty), it will be doomed to a life of being placed on the workqueue, removed, discovered it won't fit, and placed on the workqueue yet again. Furthermore, from section 2.6.5.3.1 (Driver Requirements: Indirect Descriptors) of the virtio spec: "A driver MUST NOT create a descriptor chain longer than the Queue Size of the device." To fix this, limit the number of pages FUSE will use for an overall request. This way, each request can realistically fit on the virtqueue when it is decomposed into a scattergather list and avoid violating section 2.6.5.3.1 of the virtio spec. Signed-off-by: Connor Kuehl <ckuehl@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Yang Bo <yb203166@antfin.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.