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-rw-r--r--include/xen/interface/io/ring.h14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h b/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h
index 7d28aff605c7..7dc685b4057d 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h
@@ -181,6 +181,20 @@ struct __name##_back_ring { \
#define RING_GET_REQUEST(_r, _idx) \
(&((_r)->sring->ring[((_idx) & (RING_SIZE(_r) - 1))].req))
+/*
+ * Get a local copy of a request.
+ *
+ * Use this in preference to RING_GET_REQUEST() so all processing is
+ * done on a local copy that cannot be modified by the other end.
+ *
+ * Note that https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145 may cause this
+ * to be ineffective where _req is a struct which consists of only bitfields.
+ */
+#define RING_COPY_REQUEST(_r, _idx, _req) do { \
+ /* Use volatile to force the copy into _req. */ \
+ *(_req) = *(volatile typeof(_req))RING_GET_REQUEST(_r, _idx); \
+} while (0)
+
#define RING_GET_RESPONSE(_r, _idx) \
(&((_r)->sring->ring[((_idx) & (RING_SIZE(_r) - 1))].rsp))