virtio_balloon: init 1st buffer in stats vq
When init_vqs runs, virtio_balloon.stats is either uninitialized or contains stale values. The host updates its state with garbage data because it has no way of knowing that this is just a marker buffer used for signaling. This patch updates the stats before pushing the initial buffer. Alternative fixes: * Push an empty buffer in init_vqs. Not easily done with the current virtio implementation and violates the spec "Driver MUST supply the same subset of statistics in all buffers submitted to the statsq". * Push a buffer with invalid tags in init_vqs. Violates the same spec clause, plus "invalid tag" is not really defined. Note: the spec says: When using the legacy interface, the device SHOULD ignore all values in the first buffer in the statsq supplied by the driver after device initialization. Note: Historically, drivers supplied an uninitialized buffer in the first buffer. Unfortunately QEMU does not seem to implement the recommendation even for the legacy interface. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ladi Prosek <lprosek@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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