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virtio: stop virtqueue processing if device is broken
QEMU prints an error message and exits when the device enters an invalid state. Terminating the process is heavy-handed. The guest may still be able to function even if there is a bug in a virtio guest driver. Moreover, exiting is a bug in nested virtualization where a nested guest could DoS other nested guests by killing a pass-through virtio device. I don't think this configuration is possible today but it is likely in the future. If the broken flag is set, do not process virtqueues or write back used descriptors. The broken flag can be cleared again by resetting the device. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
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