Re: [PATCH 5/5] uio: Implement hotunplug support, using libunload

From: Hans J. Koch
Date: Fri Sep 24 2010 - 06:54:49 EST


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:24:19AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> }
>
> static ssize_t uio_read(struct file *filep, char __user *buf,
> size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> {
> struct uio_listener *listener = filep->private_data;
> - struct uio_device *idev = listener->dev;
> + struct uio_device *idev = listener_idev(listener);
> DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
> ssize_t retval;
> s32 event_count;
>
> - if (!idev->info->irq)
> + if (!unload_trylock(&idev->unload))
> return -EIO;
>
> + retval = -EIO;
> + if (!idev->info->irq)
> + goto out;
> +
> + retval = -EIO;
> if (count != sizeof(s32))
> - return -EINVAL;
> + goto out;

No. uio_read() should return -EINVAL if count != sizeof(s32). This is
simply wrong userspace code that passes in an illegal value, so it's
not an IO error but an invalid parameter.
BTW, you use -EINVAL in the same situation in uio_write()...

>
> add_wait_queue(&idev->wait, &wait);
>
> @@ -550,12 +586,21 @@ static ssize_t uio_read(struct file *filep, char __user *buf,
> retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
> break;
> }
> + unload_unlock(&idev->unload);
> +
> schedule();
> +
> + if (!unload_trylock(&idev->unload)) {
> + retval = -EIO;
> + break;
> + }
> } while (1);
>
> __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
> remove_wait_queue(&idev->wait, &wait);
>
> +out:
> + unload_unlock(&idev->unload);
> return retval;
> }
>
> @@ -563,24 +608,33 @@ static ssize_t uio_write(struct file *filep, const char __user *buf,
> size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> {
> struct uio_listener *listener = filep->private_data;
> - struct uio_device *idev = listener->dev;
> + struct uio_device *idev = listener_idev(listener);
> ssize_t retval;
> s32 irq_on;
>
> - if (!idev->info->irq)
> + if (!unload_trylock(&idev->unload))
> return -EIO;
>
> + retval = -EIO;
> + if (!idev->info->irq)
> + goto out;
> +
> + retval = -EINVAL;
> if (count != sizeof(s32))
> - return -EINVAL;
> + goto out;
>
> + retval = -ENOSYS;
> if (!idev->info->irqcontrol)
> - return -ENOSYS;
> + goto out;
>
> + retval = -EFAULT;
> if (copy_from_user(&irq_on, buf, count))
> - return -EFAULT;
> + goto out;
>
> retval = idev->info->irqcontrol(idev->info, irq_on);
>
> +out:
> + unload_unlock(&idev->unload);
> return retval ? retval : sizeof(s32);
> }
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