[patch v2] tlb_uv: use allocated buffer in tunables_read()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Sep 29 2010 - 04:41:06 EST


The original code didn't check that the value returned from snprintf()
was less than the size of the buffer. Although it didn't cause a
runtime bug in this case, it makes the static checkers complain.

Andrew Morton suggested a dynamically sized buffer would be cleaner.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
---
I don't have an x86_64 system so I haven't been able to compile this
code. Sorry for that.

V2: The first version was yuk.

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
index 312ef02..33e77e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
@@ -1001,10 +1001,10 @@ static int uv_ptc_seq_show(struct seq_file *file, void *data)
static ssize_t tunables_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
- char buf[300];
+ char *buf;
int ret;

- ret = snprintf(buf, 300, "%s %s %s\n%d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d\n",
+ buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s %s %s\n%d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d\n",
"max_bau_concurrent plugged_delay plugsb4reset",
"timeoutsb4reset ipi_reset_limit complete_threshold",
"congested_response_us congested_reps congested_period",
@@ -1012,7 +1012,12 @@ static ssize_t tunables_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
timeoutsb4reset, ipi_reset_limit, complete_threshold,
congested_response_us, congested_reps, congested_period);

- return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, ret);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ret = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, strlen(buf));
+ kfree(buf);
+ return ret;
}

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