Re: [patch] dma-debug: debugfs_create_bool() takes a u32 pointer

[Neil Horman]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 09:58:32AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Even though it has "bool" in the name, you have pass a u32 pointer to
> debugfs_create_bool().  Otherwise you get memory corruption in
> write_file_bool().  Fortunately in this case the corruption happens in
> an alignment hole between variables so it doesn't cause any problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
> index 13ef233..08cd5a6 100644
> --- a/lib/dma-debug.c
> +++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(free_entries);
>  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(free_entries_lock);
>  
>  /* Global disable flag - will be set in case of an error */
> -static bool global_disable __read_mostly;
> +static u32 global_disable __read_mostly;
>  
>  /* Global error count */
>  static u32 error_count;
> @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int dma_debug_fs_init(void)
>  
>  	global_disable_dent = debugfs_create_bool("disabled", 0444,
>  			dma_debug_dent,
> -			(u32 *)&global_disable);
> +			&global_disable);
>  	if (!global_disable_dent)
>  		goto out_err;
>  
> 


This certainly works, but a quick search of call sites shows this isn't the only
place someone passes a bool to debugfs_create_bool. I think the better solution
would be to change debugfs_create_bool and its corresponding read/write methods
to actually work with a bool type, and then clean all the call sites to pass in
a bool properly, instead of a u32.

Thanks
Neil

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