[PATCH v2 1/3] interconnect: debugfs: replace writable string helper

From: Yichong Chen

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 04:57:07 EST


debugfs_create_str() is being made read-only because its generic write path
is hard to make safe without adding more locking to the helper.

Convert the interconnect debugfs client src_node and dst_node entries to
local file operations before removing writable string support from
debugfs_create_str(). Protect the string replacement and path lookup with
the existing debugfs_lock.

Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <chenyichong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/interconnect/debugfs-client.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/debugfs-client.c b/drivers/interconnect/debugfs-client.c
index 08df9188ef94..b71c25fd9314 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/debugfs-client.c
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/debugfs-client.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/interconnect.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>

#include "internal.h"

@@ -36,6 +37,59 @@ struct debugfs_path {
struct list_head list;
};

+static ssize_t icc_node_read(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ char **node = file->private_data;
+ char *copy;
+ size_t len;
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&debugfs_lock);
+ copy = kstrdup(*node ?: "", GFP_KERNEL);
+ mutex_unlock(&debugfs_lock);
+ if (!copy)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ len = strlen(copy);
+ copy[len++] = '\n';
+ ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, copy, len);
+ kfree(copy);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t icc_node_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ char **node = file->private_data;
+ char *old, *new;
+
+ if (*ppos)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (count + 1 > PAGE_SIZE)
+ return -E2BIG;
+
+ new = memdup_user_nul(user_buf, count);
+ if (IS_ERR(new))
+ return PTR_ERR(new);
+ strim(new);
+
+ mutex_lock(&debugfs_lock);
+ old = *node;
+ *node = new;
+ mutex_unlock(&debugfs_lock);
+
+ kfree(old);
+ return count;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations icc_node_fops = {
+ .open = simple_open,
+ .read = icc_node_read,
+ .write = icc_node_write,
+ .llseek = default_llseek,
+};
+
static struct icc_path *get_path(const char *src, const char *dst)
{
struct debugfs_path *path;
@@ -56,24 +110,17 @@ static int icc_get_set(void *data, u64 val)

mutex_lock(&debugfs_lock);

- rcu_read_lock();
- src = rcu_dereference(src_node);
- dst = rcu_dereference(dst_node);
-
/*
* If we've already looked up a path, then use the existing one instead
* of calling icc_get() again. This allows for updating previous BW
* votes when "get" is written to multiple times for multiple paths.
*/
- cur_path = get_path(src, dst);
- if (cur_path) {
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ cur_path = get_path(src_node, dst_node);
+ if (cur_path)
goto out;
- }

- src = kstrdup(src, GFP_ATOMIC);
- dst = kstrdup(dst, GFP_ATOMIC);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ src = kstrdup(src_node, GFP_KERNEL);
+ dst = kstrdup(dst_node, GFP_KERNEL);

if (!src || !dst) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -160,8 +207,10 @@ int icc_debugfs_client_init(struct dentry *icc_dir)

client_dir = debugfs_create_dir("test_client", icc_dir);

- debugfs_create_str("src_node", 0600, client_dir, &src_node);
- debugfs_create_str("dst_node", 0600, client_dir, &dst_node);
+ debugfs_create_file("src_node", 0600, client_dir, &src_node,
+ &icc_node_fops);
+ debugfs_create_file("dst_node", 0600, client_dir, &dst_node,
+ &icc_node_fops);
debugfs_create_file("get", 0200, client_dir, NULL, &icc_get_fops);
debugfs_create_u32("avg_bw", 0600, client_dir, &avg_bw);
debugfs_create_u32("peak_bw", 0600, client_dir, &peak_bw);
--
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