Re: [PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu/discovery: validate table offset before IP discovery header cast

From: kernel test robot

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 05:14:21 EST


Hi Pavitra,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on drm-misc/drm-misc-next]
[also build test ERROR on linus/master v7.2-rc7 next-20260810]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Pavitra-Jha/drm-amdgpu-discovery-validate-table-offset-before-IP-discovery-header-cast/20260812-100224
base: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel.git drm-misc-next
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260708061835.111986-1-jhapavitra98%40gmail.com
patch subject: [PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu/discovery: validate table offset before IP discovery header cast
config: alpha-allyesconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260812/202608121611.JGbGRW2o-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: alpha-linux-gcc (GCC) 16.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260812/202608121611.JGbGRW2o-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202608121611.JGbGRW2o-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:5,
from arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h:5,
from include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h:6,
from arch/alpha/include/asm/bitops.h:472,
from include/linux/bitops.h:67,
from include/linux/thread_info.h:27,
from include/asm-generic/preempt.h:5,
from ./arch/alpha/include/generated/asm/preempt.h:1,
from include/linux/preempt.h:79,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:56,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:8,
from include/linux/gfp.h:7,
from include/linux/firmware.h:8,
from drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:24:
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c: In function 'amdgpu_discovery_verify_npsinfo':
>> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:534:32: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct table_info')
534 | if (le16_to_cpu((*info)->offset) >= adev->discovery.size) {
| ^~
include/uapi/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:37:51: note: in definition of macro '__le16_to_cpu'
37 | #define __le16_to_cpu(x) ((__force __u16)(__le16)(x))
| ^
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:534:13: note: in expansion of macro 'le16_to_cpu'
534 | if (le16_to_cpu((*info)->offset) >= adev->discovery.size) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:536:44: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct table_info')
536 | le16_to_cpu((*info)->offset), table_id);
| ^~
include/uapi/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:37:51: note: in definition of macro '__le16_to_cpu'
37 | #define __le16_to_cpu(x) ((__force __u16)(__le16)(x))
| ^
include/linux/dev_printk.h:154:9: note: in expansion of macro 'dev_printk_index_wrap'
154 | dev_printk_index_wrap(_dev_err, KERN_ERR, dev, dev_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:535:17: note: in expansion of macro 'dev_err'
535 | dev_err(adev->dev, "invalid table offset %u for table_id %u\n",
| ^~~~~~~
In file included from include/linux/device.h:15,
from include/drm/drm_print.h:31,
from drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h:29,
from drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.h:30,
from drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h:37,
from drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:27:
>> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:536:55: error: 'table_id' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'table_info'?
536 | le16_to_cpu((*info)->offset), table_id);
| ^~~~~~~~
include/linux/dev_printk.h:110:37: note: in definition of macro 'dev_printk_index_wrap'
110 | _p_func(dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:535:17: note: in expansion of macro 'dev_err'
535 | dev_err(adev->dev, "invalid table offset %u for table_id %u\n",
| ^~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:536:55: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
include/linux/dev_printk.h:110:37: note: in definition of macro 'dev_printk_index_wrap'
110 | _p_func(dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c:535:17: note: in expansion of macro 'dev_err'
535 | dev_err(adev->dev, "invalid table offset %u for table_id %u\n",
| ^~~~~~~


vim +534 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c

508
509 static int amdgpu_discovery_verify_npsinfo(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
510 struct table_info *info)
511 {
512 uint8_t *discovery_bin = adev->discovery.bin;
513 uint16_t checksum;
514 uint16_t offset;
515
516 offset = le16_to_cpu(info->offset);
517 checksum = le16_to_cpu(info->checksum);
518
519 struct nps_info_header *nhdr =
520 (struct nps_info_header *)(discovery_bin + offset);
521
522 if (le32_to_cpu(nhdr->table_id) != NPS_INFO_TABLE_ID) {
523 dev_dbg(adev->dev, "invalid ip discovery nps info table id\n");
524 return -EINVAL;
525 }
526
527 if (!amdgpu_discovery_verify_checksum(adev, discovery_bin + offset,
528 le32_to_cpu(nhdr->size_bytes),
529 checksum)) {
530 dev_dbg(adev->dev, "invalid nps info data table checksum\n");
531 return -EINVAL;
532 }
533
> 534 if (le16_to_cpu((*info)->offset) >= adev->discovery.size) {
535 dev_err(adev->dev, "invalid table offset %u for table_id %u\n",
> 536 le16_to_cpu((*info)->offset), table_id);
537 return -EINVAL;
538 }
539
540 return 0;
541 }
542

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