Re: [PATCH Resend] - SN: validate smp_affinity mask on intrredirect

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue May 08 2007 - 15:19:59 EST


On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:03:20 -0700
"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +#ifndef is_affinity_mask_valid
> +#define is_affinity_mask_valid() 1
> +#endif
> +
> int no_irq_affinity;
> static int irq_affinity_write_proc(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
> unsigned long count, void *data)
> @@ -42,6 +46,9 @@ static int irq_affinity_write_proc(struc
> if (err)
> return err;
>
> + if (!is_affinity_mask_valid(new_value))
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> This results in a warning:
> kernel/irq/proc.c:49: warning: implicit declaration of function `is_affinity_mask_valid'
>

It had a dopey little bug:


diff -puN kernel/irq/proc.c~sn-validate-smp_affinity-mask-on-intr-redirect-fix kernel/irq/proc.c
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c~sn-validate-smp_affinity-mask-on-intr-redirect-fix
+++ a/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int irq_affinity_read_proc(char *
}

#ifndef is_affinity_mask_valid
-#define is_affinity_mask_valid() 1
+#define is_affinity_mask_valid(val) 1
#endif

int no_irq_affinity;
_

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