Re: [PATCH 28/38] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/media/

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Wed Apr 19 2017 - 07:09:09 EST


Em Wed, 05 Apr 2017 18:01:01 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to
> prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image. Whilst this
> includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent
> access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a
> device to access or modify the kernel image.
>
> To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware
> configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they
> specify. The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can
> skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down.
> The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the
> default values for those parameters is.
>
> Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some
> drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and
> some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition
> to manually coded parameters.
>
> This patch annotates drivers in drivers/staging/media/.
>
> Suggested-by: Alan Cox <gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>
> drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sir.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sir.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sir.c
> index c6c3de94adaa..dde46dd8cabb 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sir.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sir.c
> @@ -826,10 +826,10 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Milan Pikula");
> #endif
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
> -module_param(io, int, S_IRUGO);
> +module_param_hw(io, int, ioport, S_IRUGO);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, "I/O address base (0x3f8 or 0x2f8)");
>
> -module_param(irq, int, S_IRUGO);
> +module_param_hw(irq, int, irq, S_IRUGO);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "Interrupt (4 or 3)");
>
> module_param(threshold, int, S_IRUGO);
>



Thanks,
Mauro