Converting struct timer_list callback argument to struct timer_list *

[Kees Cook]

Hi,

I'm working on converting all callbacks of struct timer_list into
taking the struct timer_list * that triggered the callback (instead of
the timer_list.data field), as done for hrtimers, work queues, etc.
Doing this has a number of benefits including actual type checking
(via container_of(), etc) instead of blind type casts, and getting rid
of the .data field which is used in security flaw exploits[1].

I've got the series well on its way, though I think I have something
like 400 users remaining, and they're getting less trivial to convert.
:)

The series goes through several phases of conversion. The series is
here to browse:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/log/?h=kspp/timer/20170830

Replace open-coded variants of setup_timer() with actual setup_timer() calls:
      coccinelle: Improve setup_timer.cocci matching
      Run setup_timer.cocci
      timer: Remove init_timer_pinned_deferrable() in favor of
setup_pinned_deferrable_timer()
      timer: Remove init_timer_on_stack() in favor of setup_timer_on_stack()
      timer: Remove init_timer_pinned() in favor of setup_pinned_timer()
      timer: Remove init_timer_deferrable() in favor of setup_deferrable_timer()

Remove little or unused macros, with the goal of removing to ability
to statically define the .data field:
      timer: Remove users of TIMER_DEFERRED_INITIALIZER
      timer: Remove users of TIMER_INITIALIZER
      timer: Remove unused static initializer macros
      timer: Remove users of expire and data arguments to DEFINE_TIMER
      timer: Remove expires and data arguments from DEFINE_TIMER
      timer: Remove expires argument from __TIMER_INITIALIZER()

Fix usages of setup_timer() that Coccinelle can't reason about:
      timer: Remove meaningless .data/.function assignments
      timer: Collapse cross-function single-assignment .data into setup_timer()
      timer: Additional init_timer() -> setup_timer() conversions

Eliminate all open-coded usage of the .data field:
      usb/phy-isp1301-omap: Remove .data assignment
      media/i2c/tc358743: Initialize timer
      scsi/aic7xxx: Clean up timer usage
      timer: Fix incorrect casts in callbacks
      net/core: Collapse redundant sk_timer callback data assignments
      s390/char/sclp: Use separate static data field with with static timer
      sparc/led: Use separate static data field with with static timer
      mips/sgi-ip32: Use separate static data field with with static timer
      mips/sgi-ip22: Use separate static data field with with static timer
      net/atm/mpc: Use separate static data field with with static timer
      staging/comedi/das16: Make timer initialization unconditional
      usb/gadget/snps_udc_core: Move timer initialization earlier
      infiniband/rdmavt: Remove redundant timer initialization
      scsi/bnx2i: Initialize timer
      appletalk: Remove unneeded synchronization
      timer: Switch to testing for .function instead of .data

Create temporary casts for function and data arguments so
setup_timer() will take both old and new style function and data
arguments:
      timer: Temporarily explicitly cast all callback functions

Convert all DEFINE_TIMER users to taking struct timer_list *:
      coccinelle: Add define_timer.cocci
      timer: Switch DEFINE_TIMER callbacks to struct timer_list *

Create TIMER_CONTAINER() help for new style callbacks:
      timer: Add helper for container_of() usage on callbacks

Convert timer users that Coccinelle can't reason about:
      scsi/ipr: Convert timer callbacks to use TIMER_CONATINER
      staging/wilc1000: Convert timer callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      amifloppy: Convert timer callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/irda: Convert timer callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      led/ledtrig-heartbeat: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      kthread: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      workqueue: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      scsi/pmcraid: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/decnet: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/lapb: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/mac80211/mesh_plink: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      fs/nilfs2: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/rose: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      scsi/sas: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      media/saa7146: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/irda-usb: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      input: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/irda/bfin_sir: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      ALSA: sh: aica: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      s390/tape: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/ti/tlan: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/wireless/ray_cs: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      firewire: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      sound/pci/asihpi: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      isdn/hisax: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/hamradio/6pack: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      pci/ehp_hpc: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      net/usb/usbnet: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      tty/sysrq: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      scsi/cxgbi: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      block/laptop_mode: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      libata: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      staging: rtl8723bs: Refactor timers to use setup_timer()
      staging: rtl8723bs: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      staging: rtl8712: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      staging: rtl8188eu: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      sound/core: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      fs/ncpfs: Convert callback to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      block/aoe: Convert callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER

Rename .data field to .cb_data just to find any remaining .data users
that allmodconfig misses but 0-day can find (the above conversions
could be rearranged to do all .data-using conversions first, then this
patch, then the rest of the conversions):
      timer: Rename timer_list.data to timer_list.cb_data

Add Coccinelle script to perform "easy" conversions of timer callbacks:
      coccinelle: Add new timer_list handling scripts
      timer: Mass-convert timer_list callbacks to use TIMER_CONTAINER
      timer: setup_deferrable_timer conversions
      timer: setup_pinned_timer conversions

Which gets me to here:
 747 files changed, 3363 insertions(+), 3410 deletions(-)

And current builds with the forced casts removed show about 400 more
call sites to fix...

Does this look alright, and should some of this go into -next right
now, just to get some of the clean-ups into the tree? (Basically,
everything before "timer: Temporarily explicitly cast all callback
functions")

Thanks!

-Kees

[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/731082/

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security