Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] sysctl: Warn when a clamped sysctl parameter is set out of range

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 04:15:41PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> Even with clamped sysctl parameters, it is still not that straight
> forward to figure out the exact range of those parameters. One may
> try to write extreme parameter values to see if they get clamped.
> To make it easier, a warning with the expected range will now be
> printed into the kernel ring buffer when a clamped sysctl parameter
> receives an out of range value.
> 
> The pr_warn_ratelimited() macro is used to limit the number of warning
> messages that can be printed within a given period of time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sysctl.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 3d65f41..14aca92 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -2505,6 +2505,7 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>   * @min: pointer to minimum allowable value
>   * @max: pointer to maximum allowable value
>   * @flags: pointer to flags
> + * @name: sysctl parameter name
>   *
>   * The do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param structure provides the
>   * minimum and maximum values for doing range checking for those sysctl
> @@ -2514,31 +2515,48 @@ struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param {
>  	int *min;
>  	int *max;
>  	unsigned int *flags;
> +	const char *name;
>  };
>  
> +#ifdef pr_fmt
> +#undef pr_fmt
> +#endif
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt)	"sysctl: " fmt

No. This needs to be defined at the top of the file, please look
at other uses on kernel/*.c and just use:

#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt

The filename already provides the name we want.

> +
>  static int do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
>  					int *valp,
>  					int write, void *data)
>  {
>  	struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param *param = data;
> +
>  	if (write) {
>  		int val = *negp ? -*lvalp : *lvalp;
> +		bool clamped = false;
>  		bool clamp = param->flags &&
>  			   (*param->flags & CTL_FLAGS_CLAMP_RANGE);
>  
>  		if (param->min && *param->min > val) {
> -			if (clamp)
> +			if (clamp) {
>  				val = *param->min;
> -			else
> +				clamped = true;
> +			} else {
>  				return -EINVAL;
> +			}
>  		}
>  		if (param->max && *param->max < val) {
> -			if (clamp)
> +			if (clamp) {
>  				val = *param->max;
> -			else
> +				clamped = true;
> +			} else {
>  				return -EINVAL;
> +			}
>  		}
>  		*valp = val;
> +		if (clamped && param->name)
> +			pr_warn_ratelimited("\"%s\" was set out of range [%d, %d], clamped to %d.\n",
> +				param->name,
> +				param->min ? *param->min : -INT_MAX,
> +				param->max ? *param->max :  INT_MAX, val);

We already warn here but I see you also add yet-another warning for the driver....

  Luis