Re: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: Prevent possible overrun during bitmap operations

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Borislav,

On 6/20/2019 6:44 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 01:27:16PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> @@ -2494,26 +2498,19 @@ static int mkdir_mondata_all(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
>>   */
>>  static void cbm_ensure_valid(u32 *_val, struct rdt_resource *r)
>>  {
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Convert the u32 _val to an unsigned long required by all the bit
>> -	 * operations within this function. No more than 32 bits of this
>> -	 * converted value can be accessed because all bit operations are
>> -	 * additionally provided with cbm_len that is initialized during
>> -	 * hardware enumeration using five bits from the EAX register and
>> -	 * thus never can exceed 32 bits.
>> -	 */
>> -	unsigned long *val = (unsigned long *)_val;
>> +	unsigned long val = *_val;
>>  	unsigned int cbm_len = r->cache.cbm_len;
>>  	unsigned long first_bit, zero_bit;
> 
> Please sort function local variables declaration in a reverse christmas
> tree order:
> 
> 	<type A> longest_variable_name;
> 	<type B> shorter_var_name;
> 	<type C> even_shorter;
> 	<type D> i;
> 
>> -	if (*val == 0)
>> +	if (val == 0)
> 
> 	if (!val)
> 
>>  		return;
>>  
>> -	first_bit = find_first_bit(val, cbm_len);
>> -	zero_bit = find_next_zero_bit(val, cbm_len, first_bit);
>> +	first_bit = find_first_bit(&val, cbm_len);
>> +	zero_bit = find_next_zero_bit(&val, cbm_len, first_bit);
>>  
>>  	/* Clear any remaining bits to ensure contiguous region */
>> -	bitmap_clear(val, zero_bit, cbm_len - zero_bit);
>> +	bitmap_clear(&val, zero_bit, cbm_len - zero_bit);
>> +	*_val = (u32)val;
> 
> ... and also, that function should simply return the u32 value instead
> of using @_val as an input and output var.
> 
> But that should be a separate cleanup patch anyway.

Thank you very much. I will provide that separate cleanup patch.

Reinette