Re: [PATCH v2] firewire-core: remove cast of function callback
From: Stefan Richter
Date: Sun May 24 2020 - 20:04:55 EST
On May 24 Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 10:20:48PM +0900, Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> > In 1394 OHCI specification, Isochronous Receive DMA context has several
> > modes. One of mode is 'BufferFill' and Linux FireWire stack uses it to
> > receive isochronous packets for multiple isochronous channel as
> > FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL.
> >
> > The mode is not used by in-kernel driver, while it's available for
> > userspace. The character device driver in firewire-core includes
> > cast of function callback for the mode since the type of callback
> > function is different from the other modes. The case is inconvenient
> > to effort of Control Flow Integrity builds due to
> > -Wcast-function-type warning.
> >
> > This commit removes the cast. A inline helper function is newly added
> > to initialize isochronous context for the mode. The helper function
> > arranges isochronous context to assign specific callback function
> > after call of existent kernel API. It's noticeable that the number of
> > isochronous channel, speed, the size of header are not required for the
> > mode. The helper function is used for the mode by character device
> > driver instead of direct call of existent kernel API.
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - unexport helper function
> > - use inline for helper function
> > - arrange arguments for helper function
> > - tested by libhinoko
> >
> > Reported-by: Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@xxxxxxx>
> > Reference: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200519173425.4724-1-oscar.carter@xxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c | 40 +++++++++++++++---------------------
> > include/linux/firewire.h | 16 +++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
> > index 6e291d8f3a27..7cbf6df34b43 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
> > @@ -957,7 +957,6 @@ static int ioctl_create_iso_context(struct client *client, union ioctl_arg *arg)
> > {
> > struct fw_cdev_create_iso_context *a = &arg->create_iso_context;
> > struct fw_iso_context *context;
> > - fw_iso_callback_t cb;
> > int ret;
> >
> > BUILD_BUG_ON(FW_CDEV_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT != FW_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT ||
> > @@ -965,32 +964,27 @@ static int ioctl_create_iso_context(struct client *client, union ioctl_arg *arg)
> > FW_CDEV_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL !=
> > FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL);
> >
> > - switch (a->type) {
> > - case FW_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT:
> > - if (a->speed > SCODE_3200 || a->channel > 63)
> > - return -EINVAL;
> > -
> > - cb = iso_callback;
> > - break;
> > -
> > - case FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE:
> > - if (a->header_size < 4 || (a->header_size & 3) ||
> > - a->channel > 63)
> > - return -EINVAL;
> > -
> > - cb = iso_callback;
> > - break;
> > -
> > - case FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL:
> > - cb = (fw_iso_callback_t)iso_mc_callback;
> > - break;
> > + if (a->type == FW_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT ||
> > + a->type == FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE) {
> > + if (a->type == FW_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT) {
> > + if (a->speed > SCODE_3200 || a->channel > 63)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + } else {
> > + if (a->header_size < 4 || (a->header_size & 3) ||
> > + a->channel > 63)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + }
> >
> > - default:
> > + context = fw_iso_context_create(client->device->card, a->type,
> > + a->channel, a->speed, a->header_size,
> > + iso_callback, client);
> > + } else if (a->type == FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL) {
> > + context = fw_iso_mc_context_create(client->device->card,
> > + iso_mc_callback, client);
> > + } else {
> > return -EINVAL;
> > }
> >
> > - context = fw_iso_context_create(client->device->card, a->type,
> > - a->channel, a->speed, a->header_size, cb, client);
> > if (IS_ERR(context))
> > return PTR_ERR(context);
> > if (client->version < FW_CDEV_VERSION_AUTO_FLUSH_ISO_OVERFLOW)
> > diff --git a/include/linux/firewire.h b/include/linux/firewire.h
> > index aec8f30ab200..bff08118baaf 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/firewire.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/firewire.h
> > @@ -453,6 +453,22 @@ struct fw_iso_context {
> > struct fw_iso_context *fw_iso_context_create(struct fw_card *card,
> > int type, int channel, int speed, size_t header_size,
> > fw_iso_callback_t callback, void *callback_data);
> > +
> > +static inline struct fw_iso_context *fw_iso_mc_context_create(
> > + struct fw_card *card,
> > + fw_iso_mc_callback_t callback,
> > + void *callback_data)
> > +{
> > + struct fw_iso_context *ctx;
> > +
> > + ctx = fw_iso_context_create(card, FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL,
> > + 0, 0, 0, NULL, callback_data);
> > + if (!IS_ERR(ctx))
> > + ctx->callback.mc = callback;
> > +
> > + return ctx;
> > +}
>
> Why is this in a .h file? What's wrong with just putting it in the .c
> file as a static function? There's no need to make this an inline,
> right?
There is no need for this in a header.
Furthermore, I prefer the original switch statement over the nested if/else.
Here is another proposal; I will resend it later as a proper patch.
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
index 719791819c24..bece1b69b43f 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
@@ -957,7 +957,6 @@ static int ioctl_create_iso_context(struct client *client, union ioctl_arg *arg)
{
struct fw_cdev_create_iso_context *a = &arg->create_iso_context;
struct fw_iso_context *context;
- fw_iso_callback_t cb;
int ret;
BUILD_BUG_ON(FW_CDEV_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT != FW_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT ||
@@ -969,20 +968,15 @@ static int ioctl_create_iso_context(struct client *client, union ioctl_arg *arg)
case FW_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT:
if (a->speed > SCODE_3200 || a->channel > 63)
return -EINVAL;
-
- cb = iso_callback;
break;
case FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE:
if (a->header_size < 4 || (a->header_size & 3) ||
a->channel > 63)
return -EINVAL;
-
- cb = iso_callback;
break;
case FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL:
- cb = (fw_iso_callback_t)iso_mc_callback;
break;
default:
@@ -990,9 +984,15 @@ static int ioctl_create_iso_context(struct client *client, union ioctl_arg *arg)
}
context = fw_iso_context_create(client->device->card, a->type,
- a->channel, a->speed, a->header_size, cb, client);
+ a->channel, a->speed, a->header_size, NULL, client);
if (IS_ERR(context))
return PTR_ERR(context);
+
+ if (a->type == FW_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_MULTICHANNEL)
+ context->callback.mc = iso_mc_callback;
+ else
+ context->callback.sc = iso_callback;
+
if (client->version < FW_CDEV_VERSION_AUTO_FLUSH_ISO_OVERFLOW)
context->drop_overflow_headers = true;
--
Stefan Richter
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