Re: [PATCH] char: ppdev: check if ioctl argument is present and valid

[harshal chaudhari]

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 12:51 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 5:54 PM harshal chaudhari
> <harshalchau04@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 4:42 PM David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > So I am a little bit confused about this check whether it's required or not
> > Please could you point me in the right direction?
> >
> > In any case, thanks for your help ...
> >
> > Here is a driver source located in: linux/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> >
> > static long xsdfec_dev_ioctl(struct file *fptr, unsigned int cmd,
> > unsigned long data)
> > {
> > struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec;
> > void __user *arg = NULL;
> > int rval = -EINVAL;
> >
> > if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != XSDFEC_MAGIC)
> >                return -ENOTTY;
> >
> > /* check if ioctl argument is present and valid */
> > if (_IOC_DIR(cmd) != _IOC_NONE)
> > {
> >         arg = (void __user *)data;
> >         if (!arg)
> >                    return rval;
> > }
> >
>
> All of this can be removed, and replaced with unconditional
>
>      void __user *arg = (void __user *)data;
>      int rval;
>
> with an "rval = -ENOTTY" added in the 'default' case. This will
> make it behave more like other drivers, returning -ENOTTY for
> any unknown ioctl command, and returning -EFAULT for all
> invalid pointers, including NULL.
>
> xsdfec_dev_compat_ioctl() can removed as well, with the file operations
> changed to an unconditional (removing the #ifdef)
>
>       .compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl(),
>
> This will not affect behavior, it's just another simplification.

Thanks a lot Arnd. Got the point. and i will make the change
and i will send it to relevant maintainers of that driver file.

Once again thanks!

>           Arnd