Re: [PATCH v3] misc: fastrpc: fix improper packet size calculation

[jeyr]

On 2021-09-21 17:22, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 05:18:15PM +0530, Jeya R wrote:
> > The buffer list is sorted and this is not being considered while
> > calculating packet size. This would lead to improper copy length
> > calculation for non-dmaheap buffers which would eventually cause
> > sending improper buffers to DSP.
> >
> > Fixes: c68cfb718c8f ("misc: fastrpc: Add support for context Invoke 
> > method")
> > Signed-off-by: Jeya R <jeyr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Does this also need to go to the stable kernels?
Yes, this needs to go to stable kernels also as this fixes a potential 
issue which is easily reproducible.

> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > - relocate patch change list
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - updated commit message to proper format
> > - added fixes tag to commit message
> > - removed unnecessary variable initialization
> > - removed length check during payload calculation
> >
> >  drivers/misc/fastrpc.c | 10 ++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
> > index beda610..69d45c4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
> > @@ -719,16 +719,18 @@ static int fastrpc_get_meta_size(struct 
> > fastrpc_invoke_ctx *ctx)
> >  static u64 fastrpc_get_payload_size(struct fastrpc_invoke_ctx *ctx, 
> > int metalen)
> >  {
> >  	u64 size = 0;
> > -	int i;
> > +	int oix;
>
> What does "oix" stand for?  What was wrong with i?
It is just a general convention we use. "oix" is used to iterate through 
sorted overlap buffer list and use "i" to get corresponding unsorted 
list index. We follow the same convention at other places also, for 
example: fastrpc_get_args function.
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h