Re: [PATCH v2] tty: vt: keyboard: initialize "kbs" so that kfree(kbs) runs fine even if kbs is not kmalloced.

[Ajay Garg]

Hi Pavel,

Thanks for the review.

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> Please, don't put change log into commit message. It should go under ---
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Ok, many thanks Pavel.
Will take care in all my future patches.


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> These is only one caller of vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl, which simple does:
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>         case KDGKBSENT:
>         case KDSKBSENT:
>                 return vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl(cmd, up, perm);
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> It means, that cmd can not be different from KDGKBSENT and KDSKBSENT.
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> I guess, you found this "issue" via static analysis tool like smatch or
> smth similar, but this bug is impossible right now.
>

Yes, following was reported by smatch (amongst others) :
vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl() error: uninitialized symbol 'kbs'.


Regarding the current state, "vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl" should ideally behave
correctly independently, without bothering whether a cmd is a valid
one. From that perspective, it makes sense to ensure that kfree never
crashes.

However, I don't have any strong opinions on what is right or what is
wrong, as long as things work fine.

So, if there is a general consensus that the change should not be made
currently, I would be ok.
In case the change should be made, kindly let me know, I will post the
v3 patch (making change as per the review-comment of moving changelog
below ---).


Thanks and Regards,
Ajay