Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] fpga: dfl: add basic support DFHv1

From: Xu Yilun
Date: Sun Oct 30 2022 - 21:25:42 EST


On 2022-10-31 at 00:06:28 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 09:08:44PM +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:
> > On 2022-10-20 at 14:26:09 -0700, matthew.gerlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > > struct dfl_feature_info {
> > > u16 fid;
> > > u8 revision;
> > > + u8 dfh_version;
> > > struct resource mmio_res;
> > > void __iomem *ioaddr;
> > > struct list_head node;
> > > unsigned int irq_base;
> > > unsigned int nr_irqs;
> > > + unsigned int param_size;
> > > + u64 params[];
> > > };
>
> ...
>
> > > + finfo = kzalloc(sizeof(*finfo) + dfh_psize, GFP_KERNEL);
>
>
> This probably may use something from overflow.h.
>
> > The u64 flexible array in the structure, but seems dfh_get_psize could
> > not garantee 64bit aligned size.
> >
> > What's the mandatory alignment of param data? If 64bit aligned, bit 33-34
> > of PARAM_HDR should be reserved. If 32bit aligned, finfo:params should be
> > u32[].
>
> Isn't it guaranteed by the C standard / architecture ABI?

I'm referring to the malloc size of the structure. It reserved dfh_psize
bytes for this u64 array, but there is no garantee dfh_psize should be a
multiple of 8. So there may be memory leak when accessing the last
array element?

>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>