Re: [PATCH v2] i915/perf: Fix NULL deref bugs with drm_dbg() calls

From: Tvrtko Ursulin
Date: Mon Oct 30 2023 - 08:47:13 EST



On 27/10/2023 18:38, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:

On 27/10/2023 18:28, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
When i915 perf interface is not available dereferencing it will lead to
NULL dereferences.

As returning -ENOTSUPP is pretty clear return when perf interface is not
available.

Fixes: 2fec539112e8 ("i915/perf: Replace DRM_DEBUG with driver specific drm_dbg call")
Suggested-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 --> v2: Remove the debug calls as they don't add much value and
-ENOTSUPP is a good enough return value.
---
  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c | 15 +++------------
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index 2f3ecd7d4804..7b1c8de2f9cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -4227,11 +4227,8 @@ int i915_perf_open_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
      u32 known_open_flags;
      int ret;
-    if (!perf->i915) {
-        drm_dbg(&perf->i915->drm,
-            "i915 perf interface not available for this system\n");
+    if (!perf->i915)
          return -ENOTSUPP;
-    }
      known_open_flags = I915_PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC |
                 I915_PERF_FLAG_FD_NONBLOCK |
@@ -4607,11 +4604,8 @@ int i915_perf_add_config_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
      struct i915_oa_reg *regs;
      int err, id;
-    if (!perf->i915) {
-        drm_dbg(&perf->i915->drm,
-            "i915 perf interface not available for this system\n");
+    if (!perf->i915)
          return -ENOTSUPP;
-    }
      if (!perf->metrics_kobj) {
          drm_dbg(&perf->i915->drm,
@@ -4773,11 +4767,8 @@ int i915_perf_remove_config_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
      struct i915_oa_config *oa_config;
      int ret;
-    if (!perf->i915) {
-        drm_dbg(&perf->i915->drm,
-            "i915 perf interface not available for this system\n");
+    if (!perf->i915)
          return -ENOTSUPP;
-    }
      if (i915_perf_stream_paranoid && !perfmon_capable()) {
          drm_dbg(&perf->i915->drm,

Thanks for re-spinning it so quickly! LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>

Now merged to drm-intel-gt-next. Thanks again!

Regards,

Tvrtko