RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v4] ice: Adjust over allocation of memory in ice_sched_add_root_node() and ice_sched_add_node()

From: Pucha, HimasekharX Reddy
Date: Sat Jul 20 2024 - 04:02:15 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Aleksandr Mishin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 6:10 PM
> To: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: lvc-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Kitszel, Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@xxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v4] ice: Adjust over allocation of memory in ice_sched_add_root_node() and ice_sched_add_node()
>
> In ice_sched_add_root_node() and ice_sched_add_node() there are calls to
> devm_kcalloc() in order to allocate memory for array of pointers to 'ice_sched_node' structure. But incorrect types are used as sizeof() arguments in these calls (structures instead of pointers) which leads to over allocation of memory.
>
> Adjust over allocation of memory by correcting types in devm_kcalloc()
> sizeof() arguments.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4:
> - Remove Suggested-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>
> - Add Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>
> (https://lore.kernel.org/all/6d8ac0cf-b954-4c12-8b5b-e172c850e529@xxxxxxxxx/)
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240708182736.8514-1-amishin@xxxxxxxxxx/
> - Update comment and use the correct entities as suggested by Przemek
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240706140518.9214-1-amishin@xxxxxxxxxx/
> - Update comment, remove 'Fixes' tag and change the tree from 'net' to
> 'net-next' as suggested by Simon
> (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240706095258.GB1481495@xxxxxxxxxx/)
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240705163620.12429-1-amishin@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>

Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@xxxxxxxxx> (A Contingent worker at Intel)