Re: [RFC PATCH 01/25] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Use array_index_nospec() on mws_size[] access
From: Koichiro Den
Date: Fri Oct 24 2025 - 12:25:23 EST
On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 08:06:40PM -0400, Frank Li wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 04:18:52PM +0900, Koichiro Den wrote:
> > Follow common kernel idioms for indices derived from configfs attributes
> > and suppress Smatch warnings:
> >
> > epf_ntb_mw1_show() warn: potential spectre issue 'ntb->mws_size' [r]
> > epf_ntb_mw1_store() warn: potential spectre issue 'ntb->mws_size' [w]
> >
> > No functional changes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c | 23 +++++++++++--------
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
> > index 83e9ab10f9c4..55307cd613c9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
> > @@ -876,17 +876,19 @@ static ssize_t epf_ntb_##_name##_show(struct config_item *item, \
> > struct config_group *group = to_config_group(item); \
> > struct epf_ntb *ntb = to_epf_ntb(group); \
> > struct device *dev = &ntb->epf->dev; \
> > - int win_no; \
> > + int win_no, idx; \
> > \
> > if (sscanf(#_name, "mw%d", &win_no) != 1) \
> > return -EINVAL; \
> > \
> > - if (win_no <= 0 || win_no > ntb->num_mws) { \
> > - dev_err(dev, "Invalid num_nws: %d value\n", ntb->num_mws); \
> > + idx = win_no - 1; \
> > + if (idx < 0 || idx >= ntb->num_mws) { \
> > + dev_err(dev, "MW%d out of range (num_mws=%d)\n", \
> > + win_no, ntb->num_mws); \
> > return -EINVAL; \
> > } \
> > - \
> > - return sprintf(page, "%lld\n", ntb->mws_size[win_no - 1]); \
> > + idx = array_index_nospec(idx, ntb->num_mws); \
> > + return sprintf(page, "%lld\n", ntb->mws_size[idx]); \
>
> keep original check if (win_no <= 0 || win_no > ntb->num_mws)
>
> just
> idx = array_index_nospec(win_no - 1, ntb->num_mws);
> return sprintf(page, "%lld\n", ntb->mws_size[idx]);
>
> It should be more simple.
Thanks for the review.
For minimal changes, that makes sense. I'd also like to update the dev_err
message (the "num_nws" typo, and I think what's invalid is win_no, not
num_mws). So how about combining your suggestion with the log message
update?
-Koichiro
>
> Frank
> > }
> >
> > #define EPF_NTB_MW_W(_name) \
> > @@ -896,7 +898,7 @@ static ssize_t epf_ntb_##_name##_store(struct config_item *item, \
> > struct config_group *group = to_config_group(item); \
> > struct epf_ntb *ntb = to_epf_ntb(group); \
> > struct device *dev = &ntb->epf->dev; \
> > - int win_no; \
> > + int win_no, idx; \
> > u64 val; \
> > int ret; \
> > \
> > @@ -907,12 +909,15 @@ static ssize_t epf_ntb_##_name##_store(struct config_item *item, \
> > if (sscanf(#_name, "mw%d", &win_no) != 1) \
> > return -EINVAL; \
> > \
> > - if (win_no <= 0 || win_no > ntb->num_mws) { \
> > - dev_err(dev, "Invalid num_nws: %d value\n", ntb->num_mws); \
> > + idx = win_no - 1; \
> > + if (idx < 0 || idx >= ntb->num_mws) { \
> > + dev_err(dev, "MW%d out of range (num_mws=%d)\n", \
> > + win_no, ntb->num_mws); \
> > return -EINVAL; \
> > } \
> > \
> > - ntb->mws_size[win_no - 1] = val; \
> > + idx = array_index_nospec(idx, ntb->num_mws); \
> > + ntb->mws_size[idx] = val; \
> > \
> > return len; \
> > }
> > --
> > 2.48.1
> >