[PATCH v3 1/2] iio: test: iio-test-format: check that nothing is written past the string

From: Raffaele Tranfaglia via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 16:17:29 EST


From: Raffaele Tranfaglia <raffaele.tranfaglia@xxxxxxxxx>

IIO_TEST_FORMAT_EXPECT_EQ() compares the buffer only up to the first NUL
character. It does not notice if iio_format_value() writes past the end
of the formatted string, and it cannot check output that contains a NUL.

Poison the buffer before each call. Check the expected bytes, including
the NUL terminator, with KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(), and check that the rest of
the page still holds the poison value. Take the expected length from the
string literal instead of calling strlen() on the buffer.

Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Raffaele Tranfaglia <raffaele.tranfaglia@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/test/iio-test-format.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/test/iio-test-format.c b/drivers/iio/test/iio-test-format.c
index e5d0a2ac4670..90cd23f25fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/test/iio-test-format.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/test/iio-test-format.c
@@ -6,11 +6,36 @@

#include <kunit/test.h>
#include <linux/iio/iio.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>

-#define IIO_TEST_FORMAT_EXPECT_EQ(_test, _buf, _ret, _val) do { \
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(_test, strlen(_buf), _ret); \
- KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(_test, (_buf), (_val)); \
- } while (0)
+#define IIO_TEST_FORMAT_POISON 0x5a
+
+/*
+ * Check the formatted string including its NUL terminator, and that nothing
+ * beyond it was written. _val must be a string literal. The buffer is poisoned
+ * again afterwards for the next check.
+ */
+#define IIO_TEST_FORMAT_EXPECT_EQ(_test, _buf, _ret, _val) \
+do { \
+ size_t sz = sizeof(_val); \
+ \
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(_test, _ret, (ssize_t)sz - 1); \
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(_test, _buf, _val, sz); \
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL(_test, \
+ memchr_inv((_buf) + sz, IIO_TEST_FORMAT_POISON, PAGE_SIZE - sz)); \
+ memset(_buf, IIO_TEST_FORMAT_POISON, PAGE_SIZE); \
+} while (0)
+
+static char *iio_test_format_alloc_buf(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ char *buf;
+
+ buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ memset(buf, IIO_TEST_FORMAT_POISON, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ return buf;
+}

static void iio_test_iio_format_value_integer(struct kunit *test)
{
@@ -18,8 +43,7 @@ static void iio_test_iio_format_value_integer(struct kunit *test)
int val;
int ret;

- buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ buf = iio_test_format_alloc_buf(test);

val = 42;
ret = iio_format_value(buf, IIO_VAL_INT, 1, &val);
@@ -48,8 +72,7 @@ static void iio_test_iio_format_value_fixedpoint(struct kunit *test)
char *buf;
int ret;

- buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ buf = iio_test_format_alloc_buf(test);

/* positive >= 1 */
values[0] = 1;
@@ -109,8 +132,7 @@ static void iio_test_iio_format_value_fractional(struct kunit *test)
char *buf;
int ret;

- buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ buf = iio_test_format_alloc_buf(test);

/* positive < 1 */
values[0] = 1;
@@ -149,8 +171,7 @@ static void iio_test_iio_format_value_fractional_log2(struct kunit *test)
char *buf;
int ret;

- buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ buf = iio_test_format_alloc_buf(test);

/* positive < 1 */
values[0] = 123;
@@ -189,8 +210,7 @@ static void iio_test_iio_format_value_multiple(struct kunit *test)
char *buf;
int ret;

- buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ buf = iio_test_format_alloc_buf(test);

ret = iio_format_value(buf, IIO_VAL_INT_MULTIPLE,
ARRAY_SIZE(values), values);
@@ -203,8 +223,7 @@ static void iio_test_iio_format_value_integer_64(struct kunit *test)
char *buf;
int ret;

- buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ buf = iio_test_format_alloc_buf(test);

iio_val_s64_decompose(24, &values[0], &values[1]);
ret = iio_format_value(buf, IIO_VAL_INT_64, ARRAY_SIZE(values), values);
@@ -241,8 +260,7 @@ static void iio_test_iio_format_value_decimal_64(struct kunit *test)
char *buf;
int ret;

- buf = kunit_kmalloc(test, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buf);
+ buf = iio_test_format_alloc_buf(test);

/* DECIMAL64_MILLI: positive >= 1, value 1.234 */
iio_val_s64_decompose(1234, &values[0], &values[1]);

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