linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/gup_benchmark: handle gup failures

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Date:   Fri, 6 Apr 2018 00:03:49 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/gup_benchmark: handle gup failures

__gup_benchmark_ioctl does not handle the case where
get_user_pages_fast fails:

- a negative return code will cause a buffer overrun
- returning with partial success will cause use of
  uninitialized memory.

Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 mm/gup_benchmark.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/gup_benchmark.c b/mm/gup_benchmark.c
index 5c8e2ab..d743035 100644
--- a/mm/gup_benchmark.c
+++ b/mm/gup_benchmark.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int __gup_benchmark_ioctl(unsigned int cmd,
 	struct page **pages;
 
 	nr_pages = gup->size / PAGE_SIZE;
-	pages = kvmalloc(sizeof(void *) * nr_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pages = kvzalloc(sizeof(void *) * nr_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pages)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static int __gup_benchmark_ioctl(unsigned int cmd,
 		}
 
 		nr = get_user_pages_fast(addr, nr, gup->flags & 1, pages + i);
-		i += nr;
+		if (nr > 0)
+			i += nr;
 	}
 	end_time = ktime_get();
 
-- 
MST