linux-hardening - [PATCH 2/5] pstore/ram: Move pmsg init earlier

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Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:01:09 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Paramjit Oberoi <pso@...omium.org>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] pstore/ram: Move pmsg init earlier

Since the ftrace area can vary in size based on CPU count, move pmsg
initialization earlier so it will have a stable location.

Suggested-by: Paramjit Oberoi <pso@...omium.org>
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>
Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 fs/pstore/ram.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 348820a3ce88..2f18563c8141 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -785,6 +785,11 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err)
 		goto fail_init;
 
+	err = ramoops_init_prz("pmsg", dev, cxt, &cxt->mprz, &paddr,
+				cxt->pmsg_size, 0);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail_init;
+
 	cxt->max_ftrace_cnt = (cxt->flags & RAMOOPS_FLAG_FTRACE_PER_CPU)
 				? nr_cpu_ids
 				: 1;
@@ -796,11 +801,6 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err)
 		goto fail_init;
 
-	err = ramoops_init_prz("pmsg", dev, cxt, &cxt->mprz, &paddr,
-				cxt->pmsg_size, 0);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail_init;
-
 	cxt->pstore.data = cxt;
 	/*
 	 * Prepare frontend flags based on which areas are initialized.
-- 
2.34.1