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Message-ID: <3e1ef565-3f3b-4fd9-8ae7-2af3d2581f99@embeddedor.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:55:23 -0600
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To: Bryan Gurney <bgurney@...hat.com>
Cc: Chris Leech <cleech@...hat.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
 Nilesh Javali <njavali@...vell.com>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
 "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
 John Meneghini <jmeneghi@...hat.com>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] scsi: qla2xxx: replace non-standard flexible array
 purex_item.iocb



On 30/07/25 09:43, Bryan Gurney wrote:
> Hi Gustavo,
> 
> Yes, it passes.  When I test this on top of the NVMe FPIN link
> integrity v9 patchset, I only see the "kernel: qla2xxx... : FPIN ELS"
> event.
> 
> Tested-by: Bryan Gurney <bgurney@...hat.com>

Awesome. :)

Thanks!
-Gustavo

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bryan
> 
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM Gustavo A. R. Silva
> <gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bryan,
>>
>> I wonder if you could run your tests on the patch below and let me
>> know if it passes. If it does, I'll go ahead and submit it as a
>> proper patch (including your Tested-by tag) to the SCSI list.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> -Gustavo
>>
>>>
>>> The (untested) patch below avoids the use of `struct_group_tagged()`
>>> and the casts to `struct purex_item *`:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
>>> index cb95b7b12051..4bdf8adf04ed 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
>>> @@ -4890,9 +4890,7 @@ struct purex_item {
>>>                                struct purex_item *pkt);
>>>           atomic_t in_use;
>>>           uint16_t size;
>>> -       struct {
>>> -               uint8_t iocb[64];
>>> -       } iocb;
>>> +       uint8_t iocb[] __counted_by(size);
>>>    };
>>>
>>>    #include "qla_edif.h"
>>> @@ -5101,7 +5099,6 @@ typedef struct scsi_qla_host {
>>>                   struct list_head head;
>>>                   spinlock_t lock;
>>>           } purex_list;
>>> -       struct purex_item default_item;
>>>
>>>           struct name_list_extended gnl;
>>>           /* Count of active session/fcport */
>>> @@ -5130,6 +5127,10 @@ typedef struct scsi_qla_host {
>>>    #define DPORT_DIAG_IN_PROGRESS                 BIT_0
>>>    #define DPORT_DIAG_CHIP_RESET_IN_PROGRESS      BIT_1
>>>           uint16_t dport_status;
>>> +
>>> +       TRAILING_OVERLAP(struct purex_item, default_item, iocb,
>>> +               uint8_t __default_item_iocb[QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE];
>>> +       );
>>>    } scsi_qla_host_t;
>>>
>>>    struct qla27xx_image_status {
>>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
>>> index c4c6b5c6658c..4559b490614d 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
>>> @@ -1077,17 +1077,17 @@ static struct purex_item *
>>>    qla24xx_alloc_purex_item(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, uint16_t size)
>>>    {
>>>           struct purex_item *item = NULL;
>>> -       uint8_t item_hdr_size = sizeof(*item);
>>>
>>>           if (size > QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE) {
>>> -               item = kzalloc(item_hdr_size +
>>> -                   (size - QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE), GFP_ATOMIC);
>>> +               item = kzalloc(struct_size(item, iocb, size), GFP_ATOMIC);
>>>           } else {
>>>                   if (atomic_inc_return(&vha->default_item.in_use) == 1) {
>>>                           item = &vha->default_item;
>>>                           goto initialize_purex_header;
>>>                   } else {
>>> -                       item = kzalloc(item_hdr_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
>>> +                       item = kzalloc(
>>> +                               struct_size(item, iocb, QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE),
>>> +                               GFP_ATOMIC);
>>>                   }
>>>           }
>>>           if (!item) {
>>> @@ -1127,17 +1127,16 @@ qla24xx_queue_purex_item(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, struct purex_item *pkt,
>>>     * @vha: SCSI driver HA context
>>>     * @pkt: ELS packet
>>>     */
>>> -static struct purex_item
>>> -*qla24xx_copy_std_pkt(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, void *pkt)
>>> +static struct purex_item *
>>> +qla24xx_copy_std_pkt(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, void *pkt)
>>>    {
>>>           struct purex_item *item;
>>>
>>> -       item = qla24xx_alloc_purex_item(vha,
>>> -                                       QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
>>> +       item = qla24xx_alloc_purex_item(vha, QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
>>>           if (!item)
>>>                   return item;
>>>
>>> -       memcpy(&item->iocb, pkt, sizeof(item->iocb));
>>> +       memcpy(&item->iocb, pkt, QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
>>>           return item;
>>>    }
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
>>> index 8ee2e337c9e1..92488890bc04 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
>>> @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ void qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb(void **pkt, struct rsp_que **rsp)
>>>
>>>           ql_dbg(ql_dbg_unsol, vha, 0x2121,
>>>                  "PURLS OP[%01x] size %d xchg addr 0x%x portid %06x\n",
>>> -              item->iocb.iocb[3], item->size, uctx->exchange_address,
>>> +              item->iocb[3], item->size, uctx->exchange_address,
>>>                  fcport->d_id.b24);
>>>           /* +48    0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F
>>>            * ----- -----------------------------------------------
>>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
>>> index d4b484c0fd9d..253f802605d6 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
>>> @@ -6459,9 +6459,10 @@ void qla24xx_process_purex_rdp(struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
>>>    void
>>>    qla24xx_free_purex_item(struct purex_item *item)
>>>    {
>>> -       if (item == &item->vha->default_item)
>>> +       if (item == &item->vha->default_item) {
>>>                   memset(&item->vha->default_item, 0, sizeof(struct purex_item));
>>> -       else
>>> +               memset(&item->vha->__default_item_iocb, 0, QLA_DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
>>> +       } else
>>>                   kfree(item);
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> -Gustavo
>>
> 


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