linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mmc_spi: use EILSEQ for possible transmission errors

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:29:49 +0200
From:	Wolfgang Mües <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de>
To:	Pierre Ossman <pierre@...man.eu>
Cc:	"David Brownell" <david-b@...bell.net>,
	"Matt Fleming" <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc_spi: use EILSEQ for possible transmission errors

Pierre,

Am Dienstag, 9. Juni 2009 schrieb Pierre Ossman:
> This however is more relevant. But OTOH, I don't think mmc_spi has a
> better idea if the status can be trusted or not than a higher layer.

> But the other drivers don't attempt to interpret the response from the
> card. They just give the response back up and let the next layer deal
> with it.

> Indeed. But I don't like the fact that we're hiding interpretation of
> responses down in the driver. It should be up to the layer issuing the
> MMC request how the response should be interpreted.

OK. I think you are right. The driver should only do a reasonable mapping, 
and the upper layer should do the interpretion.

Have you noticed that I have posted a revised revision of the patch named 

[PATCH] mmc_spi: don't use EINVAL for possible transmission errors

on 26th of May 2009? This was based on the discussion with Matt Flemming 
and David Brownell. (I have changed the name of the patch because the old
name was missleading now).

> Indeed. I'll queue up the patch.

Please queue up the new patch. Patch appended for reference here:

From: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de>

o This patch changes the reported error code for the responses
  to a command from EINVAL to EFAULT/ENOSYS, as EINVAL is reserved
  for non-recoverable host errors, and the responses from
  the SD/MMC card may be because of recoverable transmission
  errors in the command or in the response. Response codes
  in SPI mode are NOT protected by a checksum, so don't trust them.

This is a revised, minimal-invasive patch version. As Pierre Ossman
pointed out, EINVAL should only be used for non-recoverable errors
(and is used so in the whole rest of the mmc framework).

I have checked every instance of EINVAL in the mmc framework - no 
changes were needed here. 

This patch is neccessary for doing a sensible retry managment in the 
mmmc block layer (patch will follow).

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de>

---
diff -uprN 2_6_29_rc7_patch_wearout_speedup/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c 2_6_29_rc7_patch_EILSEQ/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
--- 2_6_29_rc7_patch_wearout_speedup/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c 2009-04-08 11:11:20.000000000 +0200
+++ 2_6_29_rc7_patch_EILSEQ/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c  2009-05-26 09:37:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -335,15 +335,16 @@ checkstatus:

        /* Status byte: the entire seven-bit R1 response.  */
        if (cmd->resp[0] != 0) {
-               if ((R1_SPI_PARAMETER | R1_SPI_ADDRESS
-                                     | R1_SPI_ILLEGAL_COMMAND)
+               if ((R1_SPI_PARAMETER | R1_SPI_ADDRESS)
                                & cmd->resp[0])
-                       value = -EINVAL;
+                       value = -EFAULT; /* Bad address */
+               else if (R1_SPI_ILLEGAL_COMMAND & cmd->resp[0])
+                       value = -ENOSYS; /* Function not implemented */
                else if (R1_SPI_COM_CRC & cmd->resp[0])
-                       value = -EILSEQ;
+                       value = -EILSEQ; /* Illegal byte sequence */
                else if ((R1_SPI_ERASE_SEQ | R1_SPI_ERASE_RESET)
                                & cmd->resp[0])
-                       value = -EIO;
+                       value = -EIO;    /* I/O error */
                /* else R1_SPI_IDLE, "it's resetting" */
        }

---

best regards
 
i. A. Wolfgang Mües
-- 
Auerswald GmbH & Co. KG
Hardware Development
Telefon: +49 (0)5306 9219 0
Telefax: +49 (0)5306 9219 94 
E-Mail: Wolfgang.Mues@...rswald.de
Web: http://www.auerswald.de
 
--------------------------------------------------------------
Auerswald GmbH & Co. KG, Vor den Grashöfen 1, 38162 Cremlingen
Registriert beim AG Braunschweig HRA 13289
p.h.G Auerswald Geschäftsführungsges. mbH
Registriert beim AG Braunschweig HRB 7463
Geschäftsführer: Dipl-Ing. Gerhard Auerswald