linux-kernel - [PATCH 21/26] cciss: sanitize max commands

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Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:46:28 -0500
From:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
To:	axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, brace@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Subject: [PATCH 21/26] cciss: sanitize max commands

From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>

cciss: sanitize max commands
Some controllers might try to tell us they support 0 commands
in performant mode.  This is a lie told by buggy firmware.
We have to be wary of this lest we try to allocate a negative
number of command blocks, which will be treated as unsigned,
and get an out of memory condition.

Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
---
 drivers/block/cciss.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index b3060ec..6d4c4f2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -4112,13 +4112,25 @@ static int __devinit cciss_find_cfgtables(ctlr_info_t *h)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void __devinit cciss_get_max_perf_mode_cmds(struct ctlr_info *h)
+{
+	h->max_commands = readl(&(h->cfgtable->MaxPerformantModeCommands));
+	if (h->max_commands < 16) {
+		dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "Controller reports "
+			"max supported commands of %d, an obvious lie. "
+			"Using 16.  Ensure that firmware is up to date.\n",
+			h->max_commands);
+		h->max_commands = 16;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Interrogate the hardware for some limits:
  * max commands, max SG elements without chaining, and with chaining,
  * SG chain block size, etc.
  */
 static void __devinit cciss_find_board_params(ctlr_info_t *h)
 {
-	h->max_commands = readl(&(h->cfgtable->MaxPerformantModeCommands));
+	cciss_get_max_perf_mode_cmds(h);
 	h->nr_cmds = h->max_commands - 4; /* Allow room for some ioctls */
 	h->maxsgentries = readl(&(h->cfgtable->MaxSGElements));
 	/*

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