linux-kernel - Re: [patch] pm_qos_params: cleanup: terminate a string

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Date:	Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:56:19 -0700
From:	mark gross <markgross@...gnar.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	markgross@...gnar.org, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] pm_qos_params: cleanup: terminate a string

On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 12:13:59AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 07, 2010, mark gross wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:22:27PM -0700, mark gross wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 02:41:06PM +0200, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> ...
> > 
> > updated patch 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: mark gross <markgross@...gnar.org>
> > 
> > --mgross 
> > 
> > Subject: [PATCH] correct some pr_debug misuse and add a stronger parrameter check to
> >  pm_qos_write for the ascii hex value case.  Thanks to Dan Carpenter for
> >  pointing out the problem!
> > 
> > ---
> >  kernel/pm_qos_params.c |    6 ++++--
> >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > index f42d3f7..aae58d2 100644
> > --- a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > +++ b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static void update_target(int pm_qos_class)
> >  		call_notifier = 1;
> >  		atomic_set(&pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->target_value,
> >  				extreme_value);
> > -		pr_debug(KERN_ERR "new target for qos %d is %d\n", pm_qos_class,
> > +		pr_debug("new target for qos %d is %d\n", pm_qos_class,
> >  			atomic_read(&pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->target_value));
> >  	}
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
> 
> The above doesn't apply to the Linus' tree any more.  Care to fix?
> 
> Rafael

no problem.  (I screwed up on my fetch and forgot to merge the linus
remote....) This bit doesn't apply post 2.6.35.
--mgross

Signed-off-by: mark gross <markgross@...gnar.org)


>From 64753f68e2baaef21783192566469abc54aca90d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mgross <mgross@...oss-laptop.(none)>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:52:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] make it harder to misuse the pm_qos user mode api.

---
 kernel/pm_qos_params.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
index b7e4c36..645e541 100644
--- a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
+++ b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
@@ -389,10 +389,12 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 	} else if (count == 11) { /* len('0x12345678/0') */
 		if (copy_from_user(ascii_value, buf, 11))
 			return -EFAULT;
+		if (strlen(ascii_value) != 10)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		x = sscanf(ascii_value, "%x", &value);
 		if (x != 1)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		pr_debug(KERN_ERR "%s, %d, 0x%x\n", ascii_value, x, value);
+		pr_debug("%s, %d, 0x%x\n", ascii_value, x, value);
 	} else
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
1.7.0.4

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