linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] Check poll_select_set_timeout return value in sys

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1101240008320.30955@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:10:51 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Check poll_select_set_timeout return value in
 sys_poll

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> poll_select_set_timeout() may return -EINVAL if it's given invalid 
> arguments. In sys_poll() we don't check the return value. The way 
> poll_select_set_timeout() is called here currently I don't think can ever 
> actually fail, but it doesn't hurt to be defensive - code has a tendency 
> to change over time. This patch checks the return value and returns 
> -EINVAL just like we do elsewhere if it does fail.
> 
> What do you think? Is this just pointless overhead or actually worth it as 
> an "insurance policy"?
> 

I guess that if we do this we should at least mark this branch as 
unlikely().

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 select.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index e56560d..ebdca6e 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -922,8 +922,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(poll, struct pollfd __user *, ufds, unsigned int, nfds,
 
 	if (timeout_msecs >= 0) {
 		to = &end_time;
-		poll_select_set_timeout(to, timeout_msecs / MSEC_PER_SEC,
-			NSEC_PER_MSEC * (timeout_msecs % MSEC_PER_SEC));
+		if (unlikely(poll_select_set_timeout(to, timeout_msecs / MSEC_PER_SEC,
+			NSEC_PER_MSEC * (timeout_msecs % MSEC_PER_SEC))))
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	ret = do_sys_poll(ufds, nfds, to);


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