linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] irq/irq_domain: Quit ignoring error returns from irq_alloc_desc

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Message-ID: <4F7F28AD.4050109@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:32:29 -0500
From:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
To:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
CC:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] irq/irq_domain: Quit ignoring error returns from irq_alloc_desc_from().

On 04/06/2012 11:37 AM, David Daney wrote:
> Rob,
> 
> What the he*%? ...
> 
> 
> On 04/05/2012 08:37 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On 04/05/2012 06:52 PM, David Daney wrote:
>>> From: David Daney<david.daney@...ium.com>
>>>
>>> In commit 4bbdd45a (irq_domain/powerpc: eliminate irq_map; use
>>> irq_alloc_desc() instead) code was added that ignores error returns
>>> from irq_alloc_desc_from() by (silently) casting the return value to
>>> unsigned.  The negitive value error return now suddenly looks like a
>>> valid irq number.
>>>
>>> Commits cc79ca69 (irq_domain: Move irq_domain code from powerpc to
>>> kernel/irq) and 1bc04f2c (irq_domain: Add support for base irq and
>>> hwirq in legacy mappings) move this code to its current location in
> 
> That would be commits:
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=4bbdd45afdae208a7c4ade89cf602f89a6397cff
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=cc79ca691c292e9fd44f589c7940b9654e22f2f6
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=1bc04f2cf8c2a1feadbd994f50c40bb145bf2989
> 
> 
>>> irqdomain.c
>>>
>>> The result of all of this is a null pointer dereference OOPS if one of
>>> the error cases is hit.
>>>
>>> The fix: Don't cast away the negativeness of the return value and then
>>> check for errors.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: David Daney<david.daney@...ium.com>
>>> ---
>>>   kernel/irq/irqdomain.c |   11 ++++++-----
>>>   1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
>>> index af48e59..9d3e3ae 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
>>> @@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ unsigned int irq_create_mapping(struct irq_domain
>>> *domain,
>>>                   irq_hw_number_t hwirq)
>>>   {
>>>       unsigned int virq, hint;
>>> +    int irq;
>>>
>>>       pr_debug("irq: irq_create_mapping(0x%p, 0x%lx)\n", domain, hwirq);
>>>
>>> @@ -380,14 +381,14 @@ unsigned int irq_create_mapping(struct
>>> irq_domain *domain,
>>>       hint = hwirq % irq_virq_count;
>>>       if (hint == 0)
>>>           hint++;
>>> -    virq = irq_alloc_desc_from(hint, 0);
>>
>> You are not looking at mainline. hint was removed in later versions, and
>> the referenced commit ids don't exist.
> 
> Please look at Linus' tree before making incorrect statements about
> whether or not code exists on the 'mainline'
> 
> The current kernel.org tree contains the bug and will cause anything
> using irq_create_mapping() to crash in a semi-random manner.
> 

Doh, evidently I need git training... Sorry about that. I was looking at
a 3.2 branch even though I did check that. Plus I was remembering Grant
removed some of the hint code in later versions of the irq domain code.

My only comment is perhaps the pr_debug should be an error msg unless
you get an error message already. Otherwise, FWIW:

Acked-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>

Off to find my brain,
Rob


> David Daney
> 
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>> -    if (!virq)
>>> -        virq = irq_alloc_desc_from(1, 0);
>>> -    if (!virq) {
>>> +    irq = irq_alloc_desc_from(hint, 0);
>>> +    if (irq<= 0)
>>> +        irq = irq_alloc_desc_from(1, 0);
>>> +    if (irq<= 0) {
>>>           pr_debug("irq: ->  virq allocation failed\n");
>>>           return 0;
>>>       }
>>> -
>>> +    virq = irq;
>>>       if (irq_setup_virq(domain, virq, hwirq)) {
>>>           if (domain->revmap_type != IRQ_DOMAIN_MAP_LEGACY)
>>>               irq_free_desc(virq);
>>
>>
> 

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