linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: check 'start' argument in bus iterators

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Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:10:23 +0200
From:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartmann <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Stable Kernel <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: check 'start' argument in bus iterators

On 04/16/2012 01:51 PM, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:48, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de> wrote:
>> bus_for_each_dev() and bus_find_device() both take a 'start'
>> argument to start the iteration at a specific list entry.
>> However, this list entry might already been detached by
>> the time these functions are called.
>> So we need to check if the arguments are still valid.
> 
>> +       if (start && !klist_node_attached(&start->p->knode_bus))
>> +               return -ENODEV;
>> +
>>        klist_iter_init_node(&bus->p->klist_devices, &i,
>>                             (start ? &start->p->knode_bus : NULL));
> 
> Shouldn't we do this check in klist_iter_init_node()?
> After a kref_get(), and return -ENODEV from there if the node it as
> asked to start is gone?
> 
Sure, if you prefer.

> This check otherwise still has the window between the check and the
> use of it, only very unlikely to hit now, hasn't it?
> 
yeah, very.
The iteration itself could take some time (locks etc), but the race
between those two lines is really tiny.

But yeah, for the sake of correctness, we should.

I'll be sending an updated patch.

Cheers,

Hannes
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