linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI: Evaluate _CRS while creating device node objects

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20121113071208.GF31759@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:12:09 +0200
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lenb@...nel.org,
	rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	khali@...ux-fr.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI: Evaluate _CRS while creating device node
 objects

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:03:56PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > +static acpi_status acpi_bus_add_resource(struct acpi_resource *res,
> > > +					 void *context)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct list_head *list = context;
> > > +	struct acpi_resource_list_entry *entry;
> > > +
> > > +	entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	if (!entry)
> > > +		return AE_NO_MEMORY;
> > > +
> > > +	entry->resource = *res;
> > 
> > This does not work well with all resource types - specifically those that
> > contain pointers, like acpi_resource_gpio and acpi_resource_source.
> 
> Good point.
> 
> Well, this pretty much means we can't copy those things.

Yeah. I only noticed this yesterday when I tested the GPIO translation in a
custom driver (since it uses the acpi_resource_gpio).

> > The memory for the resources gets freed once acpi_walk_resources() is done.
> 
> I know that.
> 
> Having to evaluate _CRS and creating a buffer, converting the output into
> ACPI resources and so on every time we need to look into the device's current
> resources is totally inefficient.  We _need_ to cache the _CRS output.

I agree and besides having adev->resources is much easier to use than
calling acpi_walk_resources() everytime.

> Now, because of the pointers in certain types of resources, we can't
> make copies of the resource objects used by acpi_walk_resources() which
> makes that function totally unuseful to us.
>
> I suppose we can just do acpi_get_current_resources() and play with the
> buffer returned by it.  That won't be nice, but still better than what we
> have.

I don't know any better option.

Thanks.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/