linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH staging] zcache: fix "zcache=" kernel parameter

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Message-ID: <20130725073952.GA12818@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:39:52 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@...nsuse.org>,
	Piotr Sarna <p.sarna@...tner.samsung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bob.liu@...cle.com,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH staging] zcache: fix "zcache=" kernel parameter

On Wed 24-07-13 19:04:14, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> From: Piotr Sarna <p.sarna@...tner.samsung.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] zcache: fix "zcache=" kernel parameter
> 
> Commit 835f2f5 ("staging: zcache: enable zcache to be built/loaded as
> a module") introduced an incorrect handling of "zcache=" parameter.
> 
> Inside zcache_comp_init() function, zcache_comp_name variable is
> checked for being empty. If not empty, the above variable is tested
> for being compatible with Crypto API. Unfortunately, after that
> function ends unconditionally (by the "goto out" directive) and returns:
> - non-zero value if verification succeeded, wrongly indicating an error
> - zero value if verification failed, falsely informing that function
>   zcache_comp_init() ended properly.
> 
> A solution to this problem is as following:
> 1. Move the "goto out" directive inside the "if (!ret)" statement
> 2. In case that crypto_has_comp() returned 0, change the value of ret
>    to non-zero before "goto out" to indicate an error.
> 
> This patch replaces an earlier one from Michal Hocko (based on report
> from Cristian Rodríguez):
> 
> 	http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/102484
> 
> It also addressed the same issue but didn't fix the zcache_comp_init()
> for case when the compressor data passed to "zcache=" option was invalid
> or unsupported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Sarna <p.sarna@...tner.samsung.com>
> [bzolnier: updated patch description]
> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
> Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> Cc: Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@...nsuse.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Cc: Bob Liu <bob.liu@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>

Thanks!

> ---
>  drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
> index dcceed2..81972fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
> @@ -1811,10 +1811,12 @@ static int zcache_comp_init(void)
>  #else
>  	if (*zcache_comp_name != '\0') {
>  		ret = crypto_has_comp(zcache_comp_name, 0, 0);
> -		if (!ret)
> +		if (!ret) {
>  			pr_info("zcache: %s not supported\n",
>  					zcache_comp_name);
> -		goto out;
> +			ret = 1;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
>  	}
>  	if (!ret)
>  		strcpy(zcache_comp_name, "lzo");
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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