linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] idr: proper invalid argument handling

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Message-Id: <20140422121656.14d5e5534ae4888119787471@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:16:56 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...bit.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] idr: proper invalid argument handling

On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:16:18 +0800 Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> When the arguments passed by the caller are invalid, WARN_ON_ONCE()
> is proper than BUG_ON() which may crash the kernel.
> 
> ida_remove()/idr_remove() add checks for "id < 0".
> BUG_ON() in ida_simple_remove() is simply removed, due to
> ida_remove() already checks for "id < 0".
> 
> In idr_alloc(), it still returns -ENOSPC when "start == end",
> but it returns -EINVAL when "max < start" while old code returns
> -ENOSPC. -EINVAL is proper here, the caller must passed wrong
> arguments.
> 
> ida_simple_get()'s argument-checks are changed as the same as
> idr_alloc().

This patch doesn't apply.

> @@ -551,10 +553,7 @@ void idr_remove(struct idr *idp, int id)
>  	struct idr_layer *p;
>  	struct idr_layer *to_free;
>  
> -	if (id < 0)
> -		return;
> -
> -	if (id > idr_max(idp->layers)) {
> +	if (id < 0 || id > idr_max(idp->layers)) {
>  		idr_remove_warning(id);
>  		return;
>  	}

3.15-rc2's idr_remove() has a call to sub_remove() in there, but
whatever-kernel-you're-using does not.


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