linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 3/5] irqchip: gicv3-its: add limitation to page order

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]

Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2015 12:13:21 +0800
From:	Yun Wu <wuyun.wu@...wei.com>
To:	<marc.zyngier@....com>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<jason@...edaemon.net>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Yun Wu <wuyun.wu@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/5] irqchip: gicv3-its: add limitation to page order

When required size of Device Table is out of the page allocator's
capability, the whole ITS will fail in probing. This actually is
not the hardware's problem and is mainly a limitation of the kernel
page allocator. This patch will keep ITS going on to the next
initializaion stage with an explicit warning.

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Signed-off-by: Yun Wu <wuyun.wu@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
index f5bfa42..e8bda0b 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
@@ -828,6 +828,11 @@ static int its_alloc_tables(struct its_node *its)
 			u32 ids = GITS_TYPER_DEVBITS(typer);

 			order = get_order((1UL << ids) * entry_size);
+			if (order >= MAX_ORDER) {
+				order = MAX_ORDER - 1;
+				pr_warn("%s: Device Table too large, reduce its page order to %u\n",
+					its->msi_chip.of_node->full_name, order);
+			}
 		}

 		alloc_size = (1 << order) * PAGE_SIZE;
--
1.8.0


--
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/