linux-kernel - [PATCH] zram: check comp algorithm availability earlier

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 22:13:37 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Marcin Jabrzyk <m.jabrzyk@...sung.com>,
	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] zram: check comp algorithm availability earlier

Improvement idea by Marcin Jabrzyk.

comp_algorithm_store() silently accepts any supplied algorithm
name, because zram performs algorithm availability check later,
during the device configuration phase in disksize_store() and
prints
  "zram: Cannot initialise %s compressing backend"
to syslog. this error line is somewhat generic and, besides,
can indicate a failed attempt to allocate compression backend's
working buffers.

make algorithm availability check earlier, in comp_algorithm_store(),
and be move verbose:

  echo lzz > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm
  -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument

dmesg:
  zram: Error: unavailable compression algorithm: lzz

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Reported-by: Marcin Jabrzyk <m.jabrzyk@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c    | 5 +++++
 drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h    | 1 +
 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
index a1a8b8e..e10e2b4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ void zcomp_destroy(struct zcomp *comp)
 	kfree(comp);
 }
 
+bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp)
+{
+	return find_backend(comp) != NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * search available compressors for requested algorithm.
  * allocate new zcomp and initialize it. return compressing
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
index c59d1fc..46e2b9f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct zcomp {
 };
 
 ssize_t zcomp_available_show(const char *comp, char *buf);
+bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp);
 
 struct zcomp *zcomp_create(const char *comp, int max_strm);
 void zcomp_destroy(struct zcomp *comp);
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 28f6e46..e17b73e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ static ssize_t comp_algorithm_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (sz > 0 && zram->compressor[sz - 1] == '\n')
 		zram->compressor[sz - 1] = 0x00;
 
+	if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(zram->compressor)) {
+		pr_err("Error: unavailable compression algorithm: %s\n",
+				zram->compressor);
+		len = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 	return len;
 }
-- 
2.4.1.314.g9532ead

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