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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:23:41 -0400
From: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: make perm const, change BUG_ON to BUILD_BUG_ON
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org> writes:
>> Change the struct kernel_param.perm field to a const, as it should never
>> be changed. Add inline functions that return a const value, which are
>> compiled out, for kparam_[un]block_sysfs_r/w() macros to use; and change
>> the BUG_ON() in those macros to BUILD_BUG_ON().
>
> Nice win!
>
> I think it's slightly clearer if we just declare:
>
> static __always_unused const u16 __param_perm_##name = (perm).
>
> And indeed, gcc (at least 4.9) eliminates it correctly.
>
> So, here's your patch with that mod, and the param.c noise removed.
> It's in my pending queue for the moment.
>
> I still am leaning towards just removing these wrappers and exposing
> the (new) per-module mutex though. Happy for that patch to replace this
> one, if you send it.
sure ok, i'll update it and send it tomorrow. Thanks!
>
> Thanks,
> Rusty.
>
> From: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
> Subject: module: make perm const, change BUG_ON to BUILD_BUG_ON
>
> Change the struct kernel_param.perm field to a const, as it should never
> be changed. Add a static const name for this (which gcc compiles out)
> for kparam_[un]block_sysfs_r/w() macros to use; and change the BUG_ON()
> in those macros to BUILD_BUG_ON().
>
> This will enforce that the kernel_param permissions are never changed,
> and it will fail at build instead of runtime for any misuse of
> sysfs param blocking.
>
> I initially wanted to just use the const param.perm in the block_sysfs
> checks, but unfortunately that also requires the param itself to be
> const, in order to do const folding into a constant compiletime
> condition to BUILD_BUG_ON(), and on some archs the params aren't defined
> as const:
>
> /* On alpha, ia64 and ppc64 relocations to global data cannot go into
> read-only sections (which is part of respective UNIX ABI on these
> platforms). So 'const' makes no sense and even causes compile failures
> with some compilers. */
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> (slight tweak)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> index 7e0079936396..347e11f3bc32 100644
> --- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> +++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ enum {
> struct kernel_param {
> const char *name;
> const struct kernel_param_ops *ops;
> - u16 perm;
> + const u16 perm;
> s8 level;
> u8 flags;
> union {
> @@ -215,8 +215,10 @@ struct kparam_array
> /* This is the fundamental function for registering boot/module
> parameters. */
> #define __module_param_call(prefix, name, ops, arg, perm, level, flags) \
> + /* These allow kparam_block_sysfs_*() to use BUILD_BUG_ON() */ \
> + static __always_unused const u16 __param_perm_##name = (perm); \
> /* Default value instead of permissions? */ \
> - static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name; \
> + static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name; \
> static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name \
> __used \
> __attribute__ ((unused,__section__ ("__param"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
> @@ -244,20 +246,20 @@ __check_old_set_param(int (*oldset)(const char *, struct kernel_param *))
> *
> * There's no point blocking write on a paramter that isn't writable via sysfs!
> */
> -#define kparam_block_sysfs_write(name) \
> - do { \
> - BUG_ON(!(__param_##name.perm & 0222)); \
> - __kernel_param_lock(); \
> +#define kparam_block_sysfs_write(name) \
> + do { \
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(!(__param_perm_##name & 0222)); \
> + __kernel_param_lock(); \
> } while (0)
>
> /**
> * kparam_unblock_sysfs_write - allows sysfs to write to a parameter again.
> * @name: the name of the parameter
> */
> -#define kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(name) \
> - do { \
> - BUG_ON(!(__param_##name.perm & 0222)); \
> - __kernel_param_unlock(); \
> +#define kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(name) \
> + do { \
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(!(__param_perm_##name & 0222)); \
> + __kernel_param_unlock(); \
> } while (0)
>
> /**
> @@ -266,20 +268,20 @@ __check_old_set_param(int (*oldset)(const char *, struct kernel_param *))
> *
> * This also blocks sysfs writes.
> */
> -#define kparam_block_sysfs_read(name) \
> - do { \
> - BUG_ON(!(__param_##name.perm & 0444)); \
> - __kernel_param_lock(); \
> +#define kparam_block_sysfs_read(name) \
> + do { \
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(!(__param_perm_##name & 0444)); \
> + __kernel_param_lock(); \
> } while (0)
>
> /**
> * kparam_unblock_sysfs_read - allows sysfs to read a parameter again.
> * @name: the name of the parameter
> */
> -#define kparam_unblock_sysfs_read(name) \
> - do { \
> - BUG_ON(!(__param_##name.perm & 0444)); \
> - __kernel_param_unlock(); \
> +#define kparam_unblock_sysfs_read(name) \
> + do { \
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(!(__param_perm_##name & 0444)); \
> + __kernel_param_unlock(); \
> } while (0)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
> diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
> index 0b9bbdf830cb..15715a3efb50 100644
> --- a/kernel/params.c
> +++ b/kernel/params.c
> @@ -395,12 +395,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_invbool);
>
> int param_set_bint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> {
> - struct kernel_param boolkp;
> + /* Match bool exactly, by re-using it. */
> + struct kernel_param boolkp = *kp;
> bool v;
> int ret;
>
> - /* Match bool exactly, by re-using it. */
> - boolkp = *kp;
> boolkp.arg = &v;
>
> ret = param_set_bool(val, &boolkp);
> @@ -480,9 +479,8 @@ static int param_array_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> {
> int i, off, ret;
> const struct kparam_array *arr = kp->arr;
> - struct kernel_param p;
> + struct kernel_param p = *kp;
>
> - p = *kp;
> for (i = off = 0; i < (arr->num ? *arr->num : arr->max); i++) {
> if (i)
> buffer[off++] = ',';
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