linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] irqchip/gicv3-its: Don't allow devices whose ID is outside range

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Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:34:29 +0000
From:	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:	Shanker Donthineni <shankerd@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Vikram Sethi <vikrams@...eaurora.org>,
	Eric Auger <eric.auger@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] irqchip/gicv3-its: Don't allow devices whose ID is
 outside range

On 17/03/16 15:18, Shanker Donthineni wrote:
> We are not checking whether the requested device identifier fits into
> the device table memory or not. The function its_create_device()
> assumes that enough memory has been allocated for whole DevID space
> (reported by ITS_TYPER.Devbits) during the ITS probe() and continues
> to initialize ITS hardware.
> 
> This assumption is not perfect, sometimes we reduce memory size either
> because of its size crossing MAX_ORDER-1 or BASERn max size limit. The
> MAPD command fails if 'Device ID' is outside of device table range.
> 
> Add a simple validation check to avoid MAPD failures since we are
> not handling ITS command errors. This change also helps to return an
> error -ENOMEM instead of success to caller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni <shankerd@...eaurora.org>

Is there any difference between this patch and the one you posted on
March 10th?

Thanks,

	M.
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