linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] create SMAF module

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2016 17:40:03 +0200
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org>
Cc:	Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>,
	Cc Ma <cc.ma@...iatek.com>,
	Pascal Brand <pascal.brand@...aro.org>,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ML dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Dan Caprita <dan.caprita@...driver.com>,
	Zoltan Kuscsik <zoltan.kuscsik@...aro.org>,
	Joakim Bech <joakim.bech@...aro.org>,
	"linux-media@...r.kernel.org" <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] create SMAF module

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 03:50:41PM +0200, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> 2016-05-17 0:58 GMT+02:00 Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>:
> > On 9 May 2016 at 16:07, Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org> wrote:
> >> + * @fd:                returned file descriptor
> >> + */
> >> +struct smaf_create_data {
> >> +       size_t length;
> >> +       unsigned int flags;
> >> +       char name[ALLOCATOR_NAME_LENGTH];
> >> +       int fd;
> > The structs here feels quite fragile. Please read up on Daniel
> > Vetter's "Botching up ioctls" [1]. Personally I find pahole quite
> > useful is such process.
> >
> if I describe the structures like this:
> /**
>  * struct smaf_create_data - allocation parameters
>  * @length: size of the allocation
>  * @flags: flags passed to allocator
>  * @name_len: length of name
>  * @name: name of the allocator to be selected, could be NULL
>  * @fd: returned file descriptor
>  */
> struct smaf_create_data {
> size_t length;
> unsigned int flags;
> size_t name_len;
> char __user *name;
> int fd;
> char padding[44];
> };
> 
> does it sound more robust for you ?
> 
> > Hopefully I haven't lost the plot with the above, if I had don't be
> > shy to point out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Emil
> >
> > [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/ioctl/botching-up-ioctls.txt

Please read this doc in it's entirety, ask on irc if you don't get certain
parts. Then come back an rework your patch.

Super short summary: _All_ the types you've used are absolute no-go in
ioctl structs.
-Daniel
-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch