linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: Add caller information to printk() output.

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Date:   Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:01:39 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: Add caller information to printk() output.

On 2018/12/10 22:09, Petr Mladek wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK_FROM
>> +#define PREFIX_FROM_MAX		16
>> +#define PREFIX_MAX		(32 + PREFIX_FROM_MAX)
>> +#define LOG_LINE_MAX		(1024 - 32)
> 
> This looks suspicious. We either need to limit LOG_LINE_MAX
> by the real PREFIX_MAX (48). Or we must make sure that
> the code is able to handle an eventual overflow.

Reducing LOG_LINE_MAX makes devkmsg_write() to return -EINVAL.
Is such user visible change acceptable?

> BTW: The limit 48 looks right. If I count correctly, the longest
> prefix might be:
> 
>     <2048>[4294967296,xxxxxx][T4294967296]
> 
> 38 = 6+19+13

Theoretical max (based on variable's bit width) is
6 + 20 + 13 + 1 (for space) + 1 (for '\0') = 41.

We allocate 32 for "<2047>[18446744073.709551] ". Thus,
I chose 48 for "<2047>[18446744073.709551][T4294967295] ".