linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcache: use kmemdup_nul for CACHED

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Date:   Wed, 6 Feb 2019 16:37:36 +0800
From:   Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>
To:     Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
Cc:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcache: use kmemdup_nul for CACHED_LABEL buffer

On 2019/1/30 5:29 下午, Geliang Tang wrote:
> This patch uses kmemdup_nul to create a NUL-terminated string from
> dc->sb.label. This is better than open coding it.
> 
> With this, we can move env[2] initialization into env[] array to make
> code more elegant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>

Hi Geliang,

In general I am OK with your idea. But I feel there might be some
regression with your change. I comment your patch in line, correct me if
I am wrong.


> ---
>  drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> index 4dee119c3664..84ab241c8516 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> @@ -906,21 +906,18 @@ static int cached_dev_status_update(void *arg)
>  void bch_cached_dev_run(struct cached_dev *dc)
>  {
>  	struct bcache_device *d = &dc->disk;
> -	char buf[SB_LABEL_SIZE + 1];
> +	char *buf = kmemdup_nul(dc->sb.label, SB_LABEL_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);

If kdumdup_null() is failed, buf will be NULL.

>  	char *env[] = {
>  		"DRIVER=bcache",
>  		kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "CACHED_UUID=%pU", dc->sb.uuid),
> -		NULL,
> +		kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "CACHED_LABEL=%s", buf ? : ""),

If buf is NULL, env[2] here is pointed to "" which is allocated in
read-only data segment, and not a dynamic memory.

>  		NULL,
>  	};
>  
> -	memcpy(buf, dc->sb.label, SB_LABEL_SIZE);
> -	buf[SB_LABEL_SIZE] = '\0';
> -	env[2] = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "CACHED_LABEL=%s", buf);
> -
>  	if (atomic_xchg(&dc->running, 1)) {
>  		kfree(env[1]);
>  		kfree(env[2]);

Then kfree() here will try to release a read-only memory segment. I
guess this is problematic.

> +		kfree(buf);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -944,6 +941,7 @@ void bch_cached_dev_run(struct cached_dev *dc)
>  	kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(d->disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, env);
>  	kfree(env[1]);
>  	kfree(env[2]);

Same problem might happen here for env[2].

> +	kfree(buf);
>  
>  	if (sysfs_create_link(&d->kobj, &disk_to_dev(d->disk)->kobj, "dev") ||
>  	    sysfs_create_link(&disk_to_dev(d->disk)->kobj, &d->kobj, "bcache"))
> 


-- 

Coly Li