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Date:   Fri, 8 Feb 2019 19:27:57 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/9] vsprintf: Do not check address of well-known
 strings

On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 04:23:04PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> We are going to check the address using probe_kernel_address(). It will
> be more expensive and it does not make sense for well known address.
> 
> This patch splits the string() function. The variant without the check
> is then used on locations that handle string constants or strings defined
> as local variables.
> 
> This patch does not change the existing behavior.
> 

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> ---
>  lib/vsprintf.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index 76ce12b278c3..0b6209854f5c 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -592,15 +592,13 @@ char *widen_string(char *buf, int n, char *end, struct printf_spec spec)
>  	return buf;
>  }
>  
> -static noinline_for_stack
> -char *string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s, struct printf_spec spec)
> +/* Handle string from a well known address. */
> +static char *string_nocheck(char *buf, char *end, const char *s,
> +			  struct printf_spec spec)
>  {
>  	int len = 0;
>  	size_t lim = spec.precision;
>  
> -	if ((unsigned long)s < PAGE_SIZE)
> -		s = "(null)";
> -
>  	while (lim--) {
>  		char c = *s++;
>  		if (!c)
> @@ -614,6 +612,15 @@ char *string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s, struct printf_spec spec)
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> +char *string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s,
> +		   struct printf_spec spec)
> +{
> +	if ((unsigned long)s < PAGE_SIZE)
> +		s = "(null)";
> +
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, s, spec);
> +}
> +
>  char *pointer_string(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
>  		     struct printf_spec spec)
>  {
> @@ -700,7 +707,7 @@ static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
>  	if (static_branch_unlikely(&not_filled_random_ptr_key)) {
>  		spec.field_width = 2 * sizeof(ptr);
>  		/* string length must be less than default_width */
> -		return string(buf, end, str, spec);
> +		return string_nocheck(buf, end, str, spec);
>  	}
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> @@ -736,7 +743,7 @@ char *restricted_pointer(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
>  		if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq() || in_nmi()) {
>  			if (spec.field_width == -1)
>  				spec.field_width = 2 * sizeof(ptr);
> -			return string(buf, end, "pK-error", spec);
> +			return string_nocheck(buf, end, "pK-error", spec);
>  		}
>  
>  		/*
> @@ -850,7 +857,7 @@ char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
>  	else
>  		sprint_symbol_no_offset(sym, value);
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, sym, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, sym, spec);
>  #else
>  	return special_hex_number(buf, end, value, sizeof(void *));
>  #endif
> @@ -936,27 +943,27 @@ char *resource_string(char *buf, char *end, struct resource *res,
>  
>  	*p++ = '[';
>  	if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO) {
> -		p = string(p, pend, "io  ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, "io  ", str_spec);
>  		specp = &io_spec;
>  	} else if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM) {
> -		p = string(p, pend, "mem ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, "mem ", str_spec);
>  		specp = &mem_spec;
>  	} else if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_IRQ) {
> -		p = string(p, pend, "irq ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, "irq ", str_spec);
>  		specp = &default_dec_spec;
>  	} else if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_DMA) {
> -		p = string(p, pend, "dma ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, "dma ", str_spec);
>  		specp = &default_dec_spec;
>  	} else if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_BUS) {
> -		p = string(p, pend, "bus ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, "bus ", str_spec);
>  		specp = &bus_spec;
>  	} else {
> -		p = string(p, pend, "??? ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, "??? ", str_spec);
>  		specp = &mem_spec;
>  		decode = 0;
>  	}
>  	if (decode && res->flags & IORESOURCE_UNSET) {
> -		p = string(p, pend, "size ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, "size ", str_spec);
>  		p = number(p, pend, resource_size(res), *specp);
>  	} else {
>  		p = number(p, pend, res->start, *specp);
> @@ -967,21 +974,21 @@ char *resource_string(char *buf, char *end, struct resource *res,
>  	}
>  	if (decode) {
>  		if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM_64)
> -			p = string(p, pend, " 64bit", str_spec);
> +			p = string_nocheck(p, pend, " 64bit", str_spec);
>  		if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_PREFETCH)
> -			p = string(p, pend, " pref", str_spec);
> +			p = string_nocheck(p, pend, " pref", str_spec);
>  		if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_WINDOW)
> -			p = string(p, pend, " window", str_spec);
> +			p = string_nocheck(p, pend, " window", str_spec);
>  		if (res->flags & IORESOURCE_DISABLED)
> -			p = string(p, pend, " disabled", str_spec);
> +			p = string_nocheck(p, pend, " disabled", str_spec);
>  	} else {
> -		p = string(p, pend, " flags ", str_spec);
> +		p = string_nocheck(p, pend, " flags ", str_spec);
>  		p = number(p, pend, res->flags, default_flag_spec);
>  	}
>  	*p++ = ']';
>  	*p = '\0';
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, sym, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, sym, spec);
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> @@ -1149,7 +1156,7 @@ char *mac_address_string(char *buf, char *end, u8 *addr,
>  	}
>  	*p = '\0';
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, mac_addr, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, mac_addr, spec);
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> @@ -1312,7 +1319,7 @@ char *ip6_addr_string(char *buf, char *end, const u8 *addr,
>  	else
>  		ip6_string(ip6_addr, addr, fmt);
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, ip6_addr, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, ip6_addr, spec);
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> @@ -1323,7 +1330,7 @@ char *ip4_addr_string(char *buf, char *end, const u8 *addr,
>  
>  	ip4_string(ip4_addr, addr, fmt);
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, ip4_addr, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, ip4_addr, spec);
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> @@ -1385,7 +1392,7 @@ char *ip6_addr_string_sa(char *buf, char *end, const struct sockaddr_in6 *sa,
>  	}
>  	*p = '\0';
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, ip6_addr, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, ip6_addr, spec);
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> @@ -1420,7 +1427,7 @@ char *ip4_addr_string_sa(char *buf, char *end, const struct sockaddr_in *sa,
>  	}
>  	*p = '\0';
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, ip4_addr, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, ip4_addr, spec);
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> @@ -1521,7 +1528,7 @@ char *uuid_string(char *buf, char *end, const u8 *addr,
>  
>  	*p = 0;
>  
> -	return string(buf, end, uuid, spec);
> +	return string_nocheck(buf, end, uuid, spec);
>  }
>  
>  static noinline_for_stack
> @@ -1735,13 +1742,13 @@ char *device_node_gen_full_name(const struct device_node *np, char *buf, char *e
>  
>  	/* special case for root node */
>  	if (!parent)
> -		return string(buf, end, "/", default_str_spec);
> +		return string_nocheck(buf, end, "/", default_str_spec);
>  
>  	for (depth = 0; parent->parent; depth++)
>  		parent = parent->parent;
>  
>  	for ( ; depth >= 0; depth--) {
> -		buf = string(buf, end, "/", default_str_spec);
> +		buf = string_nocheck(buf, end, "/", default_str_spec);
>  		buf = string(buf, end, device_node_name_for_depth(np, depth),
>  			     default_str_spec);
>  	}
> @@ -1769,10 +1776,10 @@ char *device_node_string(char *buf, char *end, struct device_node *dn,
>  	str_spec.field_width = -1;
>  
>  	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF))
> -		return string(buf, end, "(!OF)", spec);
> +		return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(!OF)", spec);
>  
>  	if ((unsigned long)dn < PAGE_SIZE)
> -		return string(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
> +		return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
>  
>  	/* simple case without anything any more format specifiers */
>  	fmt++;
> @@ -1813,7 +1820,7 @@ char *device_node_string(char *buf, char *end, struct device_node *dn,
>  			tbuf[2] = of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_POPULATED) ? 'P' : '-';
>  			tbuf[3] = of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_POPULATED_BUS) ? 'B' : '-';
>  			tbuf[4] = 0;
> -			buf = string(buf, end, tbuf, str_spec);
> +			buf = string_nocheck(buf, end, tbuf, str_spec);
>  			break;
>  		case 'c':	/* major compatible string */
>  			ret = of_property_read_string(dn, "compatible", &p);
> @@ -1824,10 +1831,10 @@ char *device_node_string(char *buf, char *end, struct device_node *dn,
>  			has_mult = false;
>  			of_property_for_each_string(dn, "compatible", prop, p) {
>  				if (has_mult)
> -					buf = string(buf, end, ",", str_spec);
> -				buf = string(buf, end, "\"", str_spec);
> +					buf = string_nocheck(buf, end, ",", str_spec);
> +				buf = string_nocheck(buf, end, "\"", str_spec);
>  				buf = string(buf, end, p, str_spec);
> -				buf = string(buf, end, "\"", str_spec);
> +				buf = string_nocheck(buf, end, "\"", str_spec);
>  
>  				has_mult = true;
>  			}
> @@ -1966,7 +1973,7 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
>  		 */
>  		if (spec.field_width == -1)
>  			spec.field_width = default_width;
> -		return string(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
> +		return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
>  	}
>  
>  	switch (*fmt) {
> @@ -2022,7 +2029,7 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
>  			case AF_INET6:
>  				return ip6_addr_string_sa(buf, end, &sa->v6, spec, fmt);
>  			default:
> -				return string(buf, end, "(invalid address)", spec);
> +				return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(invalid address)", spec);
>  			}}
>  		}
>  		break;
> -- 
> 2.13.7
> 

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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