linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: offset align to block size bofore block operation

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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 09:33:03 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     WeiXiong Liao <liaoweixiong@...winnertech.com>
Cc:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: offset align to block size bofore block operation

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 02:58:35PM +0800, WeiXiong Liao wrote:
> The off parameter on mtdpsore_block_*() does not align to block size,
> which makes some bugs. For example, a block contains dmesg zones
> with number 0 to 3. When user remove all these files, mapped to
> these zones, mtdpstore is expected to check whether No.0 to No.3 is
> unused then erase this block. However it check No.3 to No.6 because
> it get wrongly beginning zonenum from misaligned off.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WeiXiong Liao <liaoweixiong@...winnertech.com>

Thanks! I've squashed this and will send a v8 of the mtdpstore
separately.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook