linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3] media: uvc: don't do DMA on stack

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Message-ID: <d33c39aa824044ad8cacc93234f1e1cd@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:07:12 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Mauro Carvalho Chehab' <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "linuxarm@...wei.com" <linuxarm@...wei.com>,
        "mauro.chehab@...wei.com" <mauro.chehab@...wei.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-media@...r.kernel.org" <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3] media: uvc: don't do DMA on stack

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> Sent: 21 June 2021 14:40
> 
> As warned by smatch:
> 	drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c:911 uvc_ioctl_g_input() error: doing dma on the stack (&i)
> 	drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c:943 uvc_ioctl_s_input() error: doing dma on the stack (&i)
> 
> those two functions call uvc_query_ctrl passing a pointer to
> a data at the DMA stack. those are used to send URBs via
> usb_control_msg(). Using DMA stack is not supported and should
> not work anymore on modern Linux versions.
> 
> So, use a kmalloc'ed buffer.
...
> +	buf = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
>  	ret = uvc_query_ctrl(chain->dev, UVC_GET_CUR, chain->selector->id,
>  			     chain->dev->intfnum,  UVC_SU_INPUT_SELECT_CONTROL,
> -			     &i, 1);
> +			     buf, 1);

Thought...

Is kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL) guaranteed to return a pointer into
a cache line that will not be accessed by any other code?
(This is slightly weaker than requiring a cache-line aligned
pointer - but very similar.)

Without that guarantee you can't use the returned buffer for
read dma unless the memory accesses are coherent.

	David

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