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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 07:31:06 +0100
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To: Pkshih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
"kvalo@...eaurora.org" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
"Larry.Finger@...il.com" <Larry.Finger@...il.com>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtw89: Fix crash by loading compressed firmware file
On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 03:28:09 +0100,
Pkshih wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
> > Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 11:07 PM
> > To: Pkshih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
> > Cc: kvalo@...eaurora.org; linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org; Larry.Finger@...il.com;
> > linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtw89: Fix crash by loading compressed firmware file
> >
> >
> > You should put const in the cast in le32_get_bits() invocations, at
> > least.
> >
> > For the le32_replace_bits(), ideally it should be rewritten in some
> > better way the compiler can catch. e.g. use an inline function to
> > take a void * argument without const,
> >
> > static inline void RTW89_SET_FWCMD_CXRFK_TYPE(void *cmd, unsigned int val)
> > {
> > le32p_replace_bits((__le32 *)((u8 *)(cmd) + 2), val, GENMASK(17, 10));
> > }
> >
> > Then the compiler will warn when you pass a const pointer there.
> >
>
> I have sent a patchset [1] to do these two things by patch 2 and 3.
>
> >
> > BTW, while reading your reply, I noticed that it's an unaligned access
> > to a 32bit value, which is another potential breakage on some
> > architectures. So the whole stuff has to be rewritten in anyway...
> >
>
> We use these macros/inline function on skb->data mostly, and I
> suppose skb->data is a 32bit aligned address. Since I don't have
> this kind of machine on hand, I would like to defer this work until
> I have one.
I actually misread the code. The register offset is applied to __le32
pointer, so this should be fine.
> > > partition size we are going to download, and it is only used
> > > by rtw89_fw_download_hdr(). So, I will set the partition size
> > > after copying constant firmware header into skb->data.
> >
> > Sounds good.
> >
>
> Please check if my patch works on your platform.
> Thanks you.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20211111021457.13776-1-pkshih@realtek.com/T/#t
Thanks. I'll ask people testing those patches.
Takashi
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