linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] blk-cgroup: Add NULL check of pd_alloc_fn in blkcg_activate

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Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:23:45 +0800
From:   Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...wei.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:     <axboe@...nel.dk>, <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] blk-cgroup: Add NULL check of pd_alloc_fn in
 blkcg_activate_policy



on 10/11/2022 4:29 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 10:38:58AM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
>> Function blkcg_policy_register only make sure pd_alloc_fn and pd_free_fn in
>> pairs, so pd_alloc_fn could be NULL in registered blkcg_policy. Check NULL
>> before use for pd_alloc_fn in blkcg_activate_policy to avoid protential
>> NULL dereference.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  block/blk-cgroup.c | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
>> index 463c568d3e86..fc083c35dc42 100644
>> --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
>> +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
>> @@ -1404,6 +1404,9 @@ int blkcg_activate_policy(struct request_queue *q,
>>  	if (blkcg_policy_enabled(q, pol))
>>  		return 0;
>>  
>> +	if (pol->pd_alloc_fn == NULL)
>> +		return -EINVAL;
> 
> This isn't the only place this function is called, so the above won't
> achieve much. Given that this is rather trivially noticeable and all the
> current users do implement pd_alloc_fn, I'm not sure we need to update this
> now.
Thanks for review. The rest call of this function will always protect by
blkcg_policy_enabled while policy only can be enabled if new added NULL
check is passed. So the new added NULL check enough.

By the way, the policy enable/disable work is direct call to
__set_bit(pol->plid, q->blkcg_pols) in blkcg_policy_enabled
and __clear_bit(pol->plid, q->blkcg_pols) in blkcg_deactivate_policy
which is not intuitive. Is it a good idea to add function
blkcg_policy_enable and blkcg_policy_disable to improve readability?

> 
> Thanks.
> 

-- 
Best wishes
Kemeng Shi