linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] fpga: dfl: add basic support DFHv1

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Message-ID: <Y1/q/PDPNq7pNtda@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:34:20 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] fpga: dfl: add basic support DFHv1

On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 09:16:19AM +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:
> On 2022-10-31 at 00:06:28 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 09:08:44PM +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:
> > > On 2022-10-20 at 14:26:09 -0700, matthew.gerlach@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > 
> > > >  struct dfl_feature_info {
> > > >  	u16 fid;
> > > >  	u8 revision;
> > > > +	u8 dfh_version;
> > > >  	struct resource mmio_res;
> > > >  	void __iomem *ioaddr;
> > > >  	struct list_head node;
> > > >  	unsigned int irq_base;
> > > >  	unsigned int nr_irqs;
> > > > +	unsigned int param_size;
> > > > +	u64 params[];
> > > >  };
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > +	finfo = kzalloc(sizeof(*finfo) + dfh_psize, GFP_KERNEL);
> > 
> > 
> > This probably may use something from overflow.h.
> > 
> > > The u64 flexible array in the structure, but seems dfh_get_psize could
> > > not garantee 64bit aligned size.
> > > 
> > > What's the mandatory alignment of param data? If 64bit aligned, bit 33-34
> > > of PARAM_HDR should be reserved. If 32bit aligned, finfo:params should be
> > > u32[].
> > 
> > Isn't it guaranteed by the C standard / architecture ABI?
> 
> I'm referring to the malloc size of the structure. It reserved dfh_psize
> bytes for this u64 array, but there is no garantee dfh_psize should be a
> multiple of 8. So there may be memory leak when accessing the last
> array element?

Have you looked at macros in the overflow.h? Would the use of it solve your
concern?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko