linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] clk: qcom: gcc-ipq5018: fix terminating of frequency table arrays

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Message-ID: <35zcbdj7sk6y7cdpqs7s3exsouzftzlgj6lvuglnyvuxfshvgs@m7rz5owrinud>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2024 12:41:44 -0600
From: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc: Gabor Juhos <j4g8y7@...il.com>, 
	Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>, Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, 
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, Sricharan Ramabadhran <quic_srichara@...cinc.com>, 
	Varadarajan Narayanan <quic_varada@...cinc.com>, Gokul Sriram Palanisamy <quic_gokulsri@...cinc.com>, 
	Devi Priya <quic_devipriy@...cinc.com>, Anusha Rao <quic_anusha@...cinc.com>, 
	Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>, Georgi Djakov <gdjakov@...sol.com>, 
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] clk: qcom: gcc-ipq5018: fix terminating of frequency
 table arrays

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 03:03:15PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 02:37:01PM +0100, Gabor Juhos wrote:
> > Hi Johan,
> > 
> > 2024. 03. 01. 10:40 keltezéssel, Johan Hovold írta:
> > > On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 07:07:46PM +0100, Gabor Juhos wrote:
> > >> The frequency table arrays are supposed to be terminated with an
> > >> empty element. Add such entry to the end of the arrays where it
> > >> is missing in order to avoid possible out-of-bound access when
> > >> the table is traversed by functions like qcom_find_freq() or
> > >> qcom_find_freq_floor().
> > >>
> > >> Fixes: e3fdbef1bab8 ("clk: qcom: Add Global Clock controller (GCC) driver for IPQ5018")
> > > 
> > > Good find!
> > > 
> > > Looks like these should be backported to the stable kernels as well so
> > > someone should add:
> > > 
> > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > > 
> > > to all patches except possibly the sc8280xp one (that camera clock
> > > controller was added in 6.8-rc1 so that patch does not need it in case
> > > you can these fixes in before 6.8 is released).
> > 
> > You are right maybe, although I did not find strong enough reasons for adding
> > the stable tags.
> > 
> > Only the changes of the gcc-ipq5018 driver has been tested on real hardware the
> > others are not. So those does not fit into the "It must be obviously correct and
> > tested." rule.
> 
> Since this looks like a straight-forward and obviously correct fix for a
> bug which could have bad consequences, not being able to test each patch
> on actual hardware is not a problem.
> 

I agree, and I'm adding the Cc: stable while applying the patches.

Thanks,
Bjorn