linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Fix double free on error

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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:00:53 +0100
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To: Guanrui Huang <guanrui.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shannon.zhao@...ux.alibaba.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de,
	yuzenghui@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Fix double free on error

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:58:05 +0100,
Guanrui Huang <guanrui.huang@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
> 
> if (vm != domain->host_data)
> 
> This is just a safety check. It looks unlikely happened.

It's not a safety check. It is just papering over problems. If you
don't trust the vm pointer, why do you trust the domain pointer? Why
do you trust *anything* at all?

> After all, vm is obtained from the args. If the caller has a bug,
> can we check here to avoid possible problems that may arise in later
> code?

If the caller has a bug, please fix the caller. Don't paper over it.

And you can remove the BUG_ON(!vm) which is equally useless.

Thanks,

	M.

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