netdev - Re: [net v1] devlink: fix xa_alloc

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Message-ID: <3ff973e5-5474-4112-81ad-46b745edd6a9@stanley.mountain>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:49:43 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Pierre Riteau <pierre@...ckhpc.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, horms@...nel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [net v1] devlink: fix xa_alloc_cyclic error handling

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:16:55AM +0100, Michal Swiatkowski wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 12:42:13PM +0100, Pierre Riteau wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 12:56, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/14/25 2:58 PM, Michal Swiatkowski wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 02:44:49PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > >> On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 02:24:53PM +0100, Michal Swiatkowski wrote:
> > > >>> Pierre Riteau <pierre@...ckhpc.com> found suspicious handling an error
> > > >>> from xa_alloc_cyclic() in scheduler code [1]. The same is done in
> > > >>> devlink_rel_alloc().
> > > >>
> > > >> If the same bug exists twice it might exist more times. Did you find
> > > >> this instance by searching the whole tree? Or just networking?
> > > >>
> > > >> This is also something which would be good to have the static
> > > >> analysers check for. I wounder if smatch can check this?
> > > >>
> > > >>      Andrew
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > You are right, I checked only net folder and there are two usage like
> > > > that in drivers. I will send v2 with wider fixing, thanks.
> > >
> > > While at that, please add the suitable fixes tag(s).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Paolo
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I haven't seen a v2 patch from Michal Swiatkowski. Would it be okay to
> > at least merge this net/devlink/core.c fix for inclusion in 6.14? I
> > can send a revised patch adding the Fixes tag. Driver fixes could be
> > addressed separately.
> > 
> 
> Sorry that I didn't send v2, but I have seen that Dan wrote to Jiri
> about this code and also found more places to fix. I assumed that he
> will send a fix for all cases that he found.
> 
> Dan, do you plan to send it or I should send v2?

Sorry, no I didn't realize anyone was waiting for me on this.  Could
you send it?

regards,
dan carpenter