Re: [PATCH v2] x86: fix ktermios-termio conversion

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue May 12 2009 - 03:55:46 EST



* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The operation with the variable 'c_line' was missing in the function
> 'user_termio_to_kernel_termios'. Also the casting '*(unsigned short *)'
> in the macro 'SET_LOW_TERMIOS_BITS' was a bit 'unhealthy'. So the macro
> was removed and the function was changed to be like in other archs
> (e.g. h8300, m68k, sparc) that have a more elegant solution.
>
> In the function 'kernel_termios_to_user_termio' the return values of
> the functions calls 'put_user' and 'copy_to_user' were not being
> checked.
>
> Signed-off-by: Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> initial patch was wordwrapped, resend
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/termios.h | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/termios.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/termios.h
> index f729563..47420df 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/termios.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/termios.h
> @@ -54,20 +54,37 @@ struct termio {
> /*
> * Translate a "termio" structure into a "termios". Ugh.
> */
> -#define SET_LOW_TERMIOS_BITS(termios, termio, x) { \
> - unsigned short __tmp; \
> - get_user(__tmp,&(termio)->x); \
> - *(unsigned short *) &(termios)->x = __tmp; \
> -}
> -
> static inline int user_termio_to_kernel_termios(struct ktermios *termios,
> struct termio __user *termio)
> {
> - SET_LOW_TERMIOS_BITS(termios, termio, c_iflag);
> - SET_LOW_TERMIOS_BITS(termios, termio, c_oflag);
> - SET_LOW_TERMIOS_BITS(termios, termio, c_cflag);
> - SET_LOW_TERMIOS_BITS(termios, termio, c_lflag);
> - return copy_from_user(termios->c_cc, termio->c_cc, NCC);
> + unsigned short tmp;
> +
> + if (get_user(tmp, &termio->c_iflag) < 0)
> + goto fault;
> + termios->c_iflag = (0xffff0000 & termios->c_iflag) | tmp;
> +
> + if (get_user(tmp, &termio->c_oflag) < 0)
> + goto fault;
> + termios->c_oflag = (0xffff0000 & termios->c_oflag) | tmp;
> +
> + if (get_user(tmp, &termio->c_cflag) < 0)
> + goto fault;
> + termios->c_cflag = (0xffff0000 & termios->c_cflag) | tmp;
> +
> + if (get_user(tmp, &termio->c_lflag) < 0)
> + goto fault;
> + termios->c_lflag = (0xffff0000 & termios->c_lflag) | tmp;
> +
> + if (get_user(termios->c_line, &termio->c_line) < 0)
> + goto fault;
> +
> + if (copy_from_user(termios->c_cc, termio->c_cc, NCC) != 0)
> + goto fault;

Hm, that looks a bit ugly and it also adds 150 bytes of bloat to the
kernel:

drivers/char/tty_ioctl.o:

text data bss dec hex filename
4704 0 0 4704 1260 tty_ioctl.o.before
4841 0 0 4841 12e9 tty_ioctl.o.after

(64-bit 'make defconfig', on latest tip:master)

Ingo
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