Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the suspend tree

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue May 24 2011 - 17:29:54 EST


On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, mark gross wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 09:54:52PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Monday, May 23, 2011, mark gross wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 03:06:36PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > > Hi Rafael,
> > > >
> > > > After merging the suspend tree, today's linux-next build (i386 defconfig
> > > > among others) produced this warning:
> > > >
> > > > kernel/pm_qos_params.c: In function 'pm_qos_power_write':
> > > > kernel/pm_qos_params.c:420: warning: passing argument 3 of 'kstrtol' from incompatible pointer type
> > > > include/linux/kernel.h:210: note: expected 'long int *' but argument is of type 's32 *'
> > > >
> > > > Intreoduced by commit 365daa955e03 ("PM: Correct PM QOS's user mode
> > > > interface to work with ascii input per").
> > >
> > > Gah! I'm sorry about that.
> > >
> > > attached is a fix.
> > >
> > >
> > > --mark
> > >
> > > signed-off-by:markgross <markgross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From a8f0587b9ae598be5ca4c3cdda4e0ced6ca9baaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: mgross <mgross@cr48>
> > > Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 07:14:09 -0700
> > > Subject: [PATCH] clean up a compile time warning in the use of strict_strtol but that was
> > > passing an s32 * when it should be passing a long *
> > >
> > > ---
> > > kernel/pm_qos_params.c | 6 ++++--
> > > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > > index d61ecf3..dd37c56 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > > @@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
> > > size_t count, loff_t *f_pos)
> > > {
> > > s32 value;
> > > + long safe_int;
> > > int x;
> > > char ascii_value[11];
> > > struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req;
> > > @@ -417,10 +418,11 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
> > > ascii_value[count] = 0;
> > > if (copy_from_user(ascii_value, buf, count))
> > > return -EFAULT;
> > > - if ((x=strict_strtol(ascii_value, 16, &value)) != 0){
> > > - pr_debug("%s, 0x%x, 0x%x\n",ascii_value, value, x);
> > > + if ((x=strict_strtol(ascii_value, 16, &safe_int)) != 0){
> > > + pr_debug("%s, 0x%lx, 0x%x\n",ascii_value, safe_int, x);
> > > return -EINVAL;
> > > }
> > > + value = (s32) safe_int;
> >
> > Well, this doesn't seem quite right.
> >
> > > } else
> > > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > Besides, if count == 11, there we'll write beyond ascii_value[], right?
>
> right. That is a bug.
>
> >
> > What about the appended patch instead of your original one?
> Thank you!
>
> > Rafael
> >
> >
> > ---
> > From: mark gross <markgross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: PM: Correct PM QOS's user mode interface to work with ascii input per
> >
> > What is in the kernel docs. Writing a string to the ABI from user mode
> > comes in 2 flavors. One with and one without a '\n' at the end. This
> > change accepts both.
> >
> > # echo 0x12345678 > /dev/cpu_dma_latency
> >
> > and
> >
> > # echo -n 0x12345678 > /dev/cpu_dma_latency
> >
> > now both work.
> >
> > [rjw: Fixed up array bounds checking and type casting.]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: mark gross <markgross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/pm_qos_params.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: linux-2.6/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > +++ linux-2.6/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
> > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
> > #include <linux/string.h>
> > #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> > #include <linux/init.h>
> > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> >
> > #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> >
> > @@ -404,24 +405,30 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct
> > size_t count, loff_t *f_pos)
> > {
> > s32 value;
> > - int x;
> > char ascii_value[11];
> > struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req;
> >
> > if (count == sizeof(s32)) {
> > if (copy_from_user(&value, buf, sizeof(s32)))
> > return -EFAULT;
> > - } else if (count == 11) { /* len('0x12345678/0') */
> > - if (copy_from_user(ascii_value, buf, 11))
> > + } else if (count >= 10) { /* '0x12345678' or '0x12345678\n'*/
> Did you mean <= 11 here? I know that Alan Stern wanted to see the ABI
> adjusted to accept shorter hex string that the full 10 char string.
>
> FWIW I'm ok with doing that.
>
> > + unsigned long int ulval;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + count = 10;
>
> I kind of wanted to return an error to the user if they violate the
> documented format for the hex string. With this code you get a silent
> truncation of the lower digits if the string is "0x123456789abcdef"

That's correct, but with the previous code there will be a truncation
is "echo -n 0x123456789". If we don't want that, we should check if the
last character is a '\n'.

> > + ascii_value[count] = 0;
> > + if (copy_from_user(ascii_value, buf, count))
> > return -EFAULT;
> > - if (strlen(ascii_value) != 10)
> > - return -EINVAL;
> > - x = sscanf(ascii_value, "%x", &value);
> > - if (x != 1)
> > +
> > + ret = strict_strtoul(ascii_value, 16, &ulval);
> > + if (ret){
> > + pr_debug("%s, 0x%lx, 0x%x\n", ascii_value, ulval, ret);
> > return -EINVAL;
> > - pr_debug("%s, %d, 0x%x\n", ascii_value, x, value);
> > - } else
> > + }
> > + value = (s32)lower_32_bits(ulval);
> This shouldn't be needed if you are constrained to a hex format of
> "0x12345678" but this is more readable. lower_32_bits is a good idea.

OK

Appended is another patch that adds the '\n' check and reworks the code
a bit (so that it will accept strings like "0x1" too).

Thanks,
Rafael


---
From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Subject: PM: Fix PM QOS's user mode interface to work with ASCII input

Make pm_qos_power_write() accept values passed to it in the ASCII hex
format either with or without an ending newline.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/pm_qos_params.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>

#include <linux/uaccess.h>

@@ -404,24 +405,36 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct
size_t count, loff_t *f_pos)
{
s32 value;
- int x;
- char ascii_value[11];
struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req;

if (count == sizeof(s32)) {
if (copy_from_user(&value, buf, sizeof(s32)))
return -EFAULT;
- } else if (count == 11) { /* len('0x12345678/0') */
- if (copy_from_user(ascii_value, buf, 11))
+ } else if (count <= 11) { /* ASCII perhaps? */
+ char ascii_value[11];
+ unsigned long int ulval;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(ascii_value, buf, count))
return -EFAULT;
- if (strlen(ascii_value) != 10)
- return -EINVAL;
- x = sscanf(ascii_value, "%x", &value);
- if (x != 1)
+
+ if (count > 10) {
+ if (ascii_value[10] == '\n')
+ ascii_value[10] = '\0';
+ else
+ return -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ ascii_value[count] = '\0';
+ }
+ ret = strict_strtoul(ascii_value, 16, &ulval);
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_debug("%s, 0x%lx, 0x%x\n", ascii_value, ulval, ret);
return -EINVAL;
- pr_debug("%s, %d, 0x%x\n", ascii_value, x, value);
- } else
+ }
+ value = (s32)lower_32_bits(ulval);
+ } else {
return -EINVAL;
+ }

pm_qos_req = filp->private_data;
pm_qos_update_request(pm_qos_req, value);
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