2006-09-13 16:38:16

by Cornelia Huck

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Subject: [01/12] driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval check

From: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>

make_class_name() may return an error pointer. Audit the callers in the
driver core.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>

class.c | 11 ++++++++++-
core.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff -Naurp linux-2.6.18-rc6/drivers/base/class.c linux-2.6.18-rc6+CH/drivers/base/class.c
--- linux-2.6.18-rc6/drivers/base/class.c 2006-09-12 14:18:40.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc6+CH/drivers/base/class.c 2006-09-12 16:17:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device
if (class_dev->dev) {
class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
&class_dev->kobj);
+ if (IS_ERR(class_name)) {
+ error = PTR_ERR(class_name);
+ class_name = NULL;
+ goto out6;
+ }
error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj,
&class_dev->dev->kobj, "device");
if (error)
@@ -736,7 +741,11 @@ void class_device_del(struct class_devic
class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
&class_dev->kobj);
sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
- sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
+ if (!IS_ERR(class_name))
+ sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
+ else
+ /* Hmm, don't know what else to do */
+ class_name = NULL;
}
sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "subsystem");
class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
diff -Naurp linux-2.6.18-rc6/drivers/base/core.c linux-2.6.18-rc6+CH/drivers/base/core.c
--- linux-2.6.18-rc6/drivers/base/core.c 2006-09-12 14:18:57.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc6+CH/drivers/base/core.c 2006-09-12 16:17:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -437,7 +437,11 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
if ((parent) && (!device_is_virtual(dev))) {
sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj, "device");
class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
- sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj, class_name);
+ if (!IS_ERR(class_name))
+ sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+ &dev->kobj, class_name);
+ else
+ class_name = NULL;
}
}

@@ -557,12 +561,16 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
if (dev->class) {
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kset.kobj, dev->bus_id);
- class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
if ((parent) && (!device_is_virtual(dev))) {
+ class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name,
+ &dev->kobj);
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
- sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
+ if (!IS_ERR(class_name)) {
+ sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+ class_name);
+ kfree(class_name);
+ }
}
- kfree(class_name);
down(&dev->class->sem);
list_del_init(&dev->node);
up(&dev->class->sem);
@@ -763,9 +771,14 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, ch

pr_debug("DEVICE: renaming '%s' to '%s'\n", dev->bus_id, new_name);

- if ((dev->class) && (dev->parent))
+ if ((dev->class) && (dev->parent)) {
old_class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
-
+ if (IS_ERR(old_class_name)) {
+ error = PTR_ERR(old_class_name);
+ old_class_name = NULL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
if (dev->class) {
old_symlink_name = kmalloc(BUS_ID_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!old_symlink_name)
@@ -779,11 +792,12 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, ch

if (old_class_name) {
new_class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
- if (new_class_name) {
+ if (!IS_ERR(new_class_name)) {
sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj,
new_class_name);
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, old_class_name);
- }
+ } else
+ new_class_name = NULL;
}
if (dev->class) {
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kset.kobj,
@@ -791,6 +805,7 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, ch
sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kset.kobj, &dev->kobj,
dev->bus_id);
}
+out:
put_device(dev);

kfree(old_class_name);


2006-09-14 12:01:40

by Martin Waitz

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Subject: Re: [01/12] driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval check

hoi :)

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 06:38:34PM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> if (class_dev->dev) {
> class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
> &class_dev->kobj);
> + if (IS_ERR(class_name)) {
> + error = PTR_ERR(class_name);
> + class_name = NULL;
> + goto out6;
> + }

perhaps it makes sense to return NULL in make_class_name on error,
to have consistent error return values?

--
Martin Waitz


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2006-09-15 11:20:11

by Cornelia Huck

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Subject: Re: [01/12] driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval check

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:01:33 +0200,
Martin Waitz <[email protected]> wrote:

> perhaps it makes sense to return NULL in make_class_name on error,
> to have consistent error return values?

It should make the code a bit nicer, I think. But I'm not sure if it's
worth the hassle (config_sysfs_deprecated.patch moves make_class_name()
under CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED).

Anyway, here is a patch against the latest version of Greg's tree:


From: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>

Make make_class_name() return NULL on error and fixup callers in the
driver core.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>

class.c | 12 ++++++++----
core.c | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff -Naurp linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/base/class.c linux-2.6.18-rc7+CH/drivers/base/class.c
--- linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/base/class.c 2006-09-15 10:38:55.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc7+CH/drivers/base/class.c 2006-09-15 12:18:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ char *make_class_name(const char *name,

class_name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!class_name)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return NULL;

strcpy(class_name, name);
strcat(class_name, ":");
@@ -407,8 +407,11 @@ static int make_deprecated_class_device_
return 0;

class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
- error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
- class_name);
+ if (!class_name)
+ error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+ &class_dev->kobj, class_name);
+ else
+ error = -ENOMEM;
kfree(class_name);
return error;
}
@@ -769,7 +772,8 @@ void class_device_del(struct class_devic
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
&class_dev->kobj);
- sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
+ if (class_name)
+ sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
#endif
sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
}
diff -Naurp linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/base/core.c linux-2.6.18-rc7+CH/drivers/base/core.c
--- linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/base/core.c 2006-09-15 10:39:03.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc7+CH/drivers/base/core.c 2006-09-15 11:01:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
if ((parent) && (!device_is_virtual(dev))) {
sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj, "device");
class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
- sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj, class_name);
+ if (class_name)
+ sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+ &dev->kobj, class_name);
}
#endif
}
@@ -574,7 +576,8 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
char *class_name = NULL;

class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
- sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
+ if (class_name)
+ sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
kfree(class_name);
#endif
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");