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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7u1 14/31] x86, boot: move checking of cmd_line_ptr out of common path
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 04:48:34PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> cmdline.c::__cmdline_find_option... are shared between 16-bit setup code
> and 32/64 bit decompressor code.
>
> for 32/64 only path via kexec, we should not check if ptr is less 1M.
> as those cmdline could be put above 1M, or even 4G.
>
> Move out accessible checking out of __cmdline_find_option()
> So decompressor in misc.c can parse cmdline correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/boot.h | 14 ++++++++++++--
> arch/x86/boot/cmdline.c | 8 ++++----
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
> index 18997e5..7fadf80 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
> @@ -289,12 +289,22 @@ int __cmdline_find_option(u32 cmdline_ptr, const char *option, char *buffer, int
> int __cmdline_find_option_bool(u32 cmdline_ptr, const char *option);
> static inline int cmdline_find_option(const char *option, char *buffer, int bufsize)
> {
> - return __cmdline_find_option(boot_params.hdr.cmd_line_ptr, option, buffer, bufsize);
> + u32 cmd_line_ptr = boot_params.hdr.cmd_line_ptr;

This check could very well use a comment for why we're checking it to be
under 1Mb, no matter that the original code didn't have it.

> + if (cmd_line_ptr >= 0x100000)
> + return -1; /* inaccessible */
> +
> + return __cmdline_find_option(cmd_line_ptr, option, buffer, bufsize);
> }

[ … ]

Thanks.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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