Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Vyukov <> | Date | Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:48:35 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug |
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:30:21AM +0100, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> wrote: >> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2016, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: >> > >> >> WARNINGs mean kernel bugs. >> >> The one in ucma_write() points to user programming error >> >> or a malicious attempt. This is not a kernel bug, remove it. >> >> >> >> BUG/WARNs that are not kernel bugs hinder automated testing effots. >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> >> >> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> >> >> Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com> >> >> Cc: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@gmail.com> >> >> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> >> >> Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org >> >> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> >> Cc: syzkaller@googlegroups.com >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Changes since v1: >> >> - added printk_once >> >> --- >> >> drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 5 ++++- >> >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c >> >> index 9520154..405d0ce 100644 >> >> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c >> >> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c >> >> @@ -1584,8 +1584,11 @@ static ssize_t ucma_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, >> >> struct rdma_ucm_cmd_hdr hdr; >> >> ssize_t ret; >> >> >> >> - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(filp))) >> >> + if (!ib_safe_file_access(filp)) { >> >> + printk_once("ucma_write: process %d (%s) tried to do something hinky\n", >> >> + task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm); >> >> return -EACCES; >> >> + } >> >> >> >> if (len < sizeof(hdr)) >> >> return -EINVAL; >> > >> > FWIW, WARN_ON_ONCE came with commit e6bd18f57aad ("IB/security: Restrict >> > use of the write() interface"). Would it make sense to change the other >> > places as well? >> >> >> I guess so. >> Can I ask somebody of infiniband maintainers to take care of this? > > Please see below, > Hope it helps.
In ib_ucm_write function there is a wrong prefix:
+ pr_err_once("ucm_write: process %d (%s) tried to do something hinky\n",
Otherwise looks good. Thanks.
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