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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] printk: don't unconditionally shortcut print_time()
    On Sun 2018-12-02 14:02:28, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
    > On 2018/12/02 8:49, kbuild test robot wrote:
    > >> kernel/printk/printk.c:2396:5: error: 'printk_time' undeclared (first use in this function)
    > ^~~~~~~~~~~
    > Thanks. printk_time depends on CONFIG_PRINTK=y. Added a dummy definition.
    >
    >
    >
    > >From f903b9fa36159472a207f93e2405e45e3999f650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
    > From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
    > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 13:57:01 +0900
    > Subject: [PATCH v2] printk: fix printk_time race.
    >
    > Since printk_time can be toggled via /sys/module/printk/parameters/time ,
    > it is not safe to assume that output length does not change across
    > multiple msg_print_text() calls. If we hit this race, we can observe
    > failures such as SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL writes more bytes than userspace
    > has supplied, SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD returns -EFAULT when succeeded,
    > SYSLOG_ACTION_READ reads garbage memory or even triggers an kernel oops
    > at _copy_to_user() due to integer overflow.
    >
    > To close this race, get a snapshot value of printk_time and pass it to
    > SYSLOG_ACTION_READ, SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL, SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD and
    > kmsg_dump_get_buffer().
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
    > Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

    The patch looks good to me.

    Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

    I'll wait few more days for an eventual feedback before I push it
    into printk.git.

    Best Regards,
    Petr

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