[tip:x86/uv] x86, UV: Use allocated buffer in tlb_uv.c:tunables_read()

From: tip-bot for Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Oct 04 2010 - 16:25:24 EST


Commit-ID: b365a85c68161ea5db5476eb8845a91ceb1777ea
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/b365a85c68161ea5db5476eb8845a91ceb1777ea
Author: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:41:05 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:11:27 +0200

x86, UV: Use allocated buffer in tlb_uv.c:tunables_read()

The original code didn't check that the value returned from
snprintf() was less than the size of the buffer. Although it
didn't cause a runtime bug in this case, it makes the static
checkers complain.

Andrew Morton suggested a dynamically sized buffer would be
cleaner.

Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Cliff Wickman <cpw@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20100929083118.GA6376@bicker>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
index 312ef02..33e77e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
@@ -1001,10 +1001,10 @@ static int uv_ptc_seq_show(struct seq_file *file, void *data)
static ssize_t tunables_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
- char buf[300];
+ char *buf;
int ret;

- ret = snprintf(buf, 300, "%s %s %s\n%d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d\n",
+ buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s %s %s\n%d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d\n",
"max_bau_concurrent plugged_delay plugsb4reset",
"timeoutsb4reset ipi_reset_limit complete_threshold",
"congested_response_us congested_reps congested_period",
@@ -1012,7 +1012,12 @@ static ssize_t tunables_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
timeoutsb4reset, ipi_reset_limit, complete_threshold,
congested_response_us, congested_reps, congested_period);

- return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, ret);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ret = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, strlen(buf));
+ kfree(buf);
+ return ret;
}

/*
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