Re: [PATCH v4]PM: QoS: Add check to make sure CPU freq is non-negative

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Jul 26 2022 - 14:50:02 EST


On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 2:27 PM Shivnandan Kumar
<quic_kshivnan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> CPU frequency should never be negative.
> If some client driver calls freq_qos_update_request with
> negative value which will be very high in absolute terms,
> then qos driver sets max CPU freq at fmax as it considers
> it's absolute value but it will add plist node with negative
> priority. plist node has priority from INT_MIN (highest)
> to INT_MAX(lowest). Once priority is set as negative,
> another client will not be able to reduce CPU frequency.
> Adding check to make sure CPU freq is non-negative will
> fix this problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shivnandan Kumar <quic_kshivnan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3->v4
> -used 0 instead of FREQ_QOS_MIN_DEFAULT_VALUE
> v2->v3
> -changed commit text
> v1->v2
> -addressed comments from Rafael
> -changed commit text accordingly
> kernel/power/qos.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/power/qos.c b/kernel/power/qos.c
> index ec7e1e85923e..af51ed6d45ef 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/qos.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/qos.c
> @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int freq_qos_add_request(struct freq_constraints *qos,
> {
> int ret;
>
> - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(qos) || !req)
> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(qos) || !req || value < 0)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> if (WARN(freq_qos_request_active(req),
> @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(freq_qos_add_request);
> */
> int freq_qos_update_request(struct freq_qos_request *req, s32 new_value)
> {
> - if (!req)
> + if (!req || new_value < 0)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> if (WARN(!freq_qos_request_active(req),
> --

Applied as 5.20 material, thanks!