[PATCH V10] devcoredump: add context check in dev_coredumpm

From: Duoming Zhou
Date: Mon Sep 26 2022 - 02:51:59 EST


The dev_coredumpm(), dev_coredumpv() and dev_coredumpsg() could not
be used in atomic context, because they call kvasprintf_const() and
kstrdup() with GFP_KERNEL parameter. The process is shown below:

dev_coredumpv(.., gfp_t gfp)
dev_coredumpm(.., gfp_t gfp)
dev_set_name
kobject_set_name_vargs
kvasprintf_const(GFP_KERNEL, ...); //may sleep
kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL); //may sleep

This patch adds context check in dev_coredumpm() in order to show
dev_coredumpm() and its callers could not be used in atomic context.

What's more, this change can allow the api to evolve and will not
influence the users that call this api.

Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v9:
- v9: Add context check in dev_coredumpm().
- v10: Remove the "Fixes" tag.

drivers/base/devcoredump.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
index f4d794d6bb8..806ee872f5f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ void dev_coredumpm(struct device *dev, struct module *owner,
struct devcd_entry *devcd;
struct device *existing;

+ if (!gfpflags_normal_context(gfp))
+ goto free;
+
if (devcd_disabled)
goto free;

--
2.17.1