Re: [PATCH] scsi: myrs: check return value of dma_alloc_coherent() instead of using dma_mapping_error()

From: Alexey Khoroshilov
Date: Thu Apr 20 2023 - 15:03:14 EST


On 16.11.2022 12:41, Peter Kosyh wrote:
> dma_alloc_coherent() may leave third parameter uninitialized. So
> it is not safe to use dma_mapping_error() without checking return
> value of dma_alloc_coherent().
>
> Check the return value of dma_alloc_coherent() to detect
> an error.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Kosyh <pkosyh@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/myrs.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/myrs.c b/drivers/scsi/myrs.c
> index 7eb8c39da366..1811c1a6385b 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/myrs.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/myrs.c
> @@ -498,14 +498,14 @@ static bool myrs_enable_mmio_mbox(struct myrs_hba *cs,
> /* Temporary dma mapping, used only in the scope of this function */
> mbox = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(union myrs_cmd_mbox),
> &mbox_addr, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev, mbox_addr))
> + if (!mbox)
> return false;
>
> /* These are the base addresses for the command memory mailbox array */
> cs->cmd_mbox_size = MYRS_MAX_CMD_MBOX * sizeof(union myrs_cmd_mbox);
> cmd_mbox = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, cs->cmd_mbox_size,
> &cs->cmd_mbox_addr, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev, cs->cmd_mbox_addr)) {
> + if (!cmd_mbox) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to map command mailbox\n");
> goto out_free;
> }
>

Reviewed-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>

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Fixes: 77266186397c ("scsi: myrs: Add Mylex RAID controller (SCSI
interface)")

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Alexey