From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Alagu Sankar <alagusankar@silex-india.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>,
Wen Gong <wgong@codeaurora.org>,
Tamizh Chelvam <tamizhr@codeaurora.org>,
Carl Huang <cjhuang@codeaurora.org>,
Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>,
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>,
Erik Stromdahl <erik.stromdahl@gmail.com>,
Fabio Estevam <festevam@denx.de>,
ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: fix invalid dma_addr_t token assignment
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:10:21 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fssytr5u.fsf@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211014075153.3655910-1-arnd@kernel.org> (Arnd Bergmann's message of "Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:51:15 +0200")
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> Using a kernel pointer in place of a dma_addr_t token can
> lead to undefined behavior if that makes it into cache
> management functions. The compiler caught one such attempt
> in a cast:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c: In function 'ath10k_add_interface':
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c:5586:47: error: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Werror=pointer-to-int-cast]
> 5586 | arvif->beacon_paddr = (dma_addr_t)arvif->beacon_buf;
> | ^
>
> Looking through how this gets used down the way, I'm fairly
> sure that beacon_paddr is never accessed again for ATH10K_DEV_TYPE_HL
> devices, and if it was accessed, that would be a bug.
That's my understanding as well. beacon_paddr is only accessed in
ath10k_wmi_event_host_swba() and only low latency (ATH10K_DEV_TYPE_LL)
should use that function.
> Change the assignment to use a known-invalid address token
> instead, which avoids the warning and makes it easier to catch
> bugs if it does end up getting used.
>
> Fixes: e263bdab9c0e ("ath10k: high latency fixes for beacon buffer")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> index 7ca68c81d9b6..c0e78eaa65f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> @@ -5583,7 +5583,7 @@ static int ath10k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> if (ar->bus_param.dev_type == ATH10K_DEV_TYPE_HL) {
> arvif->beacon_buf = kmalloc(IEEE80211_MAX_FRAME_LEN,
> GFP_KERNEL);
> - arvif->beacon_paddr = (dma_addr_t)arvif->beacon_buf;
> + arvif->beacon_paddr = DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
In the pending branch I added a comment here:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=02a383c9bf959147a95c4efeaa4edf35c4450fac
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-18 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-14 7:51 [PATCH] ath10k: fix invalid dma_addr_t token assignment Arnd Bergmann
2021-10-18 13:10 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2021-10-25 12:16 ` Fabio Estevam
2021-10-25 13:04 ` Kalle Valo
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