From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] uaccess comedi compat
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 11:48:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b18a9407-8124-ff94-8c9b-333a32e0a137@mev.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200529003419.GX23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
On 29/05/2020 01:34, Al Viro wrote:
> The way comedi compat ioctls are done is wrong.
> Instead of having ->compat_ioctl() copying the 32bit
> stuff in, then passing the kernel copies to helpers shared
> with native ->ioctl() and doing copyout with conversion if
> needed, it's playing silly buggers with creating a 64bit
> copy on user stack, then calling native ioctl (which copies
> that copy into the kernel), then fetching it from user stack,
> converting to 32bit variant and copying that to user.
> Extra headache for no good reason. And the single
> largest remaining pile of __put_user()/__get_user() this side
> of arch/*. IMO compat_alloc_user_space() should die...
>
> NOTE: this is only compile-tested - I simply don't
> have the hardware in question.
>
> Anyway, the branch lives in #uaccess.comedi, based
> at v5.7-rc1
>
> Al Viro (10):
> comedi: move compat ioctl handling to native fops
> comedi: get rid of indirection via translated_ioctl()
> comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_CHANINFO compat
> comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_RANGEINFO compat
> comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_INSN compat
> comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_INSNLIST compat
> comedi: lift copy_from_user() into callers of __comedi_get_user_cmd()
> comedi: do_cmdtest_ioctl(): lift copyin/copyout into the caller
> comedi: do_cmd_ioctl(): lift copyin/copyout into the caller
> comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_CMD{,TEST} compat
There is a bug in patch 05. Patch 10 doesn't seem to have been sent yet
(I didn't receive it and I can't see it in the thread in the LKML
archives). I've signed off on 01-04, 06-09.
These should be Cc'd to Greg KH and to devel@driverdev.osuosl.org.
Cheers,
Ian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-29 10:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-28 23:40 [PATCHES] uaccess base Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:48 ` [PATCHES] uaccess readdir Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:49 ` [PATCH 4/6] switch readdir(2) to unsafe_copy_dirent_name() Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:49 ` [PATCH 5/6] readdir.c: get compat_filldir() more or less in sync with filldir() Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:49 ` [PATCH 6/6] readdir.c: get rid of the last __put_user(), drop now-useless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:49 ` [PATCH 1/6] uaccess: Add user_read_access_begin/end and user_write_access_begin/end Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:49 ` [PATCH 2/6] uaccess: Selectively open read or write user access Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:49 ` [PATCH 3/6] drm/i915/gem: Replace user_access_begin by user_write_access_begin Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:57 ` [PATCHES] uaccess __copy_from_user() Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:58 ` [PATCH 1/2] firewire: switch ioctl_queue_iso to use of copy_from_user() Al Viro
2020-05-28 23:58 ` [PATCH 2/2] pstore: switch to copy_from_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:03 ` [PATCHES] uaccess __copy_to_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:04 ` [PATCH 1/2] esas2r: don't bother with __copy_to_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:04 ` [PATCH 2/2] dlmfs: convert dlmfs_file_read() to copy_to_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 1:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-29 1:47 ` Al Viro
2020-05-29 1:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-29 3:10 ` Al Viro
2020-05-29 3:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-29 20:46 ` Al Viro
2020-05-29 20:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-29 21:06 ` Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:09 ` [PATCHES] uaccess __put_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:10 ` [PATCH 1/3] compat sysinfo(2): don't bother with field-by-field copyout Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:10 ` [PATCH 2/3] scsi_ioctl.c: switch SCSI_IOCTL_GET_IDLUN to copy_to_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:10 ` [PATCH 3/3] pcm_native: result of put_user() needs to be checked Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:34 ` [PATCHES] uaccess comedi compat Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 01/10] comedi: move compat ioctl handling to native fops Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 02/10] comedi: get rid of indirection via translated_ioctl() Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:34 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 03/10] comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_CHANINFO compat Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:35 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 04/10] comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_RANGEINFO compat Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:35 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 05/10] comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_INSN compat Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:05 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 06/10] comedi: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() mess in COMEDI_INSNLIST compat Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:36 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 07/10] comedi: lift copy_from_user() into callers of __comedi_get_user_cmd() Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:37 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 08/10] comedi: do_cmdtest_ioctl(): lift copyin/copyout into the caller Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:37 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 0:35 ` [PATCH 09/10] comedi: do_cmd_ioctl(): " Al Viro
2020-05-29 10:38 ` Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 10:34 ` [PATCH 01/10] comedi: move compat ioctl handling to native fops Ian Abbott
2020-05-29 10:48 ` Ian Abbott [this message]
2020-05-29 14:15 ` [PATCHES] uaccess comedi compat Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:40 ` [PATCHES] uaccess i915 Al Viro
2020-05-29 5:06 ` Jani Nikula
2020-05-29 14:17 ` Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:41 ` [PATCH 1/5] i915: switch query_{topology,engine}_info() to copy_to_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:41 ` [PATCH 2/5] i915: switch copy_perf_config_registers_or_number() to unsafe_put_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:41 ` [PATCH 3/5] i915 compat ioctl(): just use drm_ioctl_kernel() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:41 ` [PATCH 4/5] i915: alloc_oa_regs(): get rid of pointless access_ok() Al Viro
2020-05-29 0:41 ` [PATCH 5/5] i915:get_engines(): " Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:26 ` [PATCHES] uaccess misc Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-29 23:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 1/9] pselect6() and friends: take handling the combined 6th/7th args into helper Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 2/9] binfmt_elf: don't bother with __{put,copy_to}_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 3/9] binfmt_elf_fdpic: don't use __... uaccess primitives Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 4/9] binfmt_flat: don't use __put_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86: switch cp_stat64() to unsafe_put_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 6/9] TEST_ACCESS_OK _never_ had been checked anywhere Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 7/9] user_regset_copyout_zero(): use clear_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:27 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86: kvm_hv_set_msr(): use __put_user() instead of 32bit __clear_user() Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-30 14:31 ` Al Viro
2020-05-30 14:52 ` Al Viro
2020-05-30 16:20 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-05-30 17:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-30 18:38 ` Al Viro
2020-05-30 18:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-30 19:14 ` Al Viro
2020-05-30 19:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-30 19:42 ` Al Viro
2020-05-30 20:43 ` Al Viro
2020-05-30 19:19 ` Al Viro
2020-05-30 19:27 ` Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:28 ` [PATCH 9/9] bpf: make bpf_check_uarg_tail_zero() use check_zeroed_user() Al Viro
2020-05-31 16:35 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-05-29 23:39 ` [PATCHES] uaccess hpsa Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:40 ` [PATCH 1/4] hpsa passthrough: lift {BIG_,}IOCTL_Command_struct copy{in,out} into hpsa_ioctl() Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:40 ` [PATCH 2/4] hpsa: don't bother with vmalloc for BIG_IOCTL_Command_struct Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:40 ` [PATCH 3/4] hpsa: get rid of compat_alloc_user_space() Al Viro
2020-05-29 23:40 ` [PATCH 4/4] hpsa_ioctl(): tidy up a bit Al Viro
2020-06-03 1:57 ` [PATCHES] uaccess hpsa Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-03 18:37 ` Don.Brace
2020-06-03 19:17 ` Al Viro
2020-06-03 20:53 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-06-03 20:54 ` Al Viro
2020-06-04 14:18 ` Martin K. Petersen
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