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i915: return -EFAULT if copy_to_user fails

PATCH In review Dan Carpenter 2 participants 3 messages Jun 19, 2010 – Aug 23, 2010

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PATCH 1/1 i915: return -EFAULT if copy_to_user fails

copy_to_user returns the number of bytes remaining to be copied, but we want to return a negative error code here. These are returned to userspace.

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c +9 -3
index 59a2bf8..5fd876e 100644
@@ -608,8 +608,10 @@ static int i915_batchbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		ret = copy_from_user(cliprects, batch->cliprects,
 				     batch->num_cliprects *
 				     sizeof(struct drm_clip_rect));
-		if (ret != 0)
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto fail_free;
+		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -650,8 +652,10 @@ static int i915_cmdbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = copy_from_user(batch_data, cmdbuf->buf, cmdbuf->sz);
-	if (ret != 0)
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto fail_batch_free;
+	}
 
 	if (cmdbuf->num_cliprects) {
 		cliprects = kcalloc(cmdbuf->num_cliprects,
@@ -664,8 +668,10 @@ static int i915_cmdbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		ret = copy_from_user(cliprects, cmdbuf->cliprects,
 				     cmdbuf->num_cliprects *
 				     sizeof(struct drm_clip_rect));
-		if (ret != 0)
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto fail_clip_free;
+		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
#1 lore raw
Quoted 4 lines · Dan Carpenter

copy_to_user returns the number of bytes remaining to be copied, but we want to return a negative error code here. These are returned to userspace.

I didn't get a response on this patch.

regards,
dan carpenter

Quoted 42 lines
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c +9 -3
index 59a2bf8..5fd876e 100644
@@ -608,8 +608,10 @@ static int i915_batchbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		ret = copy_from_user(cliprects, batch->cliprects,
 				     batch->num_cliprects *
 				     sizeof(struct drm_clip_rect));
-		if (ret != 0)
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto fail_free;
+		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -650,8 +652,10 @@ static int i915_cmdbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = copy_from_user(batch_data, cmdbuf->buf, cmdbuf->sz);
-	if (ret != 0)
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto fail_batch_free;
+	}
 
 	if (cmdbuf->num_cliprects) {
 		cliprects = kcalloc(cmdbuf->num_cliprects,
@@ -664,8 +668,10 @@ static int i915_cmdbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		ret = copy_from_user(cliprects, cmdbuf->cliprects,
 				     cmdbuf->num_cliprects *
 				     sizeof(struct drm_clip_rect));
-		if (ret != 0)
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto fail_clip_free;
+		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);