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dmaengine: dmatest: warn user when dma test times out

PATCH Superseded Adam Wallis 2 participants 3 messages Nov 2, 2017 – Nov 8, 2017 dmaengine

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PATCH v2 1/1 dmaengine: dmatest: warn user when dma test times out

Commit adfa543e7314 ("dmatest: don't use set_freezable_with_signal()") introduced a bug (that is in fact documented by the patch commit text) that leaves behind a dangling pointer. Since the done_wait structure is allocated on the stack, future invocations to the DMATEST can produce undesirable results (e.g., corrupted spinlocks). Ideally, this would be cleaned up in the thread handler, but at the very least, the kernel is left in a very precarious scenario that can lead to some long debug sessions when the crash comes later.

This bug has also been captured at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197605

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changes from v1: No longer using BUG at request of Vinod

 drivers/dma/dmatest.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
drivers/dma/dmatest.c +1 -0
index 34ff532..47edc7f 100644
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ static int dmatest_func(void *data)
 			 * free it this time?" dancing.  For now, just
 			 * leave it dangling.
 			 */
+			WARN(1, "dmatest: Kernel stack may be corrupted!!\n");
 			dmaengine_unmap_put(um);
 			result("test timed out", total_tests, src_off, dst_off,
 			       len, 0);
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PATCH v2 1/1 dmaengine: dmatest: warn user when dma test times out

Vinod

Did you have any other feedback on the patch or the wording of the warning?

Thanks

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Adam Wallis
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PATCH v2 1/1 dmaengine: dmatest: warn user when dma test times out

In reply to Adam Wallis
Quoted 11 lines · Adam Wallis

Commit adfa543e7314 ("dmatest: don't use set_freezable_with_signal()") introduced a bug (that is in fact documented by the patch commit text) that leaves behind a dangling pointer. Since the done_wait structure is allocated on the stack, future invocations to the DMATEST can produce undesirable results (e.g., corrupted spinlocks). Ideally, this would be cleaned up in the thread handler, but at the very least, the kernel is left in a very precarious scenario that can lead to some long debug sessions when the crash comes later.

This bug has also been captured at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197605

I have made it

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197605

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and applied. Thanks

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~Vinod