From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3tzrJS2VbVzDqVR for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 03:07:52 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id v0CG7R1W020917; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:07:28 -0600 Message-ID: <1484237253.2492.43.camel@kernel.crashing.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/misc: Add ASpeed LPC control driver From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Greg KH Cc: Cyril Bur , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, jassisinghbrar@gmail.com, arnd@arndb.de, joel@jms.id.au, mark.rutland@arm.com, robh+dt@kernel.org, openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org, andrew@aj.id.au, xow@google.com, jk@ozlabs.org Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:07:33 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20170112160051.GB8095@kroah.com> References: <20170112002910.3650-1-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <20170112002910.3650-4-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <20170112074750.GB23943@kroah.com> <1484216163.11416.8.camel@gmail.com> <20170112103038.GA19239@kroah.com> <1484234867.2492.39.camel@kernel.crashing.org> <20170112160051.GB8095@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.3 (3.22.3-1.fc25) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Development list for OpenBMC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:07:53 -0000 On Thu, 2017-01-12 at 17:00 +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > How so ? I mean, access_ok followed by __get/__put_user is still a > > classic, what's wrong with it ? > > No "normal" driver should do that, just call copy_to/from_user and be > done with it.  That way all of the proper locking and validation checks > like this are done correctly for you.  Why would a driver ever call the > "raw" __get/__put_user functions? I supposed historically it was considered faster for some things :-) Not a huge deal, and yes it's probably cleaner, I was just wondering what was "racy" about access_ok() that I might have missed... Cheers, Ben. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/misc: Add ASpeed LPC control driver Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:07:33 -0600 Message-ID: <1484237253.2492.43.camel@kernel.crashing.org> References: <20170112002910.3650-1-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <20170112002910.3650-4-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <20170112074750.GB23943@kroah.com> <1484216163.11416.8.camel@gmail.com> <20170112103038.GA19239@kroah.com> <1484234867.2492.39.camel@kernel.crashing.org> <20170112160051.GB8095@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170112160051.GB8095-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Greg KH Cc: Cyril Bur , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, jassisinghbrar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, joel-U3u1mxZcP9KHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, openbmc-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org, andrew-zrmu5oMJ5Fs@public.gmane.org, xow-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, jk-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2017-01-12 at 17:00 +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > How so ? I mean, access_ok followed by __get/__put_user is still a > > classic, what's wrong with it ? > > No "normal" driver should do that, just call copy_to/from_user and be > done with it.  That way all of the proper locking and validation checks > like this are done correctly for you.  Why would a driver ever call the > "raw" __get/__put_user functions? I supposed historically it was considered faster for some things :-) Not a huge deal, and yes it's probably cleaner, I was just wondering what was "racy" about access_ok() that I might have missed... Cheers, Ben. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html