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From: sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com (Sebastian Hesselbarth)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] net: phy: fix uninitalized WOL parameters in phy_ethtool_get_wol
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:06:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5322C6B2.6040905@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140313.153832.967564223480298567.davem@davemloft.net>

On 03/13/2014 08:38 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:02:55 +0100
>
>> phy_ethtool_get_wol is a helper to get current WOL settings from
>> a phy device. When using this helper on a PHY without .get_wol
>> callback, struct ethtool_wolinfo is never set-up correctly and
>> may contain misleading information about WOL status.
>>
>> To fix this, always zero relevant fields of struct ethtool_wolinfo
>> regardless of .get_wol callback availability.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
>
> I'm starting to see this situation more clearly now, especially with
> Ben's most recent commentary.
>
> The basic notion is that one must do ethtool ops are designed such that
> the top-level execution context in net/core/ethtool.c takes care of
> initializing the structure.
>
> In this case, we're referring specifically to ethtool_get_wol(), which
> runs any time ETHTOOL_GWOL is requested.
>
> Therefore no ethtool_ops->get_wol() implementation should duplicate
> this work, that goes for all of such cases which invoke the function
> we are talking about here, phy_ethtool_get_wol().
>
> So the first change is definitely to remove:
>
> 	wol->supported = 0;
> 	wol->wolopts = 0;
>
> from:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c:mv643xx_eth_get_wol()
> drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c:cpsw_get_wol()
>
> Next, I think phy_suspend() must create the same environment the
> call sites above guarentee for phy_ethtool_get_wol(), namely
> by changing the declaration of 'wol' to:
>
> 	struct ethtool_wolinfo wol = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GWOL };
>
> which will cause the compiler to clear out the rest of the structure
> for us, as the same declaration does in ethtool_get_wol().
>
> Finally, purge the spurious clears in phydev_ops->get_wol(), namely
> in at803x_get_wol() and m88e1318_get_wol().
>
> So, to reiterate, OPS never have to be mindful of initializing the
> ethtool result with zeros.  However, anyone who calls into OPS
> directly must provide said expected state.
>
> Are we all on the same page now?

Yes, we are. I'll send a fix for phy_suspend in a minute - still based
on v3.14-rc1 in case there will be another -rc.

If not, I'll rebase that fix on net-next together with patches for the
four offending drivers you named above.

Sebastian

  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-14  9:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-10  1:01 [PATCH] net: phy: fix uninitalized WOL parameters in phy_ethtool_get_wol Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-10  2:51 ` Ben Hutchings
2014-03-10 10:49   ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-10 20:23     ` David Miller
2014-03-10 23:18       ` Ben Hutchings
2014-03-10 23:17     ` Ben Hutchings
2014-03-11  8:40       ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-10 20:50 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] net: phy: fix uninitalized WOL struct " Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-10 20:50   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] net: phy: fix uninitalized WOL parameters " Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-11 23:02     ` [PATCH v3] " Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-13  2:21       ` Ben Hutchings
2014-03-13 10:14         ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-13 19:38       ` David Miller
2014-03-14  9:06         ` Sebastian Hesselbarth [this message]
2014-03-14  9:07         ` [PATCH] net: phy: fix uninitalized ethtool_wolinfo in phy_suspend Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-14 14:18           ` Ben Hutchings
2014-03-15  2:39           ` David Miller
2014-03-15 10:01         ` [PATCH v3] net: phy: fix uninitalized WOL parameters in phy_ethtool_get_wol Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-10 20:51   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] net: mv643xx_eth: simplify phy_ethtool_get_wol call Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-10 20:51   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] net: cpsw: " Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-10 22:20   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] net: phy: fix uninitalized WOL struct in phy_ethtool_get_wol Florian Fainelli

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