Re: [PATCH] §tools: iio: iio_generic_buffer: Fix read size

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:15:19 +0300
Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com> wrote:

> When noevents is true and small buffer is used the allocated memory for
> holding the data may be smaller than the hard-coded 64 bytes. This can
> cause the iio_generic_buffer to crash.
> 
> Following was recorded on beagle bone black with v6.0 kernel and the
> digit fix patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y0f+tKCz+ZAIoroQ@dc75zzyyyyyyyyyyyyycy-3.rev.dnainternet.fi/
> using valgrind;
> 
> ==339== Using Valgrind-3.18.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
> ==339== Command: /iio_generic_buffer -n kx022-accel -T0 -e -l 10 -a -w 2000000
> ==339== Parent PID: 307
> ==339==
> ==339== Syscall param read(buf) points to unaddressable byte(s)
> ==339==    at 0x496BFA4: read (read.c:26)
> ==339==    by 0x11699: main (iio_generic_buffer.c:724)
> ==339==  Address 0x4ab3518 is 0 bytes after a block of size 160 alloc'd
> ==339==    at 0x4864B70: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:381)
> ==339==    by 0x115BB: main (iio_generic_buffer.c:677)
> 
> Fix this by always using the same size for reading as was used for
> data storage allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com>
> 

Huh.  I have no idea why that value is 64...  And git blame says I wrote it
over 10 years ago :)

Patch looks fine to me, but given I don't understand the logic of the existing
code either I'll leave it on list for a little longer before picking it up.


> ---
> 
> This patch has been only tested with my kx022a sensor driver. Driver may
> have some culprits(s) and my understanding regarding IIO and these tools
> is limited so perhaps the hard-coded size of 64 bytes has perfectly
> legitimate reason - in which case I would appreciate to hear the
> reasoning so I could seek the problem from my driver. Also, I didn't add
> the fixes-tag as I don't really know which commit has caused the problem
> - as I am not 100% sure what the problem actually is and if I am just
> fixing a symptom here.
> ---
>  tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
> index 2491c54a5e4f..f8deae4e26a1 100644
> --- a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
> +++ b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
> @@ -715,12 +715,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  				continue;
>  			}
>  
> -			toread = buf_len;
>  		} else {
>  			usleep(timedelay);
> -			toread = 64;
>  		}
>  
> +		toread = buf_len;
> +
>  		read_size = read(buf_fd, data, toread * scan_size);
>  		if (read_size < 0) {
>  			if (errno == EAGAIN) {
> 
> base-commit: 4fe89d07dcc2804c8b562f6c7896a45643d34b2f