From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Vitaly Kuzmichev <vkuzmichev@mvista.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>,
Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>,
Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 3/4] ARM: mpcore_wdt: Fix WDIOC_SETOPTIONS handling
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:45:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201107071445.00560.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1310041396-2461-3-git-send-email-vkuzmichev@mvista.com>
On Thursday 07 July 2011, Vitaly Kuzmichev wrote:
>
> According to the include/linux/watchdog.h WDIOC_SETOPTIONS is
> classified as 'read from device' ioctl call:
> #define WDIOC_SETOPTIONS _IOR(WATCHDOG_IOCTL_BASE, 4, int)
>
> However, the driver 'mpcore_wdt' performs 'copy_from_user' only if
> _IOC_WRITE is set, thus the local variable 'uarg' which is used in
> WDIOC_SETOPTIONS handling remains uninitialized.
>
> The proper way to fix this is to bind WDIOC_SETOPTIONS to _IOW,
> but this will break compatibility.
> So adding additional condition for performing 'copy_from_user'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuzmichev <vkuzmichev@mvista.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-07 12:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-04 9:45 [PATCH 0/4] ARM: smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix MPCORE watchdog setup vkuzmichev
2010-10-04 9:45 ` [PATCH 1/4] ARM: smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix watchdog counter loading vkuzmichev
2010-10-04 9:45 ` [PATCH 2/4] ARM: smp_twd: Fix typo in twd_timer_rate printout vkuzmichev
2010-10-04 9:45 ` [PATCH 3/4] ARM: mpcore_wdt: Fix WDIOC_SETOPTIONS handling vkuzmichev
2010-10-04 9:45 ` [PATCH 4/4] ARM: mpcore_wdt: Fix timer mode setup vkuzmichev
2011-05-27 8:26 ` [PATCH 0/4] ARM: smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix MPCORE watchdog setup Wim Van Sebroeck
2011-05-27 10:44 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-05 19:00 ` [PATCH V2 0/6] arm_smp_twd: " Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 10:05 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-06 10:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-06 11:05 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-07-06 11:16 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-10 10:39 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-11 9:43 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-07-11 9:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-11 11:06 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-07-06 12:27 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 12:39 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-06 15:06 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-05 19:00 ` [PATCH V2 1/6] arm_smp_twd: Fix typo in 'twd_timer_rate' printing Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-05 19:00 ` [PATCH V2 2/6] arm_smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix watchdog counter loading Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 12:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-07-05 19:00 ` [PATCH V2 3/6] mpcore_wdt: Fix WDIOC_SETOPTIONS handling Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 12:05 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2011-07-06 12:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-07-06 13:13 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 13:48 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-06 13:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-06 14:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-07-06 15:27 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-07-06 17:28 ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2011-07-05 19:00 ` [PATCH V2 4/6] mpcore_wdt: Fix timer mode setup Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-05 19:00 ` [PATCH V2 5/6] mpcore_wdt: Add cpufreq notifier to reload counter Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 12:09 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2011-07-05 19:00 ` [PATCH V2 6/6] mpcore_wdt: Move declarations in a separate header Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 11:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-07-06 12:36 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-06 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-07-10 10:42 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-06 12:11 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2011-07-07 12:22 ` [PATCH V3 0/4] ARM: smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix MPCORE watchdog setup Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 12:23 ` [PATCH V3 1/4] ARM: smp_twd: Fix typo in 'twd_timer_rate' printing Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 12:39 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-07 12:50 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 13:31 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 16:20 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-10 10:47 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-07-11 11:50 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 12:23 ` [PATCH V3 2/4] ARM: smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix watchdog counter loading Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 12:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-07-07 14:09 ` Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 12:23 ` [PATCH V3 3/4] ARM: mpcore_wdt: Fix WDIOC_SETOPTIONS handling Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 12:45 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-07-07 12:23 ` [PATCH V3 4/4] ARM: mpcore_wdt: Fix timer mode setup Vitaly Kuzmichev
2011-07-07 12:46 ` [PATCH V3 0/4] ARM: smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix MPCORE watchdog setup Wim Van Sebroeck
2011-07-07 14:06 ` [PATCH V4 2/4] ARM: smp_twd: mpcore_wdt: Fix watchdog counter loading Vitaly Kuzmichev
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