Hi, > From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 4:15 AM > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 09:49:23PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 06:08:44 PM Dan Carpenter wrote: > > > There are sometimes where we know that we are doing an strcpy() into a > > > fixed length buffer. In those cases, we could verify that the strcpy() > > > doesn't overflow. This patch introduces DEBUG_STRICT_SLOW_STRCPY_CHECKS > > > if you want to check for that. The downside is that it makes strcpy > > > slower. > > > > > > I introduced __compiletime_size() to make this work. It returns the > > > size of the destination buffer or zero if the size isn't known. The > > > __compiletime_object_size() is similar but if you pass it a struct > > > member then it returns the size of everything from there to the end of > > > the struct. Another difference is __compiletime_object_size() returns > > > -1 for unknown sizes. > > > > > > If you pass a char pointer to __compiletime_size() then it returns zero. > > > > > > The strcpy() check ignores buffers with just one byte because people > > > often use those for variable length strings at the end of a struct. > > > > > > I have tested this patch lightly and created some bugs for it to detect > > > but I have not detected any real life overflows. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h b/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h > > > index e863dd5..5e0fc2b 100644 > > > --- a/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h > > > +++ b/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h > > > > This is an ACPICA header and changes to it need to be submitted to the ACPICA > > maintainers (as per MAINTAINERS). We only get ACPICA changes from the > > upstream project (except for really special situations). > > Ok. I should have added Robert and Lv to the CC list. My guess is > that the (void) is needed to avoid compile warnings but it's needed for > us to avoid compile breakage with this change. In normal ACPICA build environment, I didn't suffer from new build errors after deleting this "void". But this might be required by lint users. You can split ACPICA changes into a separate patch so that it could be easily reverted if someone complained. Thanks -Lv > > Anyway, I'll wait for a couple days and resend that bit broken out. > > regards, > dan carpenter > > > > > > @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ > > > #define ACPI_STRSTR(s1,s2) strstr((s1), (s2)) > > > #define ACPI_STRCHR(s1,c) strchr((s1), (c)) > > > #define ACPI_STRLEN(s) (acpi_size) strlen((s)) > > > -#define ACPI_STRCPY(d,s) (void) strcpy((d), (s)) > > > +#define ACPI_STRCPY(d,s) strcpy((d), (s)) > > > #define ACPI_STRNCPY(d,s,n) (void) strncpy((d), (s), (acpi_size)(n)) > > > #define ACPI_STRNCMP(d,s,n) strncmp((d), (s), (acpi_size)(n)) > > > #define ACPI_STRCMP(d,s) strcmp((d), (s)) > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > I speak only for myself. > > Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
