[PATCH v2 7/9] dmapool: debug: prevent endless loop in case of corruption

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Prevent a possible endless loop with DMAPOOL_DEBUG enabled if a buggy
driver corrupts DMA pool memory.

Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <tonyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- linux/mm/dmapool.c.orig	2018-08-02 10:14:25.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/mm/dmapool.c	2018-08-02 10:16:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -449,16 +449,35 @@ void dma_pool_free(struct dma_pool *pool
 	{
 		void *page_vaddr = vaddr - offset;
 		unsigned int chain = page->dma_free_o;
+		size_t total_free = 0;
+
 		while (chain < pool->allocation) {
-			if (chain != offset) {
-				chain = *(int *)(page_vaddr + chain);
-				continue;
+			if (unlikely(chain == offset)) {
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+				dev_err(pool->dev,
+					"dma_pool_free %s, dma %pad already free\n",
+					pool->name, &dma);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * The calculation of the number of blocks per
+			 * allocation is actually more complicated than this
+			 * because of the boundary value.  But this comparison
+			 * does not need to be exact; it just needs to prevent
+			 * an endless loop in case a buggy driver causes a
+			 * circular loop in the freelist.
+			 */
+			total_free += pool->size;
+			if (unlikely(total_free >= pool->allocation)) {
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+				dev_err(pool->dev,
+					"dma_pool_free %s, freelist corrupted\n",
+					pool->name);
+				return;
 			}
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
-			dev_err(pool->dev,
-				"dma_pool_free %s, dma %pad already free\n",
-				pool->name, &dma);
-			return;
+
+			chain = *(int *)(page_vaddr + chain);
 		}
 	}
 	memset(vaddr, POOL_POISON_FREED, pool->size);




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