> We now get a helpful warning for code that calls copy_{from,to}_iter
> without checking the return value, introduced by commit aa28de275a24
> ("iov_iter/hardening: move object size checks to inlined part").
>
> drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c: In function 'kiblnd_send':
> drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c:1643:2: error: ignoring return value of 'copy_from_iter', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Werror=unused-result]
> drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c: In function 'kiblnd_recv':
> drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c:1744:3: error: ignoring return value of 'copy_to_iter', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Werror=unused-result]
>
> In case we get short copies here, we may get incorrect behavior.
> I've added failure handling for both rx and tx now, returning
> -EFAULT as expected.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This warning now shows up in 'allmodconfig' builds, so it would be
> good to get it fixed quickly for 4.13, but my patch should not go
> in without careful review since I'm not familiar with with code
> and the error handling is a bit tricky here.
>
> I added 'Cc: stable' since this is a preexisting condition that we
> only started warning about now.
> ---
> drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c
> index 85b242ec5f9b..70256a0ffd2e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/o2iblnd/o2iblnd_cb.c
> @@ -1640,8 +1640,13 @@ kiblnd_send(struct lnet_ni *ni, void *private, struct lnet_msg *lntmsg)
> ibmsg = tx->tx_msg;
> ibmsg->ibm_u.immediate.ibim_hdr = *hdr;
>
> - copy_from_iter(&ibmsg->ibm_u.immediate.ibim_payload, IBLND_MSG_SIZE,
> + rc = copy_from_iter(&ibmsg->ibm_u.immediate.ibim_payload, IBLND_MSG_SIZE,
> &from);
I have to Nak this to prevent it from landing but for some reason in my
testing its returning zero from copy_from_iter.
> + if (rc != IBLND_MSG_SIZE) {
> + kiblnd_pool_free_node(&tx->tx_pool->tpo_pool, &tx->tx_list);
> + return -EFAULT;
> + }
> +
> nob = offsetof(struct kib_immediate_msg, ibim_payload[payload_nob]);
> kiblnd_init_tx_msg(ni, tx, IBLND_MSG_IMMEDIATE, nob);
>
> @@ -1741,8 +1746,14 @@ kiblnd_recv(struct lnet_ni *ni, void *private, struct lnet_msg *lntmsg,
> break;
> }
>
> - copy_to_iter(&rxmsg->ibm_u.immediate.ibim_payload,
> + rc = copy_to_iter(&rxmsg->ibm_u.immediate.ibim_payload,
> IBLND_MSG_SIZE, to);
> + if (rc != IBLND_MSG_SIZE) {
> + rc = -EFAULT;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + rc = 0;
> lnet_finalize(ni, lntmsg, 0);
> break;
>
> --
> 2.9.0
>
>