> From: Yongji Xie <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 9:26 AM
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 8:52 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 10:07:38AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 03:36:56PM +0800, Xie Yongji wrote:
> > > > The control device has no drvdata. So we will get a NULL pointer
> > > > dereference when accessing control device's msg_timeout attribute
> > > > via sysfs:
> > > >
> > > > [ 132.841881][ T3644] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference,
> > > > address: 00000000000000f8 [ 132.850619][ T3644] RIP:
> > > > 0010:msg_timeout_show (drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c:1271)
> > > > [ 132.869447][ T3644] dev_attr_show (drivers/base/core.c:2094) [
> > > > 132.870215][ T3644] sysfs_kf_seq_show (fs/sysfs/file.c:59) [
> > > > 132.871164][ T3644] ? device_remove_bin_file
> > > > (drivers/base/core.c:2088) [ 132.872082][ T3644] kernfs_seq_show
> > > > (fs/kernfs/file.c:164) [ 132.872838][ T3644] seq_read_iter
> > > > (fs/seq_file.c:230) [ 132.873578][ T3644] ? __vmalloc_area_node
> > > > (mm/vmalloc.c:3041) [ 132.874532][ T3644] kernfs_fop_read_iter
> > > > (fs/kernfs/file.c:238) [ 132.875513][ T3644] __kernel_read
> > > > (fs/read_write.c:440 (discriminator 1)) [ 132.876319][ T3644]
> > > > kernel_read (fs/read_write.c:459) [ 132.877129][ T3644]
> > > > kernel_read_file (fs/kernel_read_file.c:94) [ 132.877978][ T3644]
> > > > kernel_read_file_from_fd (include/linux/file.h:45
> > > > fs/kernel_read_file.c:186) [ 132.879019][ T3644]
> > > > __do_sys_finit_module (kernel/module.c:4207) [ 132.879930][ T3644]
> > > > __ia32_sys_finit_module (kernel/module.c:4189) [ 132.880930][
> > > > T3644] do_int80_syscall_32 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:112
> > > > arch/x86/entry/common.c:132) [ 132.881847][ T3644]
> > > > entry_INT80_compat (arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S:419)
> > > >
> > > > To fix it, don't create the unneeded attribute for control device
> > > > anymore.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: c8a6153b6c59 ("vduse: Introduce VDUSE - vDPA Device in
> > > > Userspace")
> > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c | 7 +++----
> > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
> > > > b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
> > > > index f85d1a08ed87..160e40d03084 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
> > > > @@ -1344,9 +1344,9 @@ static int vduse_create_dev(struct
> > > > vduse_dev_config *config,
> > > >
> > > > dev->minor = ret;
> > > > dev->msg_timeout = VDUSE_MSG_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
> > > > - dev->dev = device_create(vduse_class, NULL,
> > > > - MKDEV(MAJOR(vduse_major), dev->minor),
> > > > - dev, "%s", config->name);
> > > > + dev->dev = device_create_with_groups(vduse_class, NULL,
> > > > + MKDEV(MAJOR(vduse_major), dev->minor),
> > > > + dev, vduse_dev_groups, "%s",
> > > > + config->name);
> > > > if (IS_ERR(dev->dev)) {
> > > > ret = PTR_ERR(dev->dev);
> > > > goto err_dev;
> > > > @@ -1595,7 +1595,6 @@ static int vduse_init(void)
> > > > return PTR_ERR(vduse_class);
> > > >
> > > > vduse_class->devnode = vduse_devnode;
> > > > - vduse_class->dev_groups = vduse_dev_groups;
> > >
> > > Ok, this looks much better.
> > >
> > > But wow, there are some problems in this code overall. I see a
> > > number of flat-out-wrong things in there that should have been
> > > caught by code reviews. Some examples:
> > > - empty release() callbacks. That is a huge sign the code
> > > design is wrong and broken and you are just trying to make the
> > > driver core quiet for some reason. The documentation in the
> > > kernel explains why this is not ok.
> > > - __module_get(THIS_MODULE); That's racy, buggy, and doesn't do
> > > what you think it does. Please never ever ever do that. It
> > > too is a sign of a broken design.
> > > - no Documentation/ABI/ entries for the sysfs files here. I
> > > think it's burried in some other documentation file but that's
> > > not the correct place for it and if you run scripts/get_abi.pl
> > > with the code loaded it will rightly complain about this.
> > >
> > > Do you want to address these, or do you want patches for them?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
> > So, any patches?
> >
>
> For empty release() callbacks, I think Parav is working on it based on the
> discussion [1]. I can help test and send the patch if Parav wants.
>
As there are no more comments, I will send the patch for vduse this week based on [1] which was previously in email form.
> For Documentation, I have sent a patch [2].
>
> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-virtualization/msg56518.html
> [2]
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CACGkMEuJeU6c1z8+_FqGtovbF+Sq8w_eQUcG8
> SHm_GXV5q7yNA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Thanks,
> Yongji
