[PATCH v2 1/1] perf: RISC-V: Limit the number of counters returned from SBI
Viacheslav Mitrofanov
v.v.mitrofanov at yadro.com
Thu May 4 07:54:52 PDT 2023
Perf gets the number of supported counters from SBI. If it happens that
the number of returned counters more than RISCV_MAX_COUNTERS the code
trusts it. It does not lead to an immediate problem but can potentially
lead to it. Prevent getting more than RISCV_MAX_COUNTERS from SBI.
Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Mitrofanov <v.v.mitrofanov at yadro.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones at ventanamicro.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add new line
- Substitute pr_warn for pr_info
drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
index 70cb50fd41c2..9d07af2b6be0 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
@@ -868,6 +868,12 @@ static int pmu_sbi_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
goto out_free;
}
+ /* It is possible to get from SBI more than max number of counters */
+ if (num_counters > RISCV_MAX_COUNTERS) {
+ pr_info("SBI returned more than maximum number of counters\n");
+ num_counters = RISCV_MAX_COUNTERS;
+ }
+
/* cache all the information about counters now */
if (pmu_sbi_get_ctrinfo(num_counters, &cmask))
goto out_free;
--
2.37.2
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