[PATCH v2 06/10] perf/dwc_pcie: Avoid placing cpumask var on stack

Dawei Li dawei.li at shingroup.cn
Wed Apr 3 05:51:05 PDT 2024


For CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y kernel, explicit allocation of cpumask
variable on stack is not recommended since it can cause potential stack
overflow.

Instead, kernel code should always use *cpumask_var API(s) to allocate
cpumask var in config-neutral way, leaving allocation strategy to
CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK.

But dynamic allocation in cpuhp's teardown callback is somewhat problematic
for if allocation fails(which is unlikely but still possible):
- If -ENOMEM is returned to caller, kernel crashes for non-bringup
  teardown;
- If callback pretends nothing happened and returns 0 to caller, it may
  trap system into an in-consisitent/compromised state;

Use newly-introduced cpumask_any_and_but() to address all issues above.
It eliminates usage of temporary cpumask var in generic way, no matter how
the cpumask var is allocated.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <dawei.li at shingroup.cn>
---
 drivers/perf/dwc_pcie_pmu.c | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/dwc_pcie_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/dwc_pcie_pmu.c
index 957058ad0099..c5e328f23841 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/dwc_pcie_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/dwc_pcie_pmu.c
@@ -690,9 +690,8 @@ static int dwc_pcie_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *cpuhp_n
 {
 	struct dwc_pcie_pmu *pcie_pmu;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
-	int node;
-	cpumask_t mask;
 	unsigned int target;
+	int node;
 
 	pcie_pmu = hlist_entry_safe(cpuhp_node, struct dwc_pcie_pmu, cpuhp_node);
 	/* Nothing to do if this CPU doesn't own the PMU */
@@ -702,10 +701,9 @@ static int dwc_pcie_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *cpuhp_n
 	pcie_pmu->on_cpu = -1;
 	pdev = pcie_pmu->pdev;
 	node = dev_to_node(&pdev->dev);
-	if (cpumask_and(&mask, cpumask_of_node(node), cpu_online_mask) &&
-	    cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, cpumask_of(cpu)))
-		target = cpumask_any(&mask);
-	else
+
+	target = cpumask_any_and_but(cpumask_of_node(node), cpu_online_mask, cpu);
+	if (target >= nr_cpu_ids)
 		target = cpumask_any_but(cpu_online_mask, cpu);
 
 	if (target >= nr_cpu_ids) {
-- 
2.27.0




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