Previously, ti->error and ti_error strings were pointing to statically
allocated memory (the .rodata section) and it was not possible to add
parameters to the error strings.
This patch makes possible to allocate error strings dynamically using the
"kasprintf" function, so we can add arbitrary parameters to the strings.
We need to free the error string only if is allocated with kasprintf. So,
we introduce a function "dm_free_error" that tests if the string points to
the module area (and doesn't free the string if it does), then it calls
kfree_const. kfree_const detects if the string points to the kernel
.rodata section and frees the string if it is not in .rodata.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpato...@redhat.com>
---
drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 8 +++++++-
drivers/md/dm-table.c | 16 ++++++++++------
include/linux/device-mapper.h | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Index: linux-dm/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux-dm.orig/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2022-09-05 14:31:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-dm/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2022-09-05 14:31:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -1465,7 +1465,8 @@ static int table_load(struct file *filp,
DMERR("can't replace immutable target type %s",
immutable_target_type->name);
r = -EINVAL;
- ti_error = "can't replace immutable target";
+ ti_error = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO, "can't replace immutable target
type %s",
+ immutable_target_type->name);
goto err_unlock_md_type;
}
@@ -1521,11 +1522,16 @@ err_destroy_table:
err:
dm_put(md);
err0:
+ if (!ti_error)
+ ti_error = "can't allocte error string";
if (param->flags & DM_RETURN_ERROR_FLAG) {
param->flags &= ~DM_RETURN_ERROR_FLAG;
strlcpy(param->name, ti_error, sizeof param->name);
param->error = r;
+ dm_free_error(ti_error);
return 0;
+ } else {
+ dm_free_error(ti_error);
}
return r;
}
Index: linux-dm/drivers/md/dm-table.c
===================================================================
--- linux-dm.orig/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2022-09-05 14:31:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-dm/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2022-09-05 14:31:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -656,32 +656,32 @@ int dm_table_add_target(struct dm_table
ti->type = dm_get_target_type(type);
if (!ti->type) {
- ti->error = "unknown target type";
+ ti->error = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO, "unknown target type %s", type);
r = -EINVAL;
goto bad0;
}
if (dm_target_needs_singleton(ti->type)) {
if (t->num_targets) {
- ti->error = "singleton target type must appear alone in
table";
+ ti->error = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO, "singleton target type
%s must appear alone in table", type);
goto bad1;
}
t->singleton = true;
}
if (dm_target_always_writeable(ti->type) && !(t->mode & FMODE_WRITE)) {
- ti->error = "target type may not be included in a read-only
table";
+ ti->error = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO, "target type %s may not be
included in a read-only table", type);
goto bad1;
}
if (t->immutable_target_type) {
if (t->immutable_target_type != ti->type) {
- ti->error = "immutable target type cannot be mixed with
other target types";
+ ti->error = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO, "immutable target type
%s cannot be mixed with other target types", type);
goto bad1;
}
} else if (dm_target_is_immutable(ti->type)) {
if (t->num_targets) {
- ti->error = "immutable target type cannot be mixed with
other target types";
+ ti->error = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO, "immutable target type
%s cannot be mixed with other target types", type);
goto bad1;
}
t->immutable_target_type = ti->type;
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ int dm_table_add_target(struct dm_table
r = dm_split_args(&argc, &argv, params);
if (r) {
- ti->error = "couldn't split parameters";
+ ti->error = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO, "couldn't split parameters for
target %s", type);
goto bad1;
}
@@ -728,9 +728,13 @@ int dm_table_add_target(struct dm_table
bad1:
dm_put_target_type(ti->type);
bad0:
+ if (!ti->error)
+ ti->error = "can't allocte error string";
DMERR("%s: %s: %s (%pe)", dm_device_name(t->md), type, ti->error,
ERR_PTR(r));
if (ti_error)
*ti_error = ti->error;
+ else
+ dm_free_error(ti->error);
return r;
}
Index: linux-dm/include/linux/device-mapper.h
===================================================================
--- linux-dm.orig/include/linux/device-mapper.h 2022-09-05 14:31:51.000000000
+0200
+++ linux-dm/include/linux/device-mapper.h 2022-09-05 14:31:51.000000000
+0200
@@ -679,4 +679,10 @@ static inline unsigned long to_bytes(sec
return (n << SECTOR_SHIFT);
}
+static void dm_free_error(char *ti_error)
+{
+ if (!is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(ti_error))
+ kfree_const(ti_error);
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_DEVICE_MAPPER_H */
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