From: swarren@wwwdotorg•org (Stephen Warren)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] of: DMA helpers: manage generic requests specification
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:16:16 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F60E070.8040003@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F60D9BB.9060709@atmel.com>
On 03/14/2012 11:47 AM, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
...
> I do have the will to avoid the treats of memory corruption in case of
> malformed DT data, as Stephen was saying. But, on the other hand I do
> not know really if this can happen: if the .xlate() function which is
> provided by the DMA controller is well written, it should check for
> proper args_count or maximum string size. I do not have the feeling that
> adding an enum will enforce the security here.
>
> Do you know a way to enforce security of this "void *" parameter or the
> check of number of cells + the due diligence of .xlate() function
> writers will be enough?
I guess if the only source of the data is a driver's of_xlate function,
and it's only being passed back to that same driver and never
interpreted elsewhere, then its probably reasonable to assume that's
enough for safety.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-14 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-27 17:29 [RFC PATCH 1/2] of: Add generic device tree DMA helpers Cousson, Benoit
2012-01-27 18:13 ` Stephen Warren
2012-01-27 20:36 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-01-28 18:12 ` Grant Likely
2012-01-28 18:06 ` Grant Likely
2012-01-31 21:26 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-02-02 4:52 ` Grant Likely
2012-01-31 23:09 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-02-01 10:50 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-02-02 8:45 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-02-02 8:54 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-02-22 10:59 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-02-23 10:03 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-02-23 15:51 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-02-23 15:57 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-02-27 13:09 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-02-27 14:22 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-02-27 17:28 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-02-29 14:54 ` [RFC PATCH] of: DMA helpers: manage generic requests specification Nicolas Ferre
2012-02-29 20:54 ` Stephen Warren
2012-03-05 13:14 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-05 18:30 ` Stephen Warren
2012-03-05 19:57 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-03-05 10:55 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-05 15:36 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-14 17:47 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-14 18:16 ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2012-03-15 8:38 ` [PATCH] of: Add generic device tree DMA helpers Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-15 9:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-15 9:26 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-03-15 10:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-17 9:42 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-17 16:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-18 9:08 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-15 10:27 ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-17 10:47 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-18 9:22 ` Thierry Reding
2012-03-18 15:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-18 18:22 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-19 13:02 ` Mark Brown
2012-03-19 15:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-19 15:07 ` Stephen Warren
2012-03-19 15:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-19 16:54 ` Stephen Warren
2012-03-15 16:30 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-15 19:57 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-03-15 20:41 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-15 21:39 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-15 21:55 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-03-16 9:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-20 14:02 ` Matt Porter
2012-03-15 23:45 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-03-16 10:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-16 11:19 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-16 12:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-16 13:28 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-16 13:36 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-17 9:40 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-18 20:13 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-18 20:44 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-18 21:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-18 22:12 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-19 13:37 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-19 15:20 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-03-19 15:58 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-19 13:30 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-19 14:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-19 15:33 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-03-19 16:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-19 18:06 ` Jassi Brar
2012-03-19 16:31 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-19 17:49 ` Cousson, Benoit
2012-03-19 14:45 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-20 14:54 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-20 10:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] " Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-20 10:13 ` [PATCH 2/2] of: selftest/dma: Add selftest for new DT DMA request helpers Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-20 14:16 ` Grant Likely
2012-03-20 10:17 ` [PATCH] of: dma/fixup Nicolas Ferre
2012-03-20 13:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] of: Add generic device tree DMA helpers Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-20 15:38 ` Stephen Warren
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