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Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug

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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:30:21AM +0100, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2016, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> >
> >> WARNINGs mean kernel bugs.
> >> The one in ucma_write() points to user programming error
> >> or a malicious attempt. This is not a kernel bug, remove it.
> >>
> >> BUG/WARNs that are not kernel bugs hinder automated testing effots.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
> >> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
> >> Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
> >> Cc: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@gmail.com>
> >> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
> >> Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
> >> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> >> Cc: syzkaller@googlegroups.com
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Changes since v1:
> >>  - added printk_once
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 5 ++++-
> >>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
> >> index 9520154..405d0ce 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
> >> @@ -1584,8 +1584,11 @@ static ssize_t ucma_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
> >>       struct rdma_ucm_cmd_hdr hdr;
> >>       ssize_t ret;
> >>
> >> -     if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(filp)))
> >> +     if (!ib_safe_file_access(filp)) {
> >> +             printk_once("ucma_write: process %d (%s) tried to do something hinky\n",
> >> +                     task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm);
> >>               return -EACCES;
> >> +     }
> >>
> >>       if (len < sizeof(hdr))
> >>               return -EINVAL;
> >
> > FWIW, WARN_ON_ONCE came with commit e6bd18f57aad ("IB/security: Restrict
> > use of the write() interface"). Would it make sense to change the other
> > places as well?
>
>
> I guess so.
> Can I ask somebody of infiniband maintainers to take care of this?

Please see below,
Hope it helps.


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[PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> - 2016-11-21 11:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> - 2016-11-21 11:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> - 2016-11-21 11:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> - 2016-11-21 12:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> - 2016-11-21 13:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2016-11-21 18:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> - 2016-11-21 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> - 2016-11-21 12:50 +0100

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