On 26/11/2024 09:59, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 10:16:10PM +0100, Javier Carrasco wrote:
The 'scan' local struct is used to push data to user space from a triggered buffer, but it has a hole between the sample (unsigned int) and the timestamp. This hole is never initialized.
Initialize the struct to zero before using it to avoid pushing uninitialized information to userspace.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: a9306887eba4 ("iio: adc: ti-ads1119: Add driver") Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com
drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1119.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1119.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1119.c index e9d9d4d46d38..2615a275acb3 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1119.c +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1119.c @@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ static irqreturn_t ads1119_trigger_handler(int irq, void *private) unsigned int index; int ret;
- memset(&scan, 0, sizeof(scan));
Did you consider adding a reserved field after sample and just initializing that one to zero?
It seems a trivial optimization not adding much value, but I thought about it, so I'd like to be sure you considered it.
In any case, the change is fine.
Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini francesco.dolcini@toradex.com
Thanks, Francesco
Hi Francesco, thanks for your review.
In this particular case where unsigned int is used for the sample, the padding would _in theory_ depend on the architecture. The size of the unsigned int is usually 4 bytes, but the standard only specifies that it must be able to contain values in the [0, 65535] range i.e. 2 bytes. That is indeed theory, and I don't know if there is a real case where a new version of Linux is able to run on an architecture that uses 2 bytes for an int. I guess there is not, but better safe than sorry.
We could be more specific with u32 for the sample and then add the reserved field, but I would still prefer a memset() for this small struct. Adding and initializing a reserved field looks a bit artificial to me, especially for such marginal gains.
Moreover, the common practice (at least in IIO)is a plain memset() to initialize struct holes, and such common patterns are easier to maintain :)
Best regards, Javier Carrasco