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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-07-12 14:16:22 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-07-16 04:04:33 -0700
commit83292e0a9c3f1c326b28fbf8cb70a8ce81a98163 (patch)
tree38794e806ba5fe8d10234c5c24a4efa22180c05c /include/asm-sparc64
parent43fdf27470b216ebdef47e09ff83bed2f2894b13 (diff)
[SPARC64]: Fix MD property lifetime bugs.
Property values cannot be referenced outside of mdesc_grab()/mdesc_release() pairs. The only major offender was the VIO bus layer, easily fixed. Add some commentary to mdesc.h describing these rules. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-sparc64')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-sparc64/mdesc.h22
-rw-r--r--include/asm-sparc64/vio.h7
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/mdesc.h b/include/asm-sparc64/mdesc.h
index bbb0c0bed486..dc372df23fb3 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/mdesc.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/mdesc.h
@@ -23,8 +23,28 @@ extern u64 mdesc_node_by_name(struct mdesc_handle *handle,
(__node) != MDESC_NODE_NULL; \
__node = mdesc_node_by_name(__hdl, __node, __name))
+/* Access to property values returned from mdesc_get_property() are
+ * only valid inside of a mdesc_grab()/mdesc_release() sequence.
+ * Once mdesc_release() is called, the memory backed up by these
+ * pointers may reference freed up memory.
+ *
+ * Therefore callers must make copies of any property values
+ * they need.
+ *
+ * These same rules apply to mdesc_node_name().
+ */
extern const void *mdesc_get_property(struct mdesc_handle *handle,
u64 node, const char *name, int *lenp);
+extern const char *mdesc_node_name(struct mdesc_handle *hp, u64 node);
+
+/* MD arc iteration, the standard sequence is:
+ *
+ * unsigned long arc;
+ * mdesc_for_each_arc(arc, handle, node, MDESC_ARC_TYPE_{FWD,BACK}) {
+ * unsigned long target = mdesc_arc_target(handle, arc);
+ * ...
+ * }
+ */
#define MDESC_ARC_TYPE_FWD "fwd"
#define MDESC_ARC_TYPE_BACK "back"
@@ -38,8 +58,6 @@ extern u64 mdesc_next_arc(struct mdesc_handle *handle, u64 from,
extern u64 mdesc_arc_target(struct mdesc_handle *hp, u64 arc);
-extern const char *mdesc_node_name(struct mdesc_handle *hp, u64 node);
-
extern void mdesc_update(void);
extern void sun4v_mdesc_init(void);
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/vio.h b/include/asm-sparc64/vio.h
index a8a53e6fc250..83c96422e9d6 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/vio.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/vio.h
@@ -264,12 +264,15 @@ static inline u32 vio_dring_avail(struct vio_dring_state *dr,
((dr->prod - dr->cons) & (ring_size - 1)));
}
+#define VIO_MAX_TYPE_LEN 64
+#define VIO_MAX_COMPAT_LEN 64
+
struct vio_dev {
u64 mp;
struct device_node *dp;
- const char *type;
- const char *compat;
+ char type[VIO_MAX_TYPE_LEN];
+ char compat[VIO_MAX_COMPAT_LEN];
int compat_len;
unsigned long channel_id;