[openib-general] [PATCH v2 1/7] AMSO1100 Low Level Driver.

[Steve Wise]

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 20:35 -0500, Bob Sharp wrote:

> > +void c2_ae_event(struct c2_dev *c2dev, u32 mq_index)
> > +{
> > +

<snip>

> > +	case C2_RES_IND_EP:{
> > +
> > +		struct c2wr_ae_connection_request *req =
> > +			&wr->ae.ae_connection_request;
> > +		struct iw_cm_id *cm_id =
> > +			(struct iw_cm_id *)resource_user_context;
> > +
> > +		pr_debug("C2_RES_IND_EP event_id=%d\n", event_id);
> > +		if (event_id != CCAE_CONNECTION_REQUEST) {
> > +			pr_debug("%s: Invalid event_id: %d\n",
> > +				__FUNCTION__, event_id);
> > +			break;
> > +		}
> > +		cm_event.event = IW_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_REQUEST;
> > +		cm_event.provider_data = (void*)(unsigned
> long)req->cr_handle;
> > +		cm_event.local_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = req->laddr;
> > +		cm_event.remote_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = req->raddr;
> > +		cm_event.local_addr.sin_port = req->lport;
> > +		cm_event.remote_addr.sin_port = req->rport;
> > +		cm_event.private_data_len =
> > +			be32_to_cpu(req->private_data_length);
> > +
> > +		if (cm_event.private_data_len) {
> 
> 
> It looks to me as if pdata is leaking here since it is not tracked and
> the upper layers do not free it.  Also, if pdata is freed after the call
> to cm_id->event_handler returns, it exposes an issue in user space where
> the private data is garbage.  I suspect the iwarp cm should be copying
> this data before it returns.
> 

Good catch.  

Yes, I think the IWCM should copy the private data in the upcall.  If it
does, then the amso driver doesn't need to kmalloc()/copy at all.  It
can pass a ptr to its MQ entry directly...

Thanks,

Steve.