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SubjectRe: [PATCH] wan: dscc4: add checks for dma mapping errors
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From: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 23:23:24 +0300

> The driver does not check if mapping dma memory succeed.
> The patch adds the checks and failure handling.
>
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>

This is a great example of why it can be irritating to see these
mechanical "bug fixes" for drivers very few people use and actually
test, which introduces new bugs.

> @@ -522,19 +522,27 @@ static inline int try_get_rx_skb(struct dscc4_dev_priv *dpriv,
> struct RxFD *rx_fd = dpriv->rx_fd + dirty;
> const int len = RX_MAX(HDLC_MAX_MRU);
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> - int ret = 0;
> + dma_addr_t addr;
>
> skb = dev_alloc_skb(len);
> dpriv->rx_skbuff[dirty] = skb;

skb recorded here.

> +err_free_skb:
> + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);

Yet freed here in the error path.

dpriv->rx_skbuff[dirty] should not be set to 'skb' until all possibile
failure tests have passed.

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