Re: [PATCH] use size_t for the broken ioctl numbers

On Monday 08 September 2003 01:21, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> In fact, what you'd want to do is not just verify that it compiles, but
> also verify that the object code matches.

I have checked now that the object code for arch/s390/kernel/compat_ioctl.o
remains identical and that the whole kernel compiles for s390 and i386,
after fixing the broken ioctl numbers.

> Because there _is_ one case where adding the [1] will still compile, but
> generate wrong code: if the "size" argument to the _IOx() was not a type,
> but a real actual array.

Yes, there had to be a catch. The new version below catches that error
too, making that a link time failure and also checks that the size
field does not overflow.

	Arnd <><

--- 1.1/include/asm-i386/ioctl.h	Tue Feb  5 18:39:44 2002
+++ edited/include/asm-i386/ioctl.h	Mon Sep  8 13:21:28 2003
@@ -52,11 +52,21 @@
 	 ((nr)   << _IOC_NRSHIFT) | \
 	 ((size) << _IOC_SIZESHIFT))
 
+/* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
+extern int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
+#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
+	((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
+	  sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
+	  sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
+
 /* used to create numbers */
 #define _IO(type,nr)		_IOC(_IOC_NONE,(type),(nr),0)
-#define _IOR(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_READ,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
-#define _IOW(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
-#define _IOWR(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_READ|_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
+#define _IOR(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_READ,(type),(nr),(_IOC_TYPECHECK(size)))
+#define _IOW(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),(_IOC_TYPECHECK(size)))
+#define _IOWR(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_READ|_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),(_IOC_TYPECHECK(size)))
+#define _IOR_BAD(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_READ,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
+#define _IOW_BAD(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
+#define _IOWR_BAD(type,nr,size)	_IOC(_IOC_READ|_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
 
 /* used to decode ioctl numbers.. */
 #define _IOC_DIR(nr)		(((nr) >> _IOC_DIRSHIFT) & _IOC_DIRMASK)
-
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