rsi: Remove stack VLA usage
The use of stack Variable Length Arrays needs to be avoided, as they
can be a vector for stack exhaustion, which can be both a runtime bug
(kernel Oops) or a security flaw (overwriting memory beyond the
stack). Also, in general, as code evolves it is easy to lose track of
how big a VLA can get. Thus, we can end up having runtime failures
that are hard to debug. As part of the directive[1] to remove all VLAs
from the kernel, and build with -Wvla.
Currently rsi code uses a VLA based on a function argument to
`rsi_sdio_load_data_master_write()`. The function call chain is
Both these functions
rsi_sdio_reinit_device()
rsi_probe()
start the call chain:
rsi_hal_device_init()
rsi_load_fw()
auto_fw_upgrade()
ping_pong_write()
rsi_sdio_load_data_master_write()
[Without familiarity with the code] it appears that none of the 4 locks
mutex
rx_mutex
tx_mutex
tx_bus_mutex
are held when `rsi_sdio_load_data_master_write()` is called. It is therefore
safe to use kmalloc with GFP_KERNEL.
We can avoid using the VLA by using `kmalloc()` and free'ing the memory on all
exit paths.
Change buffer from 'u8 array' to 'u8 *'. Call `kmalloc()` to allocate memory for
the buffer. Using goto statement to call `kfree()` on all return paths.
It can be expected that this patch will result in a small increase in overhead
due to the use of `kmalloc()` however this code is only called on initialization
(and re-initialization) so this overhead should not degrade performance.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>