From b62e408c05228f40e69bb38a48db8961cac6cd23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Rientjes Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:29:22 -0700 Subject: flex_array: convert element_nr formals to unsigned It's problematic to allow signed element_nr's or total's to be passed as part of the flex array API. flex_array_alloc() allows total_nr_elements to be set to a negative quantity, which is obviously erroneous. flex_array_get() and flex_array_put() allows negative array indices in dereferencing an array part, which could address memory mapped before struct flex_array. The fix is to convert all existing element_nr formals to be qualified as unsigned. Existing checks to compare it to total_nr_elements or the max array size based on element_size need not be changed. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes Cc: Dave Hansen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/flex_array.h | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/flex_array.h') diff --git a/include/linux/flex_array.h b/include/linux/flex_array.h index 603160db7c98..45ff18491514 100644 --- a/include/linux/flex_array.h +++ b/include/linux/flex_array.h @@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ struct flex_array { .total_nr_elements = (total), \ } } } -struct flex_array *flex_array_alloc(int element_size, int total, gfp_t flags); -int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *fa, int start, int end, gfp_t flags); +struct flex_array *flex_array_alloc(int element_size, unsigned int total, + gfp_t flags); +int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int start, + unsigned int end, gfp_t flags); void flex_array_free(struct flex_array *fa); void flex_array_free_parts(struct flex_array *fa); -int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, int element_nr, void *src, +int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr, void *src, gfp_t flags); -void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, int element_nr); +void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr); #endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b