linux/kernel/debug/kdb
Yuran Pereira 120fb87ced kdb: Replace the use of simple_strto with safer kstrto in kdb_main
The simple_str* family of functions perform no error checking in
scenarios where the input value overflows the intended output variable.
This results in these functions successfully returning even when the
output does not match the input string.

Or as it was mentioned [1], "...simple_strtol(), simple_strtoll(),
simple_strtoul(), and simple_strtoull() functions explicitly ignore
overflows, which may lead to unexpected results in callers."
Hence, the use of those functions is discouraged.

This patch replaces all uses of the simple_strto* series of functions
with their safer kstrto* alternatives.

Side effects of this patch:
- Every string to long or long long conversion using kstrto* is now
  checked for failure.
- kstrto* errors are handled with appropriate `KDB_BADINT` wherever
  applicable.
- A good side effect is that we end up saving a few lines of code
  since unlike in simple_strto* functions, kstrto functions do not
  need an additional "end pointer" variable, and the return values
  of the latter can be directly checked in an "if" statement without
  the need to define additional `ret` or `err` variables.
  This, of course, results in cleaner, yet still easy to understand
  code.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#simple-strtol-simple-strtoll-simple-strtoul-simple-strtoull

Signed-off-by: Yuran Pereira <yuran.pereira@hotmail.com>
[nir: addressed review comments by fixing styling, invalid conversion and a missing error return]
Signed-off-by: Nir Lichtman <nir@lichtman.org>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241028191916.GA918454@lichtman.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
2024-11-02 08:33:13 +00:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
kdb_bp.c kdb: Rename members of struct kdbtab_t 2021-07-27 17:05:06 +01:00
kdb_bt.c kdb: Get rid of redundant kdb_curr_task() 2024-06-21 15:49:29 +01:00
kdb_cmds kdb: cleanup unused variables missed in the original kdb merge 2011-08-01 13:23:58 -05:00
kdb_debugger.c kdb: Get rid of custom debug heap allocator 2021-07-27 14:46:11 +01:00
kdb_io.c kdb: Use the passed prompt in kdb_position_cursor() 2024-06-21 14:44:26 +01:00
kdb_keyboard.c kdb: include kdb_private.h for function prototypes 2023-06-29 15:10:17 +01:00
kdb_main.c kdb: Replace the use of simple_strto with safer kstrto in kdb_main 2024-11-02 08:33:13 +00:00
kdb_private.h kdb: Get rid of redundant kdb_curr_task() 2024-06-21 15:49:29 +01:00
kdb_support.c module: Move kdb module related code out of main kdb code 2022-04-05 08:43:04 -07:00
Makefile kdb: Get rid of broken attempt to print CCVERSION in kdb summary 2019-05-12 09:50:43 +01:00