Re: [PATCH] block: keyslot-manager: fix error return code of blk_ksm_evict_key()

[Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>]

On 2021/3/9 19:45, Satya Tangirala wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 01:18:12AM -0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
>> When blk_ksm_find_keyslot() returns NULL to slot, no error return code
>> of blk_ksm_evict_key() is assigned.
>> To fix this bug, err is assigned with -ENOENT in this case.
>>
>> Fixes: 1b2628397058 ("block: Keyslot Manager for Inline Encryption")
>> Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@tsinghua.edu.cn>
>> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   block/keyslot-manager.c | 4 +++-
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/keyslot-manager.c b/block/keyslot-manager.c
>> index 2c4a55bea6ca..4dd5da0645bc 100644
>> --- a/block/keyslot-manager.c
>> +++ b/block/keyslot-manager.c
>> @@ -375,8 +375,10 @@ int blk_ksm_evict_key(struct blk_keyslot_manager *ksm,
>>   
>>   	blk_ksm_hw_enter(ksm);
>>   	slot = blk_ksm_find_keyslot(ksm, key);
>> -	if (!slot)
>> +	if (!slot) {
>> +		err = -ENOENT;
>>   		goto out_unlock;
>> +	}
>>   
>>   	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&slot->slot_refs) != 0)) {
>>   		err = -EBUSY;
>> -- 
>> 2.17.1
>>
> This function was deliberately designed to return 0 on success *and also*
> if there's no keyslot found with the specified key - i.e. it returns 0 if
> the key is no longer programmed into the keyslot manager, which is what the
> callers care about, so I don't think there's a bug here.

Thanks for the reply and explanation!
It seems like a false positive here, and I am sorry for this false report.


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai