Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/kcore.c: remove check of list iterator against head past the loop body

[Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@gmail.com>]

> On 1. Apr 2022, at 01:48, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri,  1 Apr 2022 00:37:00 +0200 Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> When list_for_each_entry() completes the iteration over the whole list
>> without breaking the loop, the iterator value will be a bogus pointer
>> computed based on the head element.
>> 
>> While it is safe to use the pointer to determine if it was computed
>> based on the head element, either with list_entry_is_head() or
>> &pos->member == head, using the iterator variable after the loop should
>> be avoided.
>> 
>> In preparation to limit the scope of a list iterator to the list
>> traversal loop, use a dedicated pointer to point to the found element [1].
>> 
>> ...
>> 
> 
> Speaking of limiting scope...

Fair point :-)

I see you have applied this already to the -mm tree. Shall I still move the iterator?
The hope is to remove the 'iter' variable altogether when there are no uses after
the loop anymore.

> 
> --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c~fs-proc-kcorec-remove-check-of-list-iterator-against-head-past-the-loop-body-fix
> +++ a/fs/proc/kcore.c
> @@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use
> 	size_t page_offline_frozen = 1;
> 	size_t phdrs_len, notes_len;
> 	struct kcore_list *m;
> -	struct kcore_list *iter;
> 	size_t tsz;
> 	int nphdr;
> 	unsigned long start;
> @@ -480,6 +479,8 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use
> 		 * the previous entry, search for a matching entry.
> 		 */
> 		if (!m || start < m->addr || start >= m->addr + m->size) {
> +			struct kcore_list *iter;
> +
> 			m = NULL;
> 			list_for_each_entry(iter, &kclist_head, list) {
> 				if (start >= iter->addr &&
> _
> 

	Jakob