Re: [PATCH] riscv: elf: add .riscv.attributes parsing

[Vineet Gupta <vineetg@rivosinc.com>]

On 1/10/23 14:04, Conor Dooley wrote:
> Hey Vineet,
>
> While you're at it with Jess' concerns, couple nitpicks for you.
> May as well say them now rather than while a v2 comes around.

Thx for quick peek.

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 12:18:41PM -0800, Vineet Gupta wrote:
>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>  # code under CONFIG_COMPAT
> You can drop this, even if it reported against a private branch AFAIU,
> just like its complaints about patches. As Greg would say, LKP didn't
> report a feature!

OK. Personally I tend to add Tested-by (vs. Reported-by for the same 
reasons) to still give them the credit for finding some issue.
I can certainly drop it.

>
>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/elf-attr.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/elf-attr.c
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) 2023-24 Rivos Inc.
> s/-24//

Fixed.

>
>> +static u64
>> +decode_uleb128(unsigned char **dpp)
> Surely that fits inside 80?

Fixed.

>> +static int rv_parse_elf_attributes(struct file *f, const struct elf_phdr *phdr,
>> +				   struct arch_elf_state *state)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned char buf[RV_ATTR_SEC_SZ];
>> +	unsigned char *p;
>> +	ssize_t n;
>> +	int ret = 0;
>> +	loff_t pos;
>> +
>> +	pr_debug("Section .riscv.attributes found\n");
>> +
>> +	/* Assume a reasonable size for now */
>> +	if (phdr->p_filesz > sizeof(buf))
>> +		return -ENOEXEC;
>> +
>> +	memset(buf, 0, RV_ATTR_SEC_SZ);
>> +	pos = phdr->p_offset;
>> +	n = kernel_read(f, &buf, phdr->p_filesz, &pos);
>> +
>> +	if (n < 0)
>> +		return -EIO;
>> +
>> +	p = buf;
>> +	p++;				/* format-version (1B) */
>> +
>> +	while ((p - buf) < n) {
>> +
> While I'm already passing through, checkpatch isn't the biggest fan of
> your whitespace after open braces:
>
> https://gist.github.com/conor-pwbot/a572e395763916c7716cab9c870df4f3

I swear this patch was checkpatch clean. Fixed now anyways.

>
>> +		unsigned char *vendor_start;
>> +		u32 len;
>> +
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Organized as "vendor" sub-section(s).
>> +		 * Current only 1 specified "riscv"
> Is it worth having a comment like this that may rapidly go out of date?

Rapid may be an overstatement given this is a psABI thing. Besides for a 
new vendor subsection, more code will need to be added to sanity check etc.
But I can drop this from comment and instead mention this in the changelog.

Thx,
-Vineet