Re: WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized memory (bf438284)

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Re: WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized memory (bf438284)

From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2009-09-15 08:59:21

Ingo Molnar a écrit :
FYI, we still have this one on latest mainline:

[    2.159614] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    2.163109] initcall netlink_proto_init+0x0/0x1b0 returned 0 after 5859 usecs
[    2.164008] WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized memory (bf438284)
[    2.165006] 0100000002000000000000000000000000000000ad4eaddeffffffffffffffff
[    2.172006]  i i i i i i u u i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
[    2.179005]          ^
[    2.180005] 
[    2.181008] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.31-tip-02389-gc9f313c-dirty #151) 
[    2.182006] EIP: 0060:[<815a8101>] EFLAGS: 00010282 CPU: 0
[    2.183009] EIP is at sock_init_data+0xe1/0x210
[    2.184006] EAX: 0001b000 EBX: bf855938 ECX: 8233b614 EDX: 819ac7bf
[    2.185006] ESI: bf855800 EDI: bf438280 EBP: bf867f10 ESP: 81b3afcc
[    2.186006]  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
[    2.187006] CR0: 8005003b CR2: bf83bdf0 CR3: 01b2c000 CR4: 000006d0
[    2.188006] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
[    2.189006] DR6: ffff4ff0 DR7: 00000400
[    2.190005]  [<815d82b5>] __netlink_create+0x35/0xa0
[    2.192005]  [<815dabaa>] netlink_kernel_create+0x5a/0x150
[    2.194004]  [<815bc8ee>] rtnetlink_net_init+0x1e/0x40
[    2.196005]  [<815af381>] register_pernet_operations+0x11/0x30
[    2.198004]  [<815af4be>] register_pernet_subsys+0x1e/0x30
[    2.200004]  [<81adb49c>] rtnetlink_init+0x4c/0x100
[    2.202004]  [<81adbfe5>] netlink_proto_init+0x105/0x1b0
[    2.204004]  [<81001127>] do_one_initcall+0x27/0x190
[    2.206004]  [<81a9f567>] do_initcalls+0x27/0x40
[    2.208004]  [<81a9f5a6>] do_basic_setup+0x26/0x30
[    2.210004]  [<81a9f907>] kernel_init+0x57/0xa0
[    2.212004]  [<81004867>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x30
[    2.214004]  [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
[    2.216021] calling  bdi_class_init+0x0/0x30 @ 1
[    2.217015] device class 'bdi': registering
[    2.218702] initcall bdi_class_init+0x0/0x30 returned 0 after 976 usecs
[    2.219041] calling  kobject_uevent_init+0x0/0x50 @ 1

config attached.

	Ingo
I thought this was already discussed and fixed somehow ?

Either we add kmemcheck annotations, or we switch sock->type from short
to int to avoid the hole, and possibly to speedup things...

[PATCH] net: kmemcheck annotation in struct socket

struct socket has a 16 bit hole that triggers kmemcheck warnings.

As suggested by Ingo, use kmemcheck annotations

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
---
 include/linux/net.h |    5 +++++
 net/socket.c        |    1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index 4fc2ffd..9040a10 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>	/* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
+#include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
 
 struct poll_table_struct;
 struct pipe_inode_info;
@@ -127,7 +128,11 @@ enum sock_shutdown_cmd {
  */
 struct socket {
 	socket_state		state;
+
+	kmemcheck_bitfield_begin(type);
 	short			type;
+	kmemcheck_bitfield_end(type);
+
 	unsigned long		flags;
 	/*
 	 * Please keep fasync_list & wait fields in the same cache line
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 6d47165..2a022c0 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
 
 	sock = SOCKET_I(inode);
 
+	kmemcheck_annotate_bitfield(sock, type);
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFSOCK | S_IRWXUGO;
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 	inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();

Re: WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized memory (bf438284)

From: Ingo Molnar <hidden>
Date: 2009-09-15 09:34:52

* Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:
Ingo Molnar a ?crit :
quoted
FYI, we still have this one on latest mainline:

[    2.159614] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    2.163109] initcall netlink_proto_init+0x0/0x1b0 returned 0 after 5859 usecs
[    2.164008] WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized memory (bf438284)
[    2.165006] 0100000002000000000000000000000000000000ad4eaddeffffffffffffffff
[    2.172006]  i i i i i i u u i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
[    2.179005]          ^
[    2.180005] 
[    2.181008] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.31-tip-02389-gc9f313c-dirty #151) 
[    2.182006] EIP: 0060:[<815a8101>] EFLAGS: 00010282 CPU: 0
[    2.183009] EIP is at sock_init_data+0xe1/0x210
[    2.184006] EAX: 0001b000 EBX: bf855938 ECX: 8233b614 EDX: 819ac7bf
[    2.185006] ESI: bf855800 EDI: bf438280 EBP: bf867f10 ESP: 81b3afcc
[    2.186006]  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
[    2.187006] CR0: 8005003b CR2: bf83bdf0 CR3: 01b2c000 CR4: 000006d0
[    2.188006] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
[    2.189006] DR6: ffff4ff0 DR7: 00000400
[    2.190005]  [<815d82b5>] __netlink_create+0x35/0xa0
[    2.192005]  [<815dabaa>] netlink_kernel_create+0x5a/0x150
[    2.194004]  [<815bc8ee>] rtnetlink_net_init+0x1e/0x40
[    2.196005]  [<815af381>] register_pernet_operations+0x11/0x30
[    2.198004]  [<815af4be>] register_pernet_subsys+0x1e/0x30
[    2.200004]  [<81adb49c>] rtnetlink_init+0x4c/0x100
[    2.202004]  [<81adbfe5>] netlink_proto_init+0x105/0x1b0
[    2.204004]  [<81001127>] do_one_initcall+0x27/0x190
[    2.206004]  [<81a9f567>] do_initcalls+0x27/0x40
[    2.208004]  [<81a9f5a6>] do_basic_setup+0x26/0x30
[    2.210004]  [<81a9f907>] kernel_init+0x57/0xa0
[    2.212004]  [<81004867>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x30
[    2.214004]  [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
[    2.216021] calling  bdi_class_init+0x0/0x30 @ 1
[    2.217015] device class 'bdi': registering
[    2.218702] initcall bdi_class_init+0x0/0x30 returned 0 after 976 usecs
[    2.219041] calling  kobject_uevent_init+0x0/0x50 @ 1

config attached.

	Ingo
I thought this was already discussed and fixed somehow ?
yes, it looked familar.
Either we add kmemcheck annotations, or we switch sock->type from short
to int to avoid the hole, and possibly to speedup things...

[PATCH] net: kmemcheck annotation in struct socket

struct socket has a 16 bit hole that triggers kmemcheck warnings.

As suggested by Ingo, use kmemcheck annotations

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
---
 include/linux/net.h |    5 +++++
 net/socket.c        |    1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <redacted>

	Ingo

Re: WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized memory (bf438284)

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2009-09-15 09:39:27

From: Ingo Molnar <redacted>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:34:40 +0200
* Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
Either we add kmemcheck annotations, or we switch sock->type from short
to int to avoid the hole, and possibly to speedup things...

[PATCH] net: kmemcheck annotation in struct socket

struct socket has a 16 bit hole that triggers kmemcheck warnings.

As suggested by Ingo, use kmemcheck annotations

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
---
 include/linux/net.h |    5 +++++
 net/socket.c        |    1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <redacted>
Applied, thanks everyone.
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