> This may be a dumb question, but the use of the * means "restore_id" is
> dereferenced. If the conditions are evaluated, either will result in
> restore_id being dereferenced, even if both conditions are false. Then
> can *restore_id still be safely dereferenced in the idr_alloc call?

restore_id is a normal pointer to an int. Dereferencing it should have no side 
effects.
So this is perfectly safe

David Francis

________________________________________
From: Joshua Peisach <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2026 9:35 AM
To: Francis, David; [email protected]
Cc: amd-gfx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amdkfd: Check bounds in 
allocate_event_notification_slot

On Thu May 21, 2026 at 9:28 AM EDT, David Francis wrote:
> The valid event ids go from 0 to signal_mapped_size / 8
> (usually 256).
>
> allocate_event_notification_slot has an option to specify
> an event id to allocate at, used by CRIU. We weren't checking
> the bounds on that value.
>
> Check them.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Francis <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c 
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
> index e9be798c0a2b..5a4fe68a7986 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ static int allocate_event_notification_slot(struct 
> kfd_process *p,
>       }
>
>       if (restore_id) {
> +             if (*restore_id < 0 || *restore_id >= p->signal_mapped_size / 8)
> +                     return -EINVAL;
> +
>               id = idr_alloc(&p->event_idr, ev, *restore_id, *restore_id + 1,
>                               GFP_KERNEL);
>       } else {

This may be a dumb question, but the use of the * means "restore_id" is
dereferenced. If the conditions are evaluated, either will result in
restore_id being dereferenced, even if both conditions are false. Then
can *restore_id still be safely dereferenced in the idr_alloc call?

Reply via email to