From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Christopher Ertl <Christopher.Ertl@microsoft.com>
Cc: Ajit Kumar Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>,
"somnath.kotur@broadcom.com" <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [EXTERNAL] [PATCH 2/6] net/bnxt: fix potential data race
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 10:16:15 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200303101615.1fb56322@hermes.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB6PR83MB018304594088E58E2566EAE997E40@DB6PR83MB0183.EURPRD83.prod.outlook.com>
On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 18:13:22 +0000
Christopher Ertl <Christopher.Ertl@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Can we add the `volatile` qualifier to the `hwrm_cmd_resp_addr` member (in drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h) to get a stronger guarantee that the compiler won't insert TOCTOU races in the output?
>
> Christopher Ertl | MSRC Vulnerabilities & Mitigations | Microsoft Limited | +44 7773976589 | Christopher.Ertl@microsoft.com
>
> Microsoft Limited (company number 01624297) is a company registered in England and Wales whose registered office is at Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading. RG6 1WG
Should this be done for all the registers in that structure?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-03 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-03 17:59 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] net/bnxt: bounds checking patches Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-03 17:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] eal: add portable way to check for math overflow Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-03 22:28 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2020-03-03 17:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/6] net/bnxt: fix potential data race Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-03 18:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [EXTERNAL] " Christopher Ertl
2020-03-03 18:16 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2020-03-03 17:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/6] net/bnxt: avoid potential out of bounds read Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-03 17:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] net/bnxt: check for integer overflow in buffer sizing Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-03 17:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/6] net/bnxt: add integer underflow check Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-03 17:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/6] net/bnxt: sanitize max_l2_ctx Stephen Hemminger
2020-03-31 11:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] net/bnxt: bounds checking patches Ferruh Yigit
2020-03-31 17:52 ` Ajit Khaparde
2020-03-31 18:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-10-19 22:28 ` Thomas Monjalon
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