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Message-ID: <840858a4-2440-3fbd-297a-db2dacbcf24c@web.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:16:57 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
 kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
 Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
 <mchehab@...nel.org>, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
 Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
Subject: Re: [Cocci] Coccinelle rule for CVE-2019-18683

>> * The source code search pattern can be too generic.
>>   How do you think about to consider additional constraints
>>   for safer data control flow analysis?
>
> Could you please elaborate on that?

Julia Lawall chose to mention the design possibility “put when
!= mutex_lock(E) after the ...”.
https://systeme.lip6.fr/pipermail/cocci/2020-April/007107.html
https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/alpine.DEB.2.21.2004091248190.2403@hadrien/


> I used 'exists' keyword to find at least one branch that has
> mutex_unlock+kthread_stop+mutex_lock chain.

Are you informed about development challenges for data flow analysis
(or even escape analysis according to computer science)?

How many experiences can be reused from other known approaches?

Regards,
Markus

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