Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix shift out of bounds reported by UBSAN

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Dec 23 2020 - 12:00:42 EST


On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 22/12/20 19:31, David Laight wrote:
> > > /*
> > > * Use 2ULL to incorporate the necessary +1 in the shift; adding +1 in
> > > * the shift count will overflow SHL's max shift of 63 if s=0 and e=63.
> > > */
> > A comment of the desired output value would be more use.
> > I think it is:
> > return 'e-s' ones followed by 's' zeros without shifting by 64.
> >
>
> What about a mix of the two:
>
> /*
> * Return 'e-s' ones followed by 's' zeros. Note that the
> * apparently obvious 1ULL << (e - s + 1) can shift by 64 if
> * s=0 and e=63, which is undefined behavior.
> */

Works for me, thanks!