Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] sgl_alloc_order: remove 4 GiB limit, sgl_free() warning

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Tue Jan 19 2021 - 13:19:27 EST


On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 07:08:32PM +0100, Bodo Stroesser wrote:
> On 19.01.21 19:03, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 06:24:49PM +0100, Bodo Stroesser wrote:
> > >
> > > I had a second look into math.h, but I don't find any reason why round_up
> > > could overflow. Can you give a hint please?
> >
> > #define round_up(x, y) ((((x)-1) | __round_mask(x, y))+1)
> > ^^^^^
> >
> > That +1 can overflow
>
> But that would be a unsigned long long overflow. I considered this to
> not be relevant.

Why not? It still makes nents 0 and still causes a bad bug

Jason