Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: fix always true/false warning in slice.c

[Michael Ellerman]

Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> writes:

> This patch fixes the following warnings (obtained with make W=1).
>
> arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c: In function 'slice_range_to_mask':
> arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c:73:12: error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
>   if (start < SLICE_LOW_TOP) {

Presumably only on 32-bit ?

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
> index 9530c6db406a..17c57760e06c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
> @@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ static void slice_range_to_mask(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
>  			- (1u << GET_LOW_SLICE_INDEX(start));
>  	}
>  
> -	if ((start + len) > SLICE_LOW_TOP) {
> +	if (!slice_addr_is_low(end)) {
>  		unsigned long start_index = GET_HIGH_SLICE_INDEX(start);
>  		unsigned long align_end = ALIGN(end, (1UL << SLICE_HIGH_SHIFT));
>  		unsigned long count = GET_HIGH_SLICE_INDEX(align_end) - start_index;

This worries me.

By casting before the comparison in the helper you squash the compiler
warning, but the code is still broken if (start + len) overflows.

Presumably that "never happens", but it just seems fishy.

The other similar check in that file does:

  if (SLICE_NUM_HIGH && ((start + len) > SLICE_LOW_TOP)) {

Where SLICE_NUM_HIGH == 0 on 32-bit.


Could we fix the less than comparisons with SLICE_LOW_TOP with something
similar, eg:

	if (!SLICE_NUM_HIGH || start < SLICE_LOW_TOP) {

ie. limit them to the 64-bit code?

cheers