Re: [PATCH][next] io-wq: fix unintentional integer overflow on left shift
From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Oct 25 2019 - 10:05:38 EST
On 10/25/19 6:54 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 10/25/19 6:43 AM, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Shifting the integer value 1U is evaluated with type unsigned int
>> using 32-bit arithmetic and then used in an expression that expects
>> a 64-bit value, so there is potentially an integer overflow. Fix this
>> by using the BIT_ULL macro to perform the shift and avoid the overflow.
>
> Good catch, that should indeed have been 1ULL. I'll fold in your
> fix, thanks!
BTW, this missed the same issue on the clear side of it, in
io_worker_handle_work(). I've fixed that one up the same way.
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Jens Axboe