Re: [PATCH] mm/mremap: fix BUILD_BUG_ON() error in get_extent

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:16:34PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 04:40:40PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > clang cannt evaluate this function argument at compile time
> > when the function is not inlined, which leads to a link
> > time failure:
> > 
> > ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: __compiletime_assert_414
> > >>> referenced by mremap.c
> > >>>               mremap.o:(get_extent) in archive mm/built-in.a
> > 
> > Mark the function as __always_inline to avoid it.
> > 
> > Fixes: 9ad9718bfa41 ("mm/mremap: calculate extent in one place")
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> I would like to see some movement on getting this fixed in 5.11. As it
> stands, this is one of three __compiletime_assert references with
> CONFIG_UBSAN_UNSIGNED_OVERFLOW. If we want to keep the BUILD_BUG()
> around, I think this is fine. Alternatively, turning it into a runtime
> check would be fine too.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>

Ping? It is pretty late into the 5.11 cycle and this is still broken.

Cheers,
Nathan

> > ---
> >  mm/mremap.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
> > index c5590afe7165..1cb464a07184 100644
> > --- a/mm/mremap.c
> > +++ b/mm/mremap.c
> > @@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ enum pgt_entry {
> >   * valid. Else returns a smaller extent bounded by the end of the source and
> >   * destination pgt_entry.
> >   */
> > -static unsigned long get_extent(enum pgt_entry entry, unsigned long old_addr,
> > -			unsigned long old_end, unsigned long new_addr)
> > +static __always_inline unsigned long get_extent(enum pgt_entry entry,
> > +			unsigned long old_addr, unsigned long old_end,
> > +			unsigned long new_addr)
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long next, extent, mask, size;
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.29.2
>