Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] fs: clear a UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning
From: Leizhen (ThunderTown)
Date: Fri Nov 25 2022 - 21:03:16 EST
On 2022/11/26 5:00, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 05:13:56PM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
>> v2 --> v3:
>> Updated the commit message of patch 2/2 based on Alexander Viro's suggestion.
>
> Not exactly what I meant... I've tentatively applied it, with the
Haha, I felt like something was missing yesterday, too. But as far as my English
level is concerned, I usually copy the words suggested by others directly.
> following commit message:
Thanks.
>
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> get rid of INT_LIMIT, use type_max() instead
>
> INT_LIMIT() tries to do what type_max() does, except that type_max()
> doesn't rely upon undefined behaviour[*], might as well use type_max()
> instead.
>
> [*] if T is an N-bit signed integer type, the maximal value in T is
> pow(2, N - 1) - 1, all right, but naive expression for that value
> ends up with a couple of wraparounds and as usual for wraparounds
> in signed types, that's an undefined behaviour. type_max() takes
> care to avoid those...
>
> Caught-by: UBSAN
> Suggested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> Does anybody have objections against the commit message above?
Looks good to me.
>
> .
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Regards,
Zhen Lei