Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] 9p/net: xen: fix false positive printf format overflow warning

From: Christian Schoenebeck
Date: Wed Oct 25 2023 - 13:24:33 EST


On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12:34:45 PM CEST Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Use the constant to make the compiler happy about this warning:
> net/9p/trans_xen.c: In function ‘xen_9pfs_front_changed’:
> net/9p/trans_xen.c:444:39: warning: ‘%d’ directive writing between 1 and 11 bytes into a region of size 8 [-Wformat-overflow=]
> 444 | sprintf(str, "ring-ref%d", i);
> | ^~
> In function ‘xen_9pfs_front_init’,
> inlined from ‘xen_9pfs_front_changed’ at net/9p/trans_xen.c:516:8,
> inlined from ‘xen_9pfs_front_changed’ at net/9p/trans_xen.c:504:13:
> net/9p/trans_xen.c:444:30: note: directive argument in the range [-2147483644, 2147483646]
> 444 | sprintf(str, "ring-ref%d", i);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/9p/trans_xen.c:444:17: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 10 and 20 bytes into a destination of size 16
> 444 | sprintf(str, "ring-ref%d", i);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/9p/trans_xen.c: In function ‘xen_9pfs_front_changed’:
> net/9p/trans_xen.c:450:45: warning: ‘%d’ directive writing between 1 and 11 bytes into a region of size 2 [-Wformat-overflow=]
> 450 | sprintf(str, "event-channel-%d", i);
> | ^~
> In function ‘xen_9pfs_front_init’,
> inlined from ‘xen_9pfs_front_changed’ at net/9p/trans_xen.c:516:8,
> inlined from ‘xen_9pfs_front_changed’ at net/9p/trans_xen.c:504:13:
> net/9p/trans_xen.c:450:30: note: directive argument in the range [-2147483644, 2147483646]
> 450 | sprintf(str, "event-channel-%d", i);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/9p/trans_xen.c:450:17: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 16 and 26 bytes into a destination of size 16
> 450 | sprintf(str, "event-channel-%d", i);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> There is no change in logic: there only are a constant number of rings,
> and there also already is a BUILD_BUG_ON that checks if that constant
> goes over 9 as anything bigger would no longer fit the event-channel-%d
> destination size.
>
> In theory having that size as part of the struct means it could be
> modified by another thread and makes the compiler lose track of possible
> values for 'i' here, using the constant directly here makes it work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <20231023233704.1185154-4-asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> v1->v2:
> - use constant directly instead of going through a local variable
>
> net/9p/trans_xen.c | 15 +++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/9p/trans_xen.c b/net/9p/trans_xen.c
> index 1fffe2bed5b0..dfdbe1ca5338 100644
> --- a/net/9p/trans_xen.c
> +++ b/net/9p/trans_xen.c
> @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ struct xen_9pfs_front_priv {
> char *tag;
> struct p9_client *client;
>
> - int num_rings;
> struct xen_9pfs_dataring *rings;
> };
>
> @@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ static int p9_xen_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *p9_req)
> if (list_entry_is_head(priv, &xen_9pfs_devs, list))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - num = p9_req->tc.tag % priv->num_rings;
> + num = p9_req->tc.tag % XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS;
> ring = &priv->rings[num];
>
> again:
> @@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ static void xen_9pfs_front_free(struct xen_9pfs_front_priv *priv)
> list_del(&priv->list);
> write_unlock(&xen_9pfs_lock);
>
> - for (i = 0; i < priv->num_rings; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS; i++) {
> struct xen_9pfs_dataring *ring = &priv->rings[i];
>
> cancel_work_sync(&ring->work);
> @@ -408,15 +407,14 @@ static int xen_9pfs_front_init(struct xenbus_device *dev)
> if (p9_xen_trans.maxsize > XEN_FLEX_RING_SIZE(max_ring_order))
> p9_xen_trans.maxsize = XEN_FLEX_RING_SIZE(max_ring_order) / 2;
>
> - priv->num_rings = XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS;
> - priv->rings = kcalloc(priv->num_rings, sizeof(*priv->rings),
> + priv->rings = kcalloc(XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS, sizeof(*priv->rings),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!priv->rings) {
> kfree(priv);
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> - for (i = 0; i < priv->num_rings; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS; i++) {
> priv->rings[i].priv = priv;
> ret = xen_9pfs_front_alloc_dataring(dev, &priv->rings[i],
> max_ring_order);
> @@ -434,10 +432,11 @@ static int xen_9pfs_front_init(struct xenbus_device *dev)
> if (ret)
> goto error_xenbus;
> ret = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "num-rings", "%u",
> - priv->num_rings);
> + XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS);
> if (ret)
> goto error_xenbus;
> - for (i = 0; i < priv->num_rings; i++) {
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS; i++) {
> char str[16];
>
> BUILD_BUG_ON(XEN_9PFS_NUM_RINGS > 9);
>