Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] fs/pipe: Limit the slots in pipe_resize_ring()

[K Prateek Nayak]

Hello Oleg,

On 3/6/2025 5:58 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 03/06, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
> > @@ -1272,6 +1272,10 @@ int pipe_resize_ring(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int nr_slots)
> >   	struct pipe_buffer *bufs;
> >   	unsigned int head, tail, mask, n;
> >
> > +	/* nr_slots larger than limits of pipe->{head,tail} */
> > +	if (unlikely(nr_slots > BIT(BITS_PER_TYPE(pipe_index_t) - 1)))
>
> Hmm, perhaps
>
> 	if (nr_slots > (pipe_index_t)-1u)
>
> is more clear?

Indeed it is. I didn't even know we could do that! Thank you for
pointing it out.

> Oleg.

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Thanks and Regards,
Prateek