Re: bug report for linux-6.14/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Fri Mar 28 2025 - 19:16:37 EST


On 3/26/25 13:25, David Binderman wrote:
Hello there,

Static analyser cppcheck says:

linux-6.14/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c:1061:11: style: int result is assigned to long long variable. If the variable is long long to avoid loss of information, then you have loss of information. [truncLongCastAssignment]
linux-6.14/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c:1510:11: style: int result is assigned to long long variable. If the variable is long long to avoid loss of information, then you have loss of information. [truncLongCastAssignment]
linux-6.14/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c:1523:11: style: int result is assigned to long long variable. If the variable is long long to avoid loss of information, then you have loss of information. [truncLongCastAssignment]
linux-6.14/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c:247:11: style: int result is assigned to long long variable. If the variable is long long to avoid loss of information, then you have loss of information. [truncLongCastAssignment]
linux-6.14/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c:435:11: style: int result is assigned to long long variable. If the variable is long long to avoid loss of information, then you have loss of information. [truncLongCastAssignment]
linux-6.14/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c:490:11: style: int result is assigned to long long variable. If the variable is long long to avoid loss of information, then you have loss of information. [truncLongCastAssignment]

The source code of the first one is

mem_size = 10 * page_size;

Maybe better code:

mem_size = 10ULL * page_size;

Regards

David Binderman


Can you send a patch for us to review?

thanks,
-- Shuah