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[195.23.151.163]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-486eb2ecf23sm1112262f8f.5.2026.09.10.14.17.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:17:58 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Julian Braha Message-ID: <55e18f27-0ba1-433e-b4dc-a7db70172f7a@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:17:57 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] kconfig: warn about malformed KCONFIG_PROBABILITY values To: Dmitrii Tulnov , nathan@kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org Cc: jacmet@uclibc.org, yann.morin.1998@free.fr, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <71d40a5d-21a7-47ae-aa18-34f640a08779@gmail.com> <20260910120442.26-1-tulnov.dl@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Julian Braha In-Reply-To: <20260910120442.26-1-tulnov.dl@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 9/10/26 13:04, Dmitrii Tulnov wrote: > randconfig checks the numeric range of each probability but does not > validate where strtol() stops. For example, KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=50% is > accepted as 50:0:0: the '%' is parsed repeatedly as zero. For the > documented value 50, tristate y/m/n probabilities are 25%/25%/50%. > With 50%, both y/m probabilities silently become zero, reducing the > coverage of random configuration builds. Empty fields and extra fields > are also accepted. > > Warn when the value does not follow the documented decimal format. For > malformed inputs whose parsed probabilities are in range, preserve the > existing interpretation unless KCONFIG_WERROR is set. In that case, exit > with an error before writing the configuration. Leading whitespace and > signs are accepted by strtol(), but also trigger the warning because they > are outside the documented format. > > Keep the strtol() result as long until the range check. This rejects > out-of-range values that narrowing to int previously made valid, such as > 4294967296 becoming zero on a 64-bit host, regardless of KCONFIG_WERROR. > > Add regression tests for one warning per malformed input, preserved > configurations, KCONFIG_WERROR, out-of-range values, the supported > probability formats, and the documented empty-value default. > > Fixes: e43956e60769 ("kconfig: implement KCONFIG_PROBABILITY for randconfig") > Assisted-by: LLM > Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Tulnov > --- > Changes since v2: > - Move the expected tristate distribution into the problem description. > - Simplify the initial format check to !isdigit((unsigned char)*env). > - Pass probability values and seeds through conf._run_conf(extra_env=...). > Use monkeypatch.delenv only to remove inherited variables. > - Add -0, +0, bare + and - warning cases, and the +101 range-error case. > - Honor KCONFIG_WERROR for malformed format warnings, as discussed with > Julian. Check unset, empty, 0 and 1 flag behavior. > - Compare 50% with 50:0:0 and -0 with 0 across 20 fixed seeds and check > that each malformed input produces exactly one warning. > - Clarify that compatibility applies to malformed in-range inputs with > KCONFIG_WERROR unset; values previously accepted by narrowing now fail. > > Changes since v1: > - Warn about malformed in-range values while retaining their previous > interpretation by default. > - Warn about leading whitespace and signs as undocumented input. > - Clarify that 50 gives tristate y/m/n probabilities of 25%/25%/50%, and > compare it with the equivalent input 50:25:25 across 20 fixed seeds. > > Validation on kbuild-next, x86_64, GCC 13.3.0: > - make testconfig with HOSTCFLAGS=-Werror: 138 passed. With the unpatched > conf: 74 failed, 64 passed; failures cover missing format warnings, > unchecked narrowing and ignored KCONFIG_WERROR. The previous v3 draft > fails only the nine strict-mode regression cases; 129 tests pass. > - ASan/UBSan at -O1, with leak detection disabled: the same 138 tests passed. > - Both v3 builds matched the submitted v2 on 1,635 inputs: 916 accepted > values and 719 range errors, with KCONFIG_WERROR unset. Each also matched > the original on 380 documented-input comparisons with fixed seeds. > - Each build passed 120 strict format-error checks: no output created in > a fresh directory; existing .config, .config.old and input files stayed > unchanged, including with KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG and KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG. > Valid inputs, range diagnostics and other configuration modes were also > checked with KCONFIG_WERROR set. > - The probability tests also passed with conflicting probability and seed > values and KCONFIG_WERROR=1 inherited from the test runner's environment. > - make defconfig, allnoconfig, allmodconfig and valid randconfig passed. > KCONFIG_PROBABILITY=50% now produces a warning and remains compatible. > - No vmlinux build or boot test; this changes the host configuration tool. > 32-bit hosts and other libc implementations were not tested. > > scripts/kconfig/conf.c | 16 +- > .../tests/randconfig_probability/Kconfig | 12 ++ > .../tests/randconfig_probability/__init__.py | 137 ++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/Kconfig > create mode 100644 scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/__init__.py > > diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c > index fe8ba09b0..ca6d9d735 100644 > --- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c > +++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c > @@ -186,12 +186,23 @@ static void conf_set_all_new_symbols(enum conf_def_mode mode) > > if (mode == def_random) { > int n, p[3]; > + bool warned = false; > char *env = getenv("KCONFIG_PROBABILITY"); > > n = 0; > while (env && *env) { > char *endp; > - int tmp = strtol(env, &endp, 10); > + long tmp = strtol(env, &endp, 10); > + > + if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*env) || > + (*endp && *endp != ':') || > + (*endp == ':' && (!endp[1] || n == 2))) { > + if (!warned) { > + fprintf(stderr, > + "warning: KCONFIG_PROBABILITY has malformed format\n"); > + warned = true; > + } > + } > > if (tmp >= 0 && tmp <= 100) { > p[n++] = tmp; > @@ -227,6 +238,9 @@ static void conf_set_all_new_symbols(enum conf_def_mode mode) > perror("KCONFIG_PROBABILITY"); > exit(1); > } > + > + if (warned && getenv("KCONFIG_WERROR")) > + exit(1); > } > > menu_for_each_entry(menu) { > diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/Kconfig b/scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/Kconfig > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000..84f4e5fcc > --- /dev/null > +++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/Kconfig > @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > + > +config MODULES > + bool > + default y > + modules > + > +config BOOL > + bool "Bool" > + > +config TRI > + tristate "Tristate" > diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/__init__.py b/scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/__init__.py > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000..76fc39c94 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/randconfig_probability/__init__.py > @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > +"""Validate KCONFIG_PROBABILITY without changing the supported distributions.""" > + > +import pytest > + > + > +@pytest.fixture(autouse=True) > +def clear_werror(monkeypatch): > + # extra_env can set strict mode, but cannot remove an inherited flag. > + monkeypatch.delenv('KCONFIG_WERROR', raising=False) Clearing this environment variable doesn't belong here, it should be part of scripts/kconfig/tests/conftest.py. - Julian Braha