Re: [PATCH] futex: avoid undefined behaviour when shift exponent is negative

[zhong jiang <zhongjiang@huawei.com>]

On 2017/6/29 12:29, hpa@zytor.com wrote:
> On June 28, 2017 7:12:04 PM PDT, zhong jiang <zhongjiang@huawei.com> wrote:
>> On 2017/6/29 5:43, hpa@zytor.com wrote:
>>> On June 27, 2017 9:35:10 PM PDT, zhong jiang <zhongjiang@huawei.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,  Ingo
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the comment.
>>>> On 2017/6/22 0:40, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>>> * zhong jiang <zhongjiang@huawei.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> when shift expoment is negative, left shift alway zero. therefore,
>>>> we
>>>>>> modify the logic to avoid the warining.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@huawei.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h | 8 ++++++--
>>>>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>> b/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>>>> index b4c1f54..2425fca 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>>>> @@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ static inline int futex_atomic_op_inuser(int
>>>> encoded_op, u32 __user *uaddr)
>>>>>>  	int cmparg = (encoded_op << 20) >> 20;
>>>>>>  	int oldval = 0, ret, tem;
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> -	if (encoded_op & (FUTEX_OP_OPARG_SHIFT << 28))
>>>>>> -		oparg = 1 << oparg;
>>>>>> +	if (encoded_op & (FUTEX_OP_OPARG_SHIFT << 28)) {
>>>>>> +		if (oparg >= 0)
>>>>>> +			oparg = 1 << oparg;
>>>>>> +		else
>>>>>> +			oparg = 0;
>>>>>> +	}
>>>>> Could we avoid all these complications by using an unsigned type?
>>>> I think it is not feasible.  a negative shift exponent is likely
>>>> existence and reasonable.
>>>>  as the above case,  oparg is a negative is common. 
>>>>
>>>> I think it can be avoided by following change. 
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>> b/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>> index b4c1f54..3205e86 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
>>>> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static inline int futex_atomic_op_inuser(int
>>>> encoded_op, u32 __user *uaddr)
>>>>        int oldval = 0, ret, tem;
>>>>
>>>>        if (encoded_op & (FUTEX_OP_OPARG_SHIFT << 28))
>>>> -               oparg = 1 << oparg;
>>>> +               oparg = safe_shift(1, oparg);
>>>>
>>>>        if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(u32)))
>>>>                return -EFAULT;
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>>>> b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>>>> index 069fe79..b4edda3 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>>>> @@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ char* fb_get_buffer_offset(struct fb_info
>> *info,
>>>> struct fb_pixmap *buf, u32 size
>>>>
>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_LOGO
>>>>
>>>> -static inline unsigned safe_shift(unsigned d, int n)
>>>> -{
>>>> -       return n < 0 ? d >> -n : d << n;
>>>> -}
>>>> -
>>>> static void fb_set_logocmap(struct fb_info *info,
>>>>                                   const struct linux_logo *logo)
>>>> {
>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
>>>> index d043ada..f3b8856 100644
>>>> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
>>>> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
>>>> @@ -841,6 +841,10 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum
>>>> ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
>>>>  */
>>>> #define clamp_val(val, lo, hi) clamp_t(typeof(val), val, lo, hi)
>>>>
>>>> +static inline unsigned safe_shift(unsigned d, int n)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       return n < 0 ? d >> -n : d << n;
>>>> +}
>>>>
>>>> Thansk
>>>> zhongjiang
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> 	Ingo
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>> What makes it reasonable?  It is totally ill-defined and doesn't do
>> anything useful now?
>> Thanks you for comments.
>>
>> Maybe I mismake the meaning. I test the negative cases in x86 , all
>> case is zero. so I come to a conclusion.
>>
>> zj.c:15:8: warning: left shift count is negative
>> [-Wshift-count-negative]
>>  j = 1 << -2048;
>>        ^
>> [root@localhost zhongjiang]# ./zj
>> j = 0
>> j.c:15:8: warning: left shift count is negative
>> [-Wshift-count-negative]
>>  j = 1 << -2047;
>>        ^
>> [root@localhost zhongjiang]# ./zj
>> j = 0
>>
>> I insmod a module into kernel to test the testcasts, all of the result
>> is zero.
>>
>> I wonder whether I miss some point or not. Do you point out to me?
>> please
>>
>> Thanks
>> zhongjiang
>>
>>
> When you use compile-time constants, the compiler generates the value at compile time, which can be totally different.
 yes, I test that. Thanks.

 Thanks
 zhongjiang

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