Re: [PATCH 02/64] mac80211: Use flex-array for radiotap header bitmap

David Sterba
2021-07-28T09:26:14Z

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:35:56AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ ieee80211_add_rx_radiotap_header(struct ieee80211_local *local,
> ieee80211_calculate_rx_timestamp(local, status,
> mpdulen, 0),
> pos);
> - rthdr->it_present |= cpu_to_le32(1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT);
> + rthdr->data.it_present |= cpu_to_le32(1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT);

A drive-by comment, not related to the patchset, but rather the
ieee80211 driver itself.

Shift expressions with (1 << NUMBER) can be subtly broken once the
NUMBER is 31 and the value gets silently cast to a 64bit type. It will
become 0xfffffffff80000000.

I've checked the IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_* defintions if this is even remotely
possible and yes, IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT == 31. Fortunatelly it seems to
be used with used with a 32bit types (eg. _bitmap_shifter) so there are
no surprises.

The recommended practice is to always use unsigned types for shifts, so
"1U << ..." at least.