From: david.laight.linux@gmail.com
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH next 3/3] fortify: Simplify strlen() logic
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:20:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330132003.3379-4-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260330132003.3379-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
The __builtin_choose_expr() doesn't gain you anything, replace with
a simple ?: operator.
Then __is_constexpr() can then be replaced with __builtin_constant_p().
This still works for static initialisers - the expression can contain
a function call - provided it isn't actually called.
Calling the strnlen() wrapper just add a lot more logic to read through.
Replace with a call to __real_strnlen().
However the compiler can decide that __builtin_constant_p(__builtin_strlen(p))
is false, but split as ret = __builtin_strlen(p); __builtin_constant_p(ret)
and it suddenly becomes true.
So an additional check is needed before calling __real_strnlen().
Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/fortify-string.h | 20 +++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/fortify-string.h b/include/linux/fortify-string.h
index 758afd7c5f8a..6cd670492270 100644
--- a/include/linux/fortify-string.h
+++ b/include/linux/fortify-string.h
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@ __FORTIFY_INLINE __kernel_size_t strnlen(const char * const POS p, __kernel_size
}
/*
- * Defined after fortified strnlen to reuse it. However, it must still be
- * possible for strlen() to be used on compile-time strings for use in
- * static initializers (i.e. as a constant expression).
+ * strlen() of a compile-time string needs to be a constant expression
+ * so it can be used, for example, as a static initializer.
*/
/**
* strlen - Return count of characters in a NUL-terminated string
@@ -247,9 +246,9 @@ __FORTIFY_INLINE __kernel_size_t strnlen(const char * const POS p, __kernel_size
* Returns number of characters in @p (NOT including the final NUL).
*
*/
-#define strlen(p) \
- __builtin_choose_expr(__is_constexpr(__builtin_strlen(p)), \
- __builtin_strlen(p), __fortify_strlen(p))
+#define strlen(p) \
+ (__builtin_constant_p(__builtin_strlen(p)) ? \
+ __builtin_strlen(p) : __fortify_strlen(p))
__FORTIFY_INLINE __diagnose_as(__builtin_strlen, 1)
__kernel_size_t __fortify_strlen(const char * const POS p)
{
@@ -259,7 +258,14 @@ __kernel_size_t __fortify_strlen(const char * const POS p)
/* Give up if we don't know how large p is. */
if (p_size == SIZE_MAX)
return __underlying_strlen(p);
- ret = strnlen(p, p_size);
+ /*
+ * 'ret' can be constant here even though the __builtin_constant_p(__builtin_strlen(p))
+ * in the #define wrapper is false.
+ */
+ ret = __builtin_strlen(p);
+ if (__builtin_constant_p(ret))
+ return ret;
+ ret = __real_strnlen(p, p_size);
if (p_size <= ret)
fortify_panic(FORTIFY_FUNC_strlen, FORTIFY_READ, p_size, ret + 1, ret);
return ret;
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-30 13:20 [PATCH next 0/3] fortify: Minor changes to strlen() and strnlen() david.laight.linux
2026-03-30 13:20 ` [PATCH next 1/3] fortify: replace __compiletime_lessthan() with statically_true() david.laight.linux
2026-03-30 23:50 ` Kees Cook
2026-03-30 13:20 ` [PATCH next 2/3] fortify: Optimise strnlen() david.laight.linux
2026-03-30 23:54 ` Kees Cook
2026-03-31 22:09 ` David Laight
2026-03-31 23:51 ` Kees Cook
2026-04-01 13:48 ` David Laight
2026-04-03 8:50 ` David Laight
2026-03-31 6:36 ` Kees Cook
2026-03-31 10:14 ` David Laight
2026-03-31 14:55 ` David Laight
2026-03-31 15:56 ` Kees Cook
2026-04-01 0:15 ` kernel test robot
2026-04-03 8:23 ` David Laight
2026-03-30 13:20 ` david.laight.linux [this message]
2026-03-31 6:07 ` [PATCH next 3/3] fortify: Simplify strlen() logic Kees Cook
2026-03-31 8:58 ` David Laight
2026-03-31 6:18 ` Kees Cook
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