Re: [PATCH] parisc: Fix csum_ipv6_magic on 64-bit systems

[Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 03:46:31PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> hppa 64-bit systems calculates the IPv6 checksum using 64-bit add
> operations. The last add folds protocol and length fields into the 64-bit
> result. While unlikely, this operation can overflow. The overflow can be
> triggered with a code sequence such as the following.
> 
> 	/* try to trigger massive overflows */
> 	memset(tmp_buf, 0xff, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
> 	csum_result = csum_ipv6_magic((struct in6_addr *)tmp_buf,
> 				      (struct in6_addr *)tmp_buf,
> 				      0xffff, 0xff, 0xffffffff);
> 
> Fix the problem by adding any overflows from the final add operation into
> the calculated checksum. Fortunately, we can do this without additional
> cost by replacing the add operation used to fold the checksum into 32 bit
> with "add,dc" to add in the missing carry.
> 
> Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> ---
> This patch does not completely fix the problems with csum_ipv6_magic seen
> when running 64-bit parisc images with the C3700 emulation in qemu. That
> is due to unaligned 64-bit load operations which (presumably as part of
> unaligned trap handling) generate bad carry flags. It is unknown if that
> is a problem with the qemu emulation or with the Linux kernel, so it is not
> addressed here.
> 
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h
> index e619e67440db..c949aa20fa16 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h
> +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h
> @@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ static __inline__ __sum16 csum_ipv6_magic(const struct in6_addr *saddr,
>  "	add,dc		%3, %0, %0\n"  /* fold in proto+len | carry bit */
>  "	extrd,u		%0, 31, 32, %4\n"/* copy upper half down */
>  "	depdi		0, 31, 32, %0\n"/* clear upper half */
> -"	add		%4, %0, %0\n"	/* fold into 32-bits */
> -"	addc		0, %0, %0\n"	/* add carry */
> +"	add,dc		%4, %0, %0\n"	/* fold into 32-bits, plus carry */
> +"	addc		0, %0, %0\n"	/* add final carry */
>  
>  #else
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 

Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>