From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B21C7C433DF for ; Sat, 30 May 2020 17:35:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 879FC207BB for ; Sat, 30 May 2020 17:35:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1590860150; bh=Km+qsBMMCDWbNMm6RhJqYLEma5l3VL5pC1iVxzc9Ljc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=XCxk1/ET1X3XfpsDZOVx5rk+6q2K2k6LFFTNY82V8MLSOvxmyCCLFWK/LP4xkCAU3 iRC8VPdD6bYwVOpMjPquk6NCvxnS+TgUaDwL/bWgkqNe43qIblzwidnR1oTZRdF3z5 Sja3vpfGXe2TzsHL/hQcU97Zi5u+tNnZQPSmUhbg= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729044AbgE3Rft (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2020 13:35:49 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:46266 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725808AbgE3Rft (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2020 13:35:49 -0400 Received: from sol.localdomain (c-107-3-166-239.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [107.3.166.239]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 71A3C20774; Sat, 30 May 2020 17:35:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1590860148; bh=Km+qsBMMCDWbNMm6RhJqYLEma5l3VL5pC1iVxzc9Ljc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=ONHZOgZx3Q3+kUxk28asW/VTjbkXr6fmbkaCLfRocfasre//eQ8N+H8ow5bFn2xpc uzOcmb+LeGzNgVi+kWs1F9TLCQo0V1V/Cx5r4MEnnaZoz/2+E51ez9VyjQ8BaL47rD 3JZWi+c4WkS0ahXTI7RyIR2JEJ4iTPJZ2z9GX+tM= Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 10:35:47 -0700 From: Eric Biggers To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, stable@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro , Daniel Rosenberg , Gabriel Krisman Bertazi Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: avoid utf8_strncasecmp() with unstable name Message-ID: <20200530173547.GA12299@sol.localdomain> References: <20200530060216.221456-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> <20200530171814.GD19604@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200530171814.GD19604@bombadil.infradead.org> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 10:18:14AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:02:16PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > + if (len <= DNAME_INLINE_LEN - 1) { > > + unsigned int i; > > + > > + for (i = 0; i < len; i++) > > + strbuf[i] = READ_ONCE(str[i]); > > + strbuf[len] = 0; > > This READ_ONCE is going to force the compiler to use byte accesses. > What's wrong with using a plain memcpy()? > It's undefined behavior when the source can be concurrently modified. Compilers can assume that it's not, and remove the memcpy() (instead just using the source data directly) if they can prove that the destination array is never modified again before it goes out of scope. Do you have any suggestions that don't involve undefined behavior? - Eric