linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/15] NTB: Fix UB/bug in ntb_mw_get

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Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 13:08:44 -0500
From:   Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
To:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
Cc:     Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        "Hubbe, Allen" <Allen.Hubbe@....com>,
        "S-k, Shyam-sundar" <Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com>,
        "Yu, Xiangliang" <Xiangliang.Yu@....com>,
        Gary R Hook <gary.hook@....com>, Sergey.Semin@...latforms.ru,
        linux-ntb <linux-ntb@...glegroups.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/15] NTB: Fix UB/bug in ntb_mw_get_align()

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 11:52:32AM -0500, Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com> wrote:
>> > Simple (1 << pidx) operation causes undefined behaviour when
>> > pidx >= 32. It must be casted to u64 to match the actual return
>> > value of ntb_link_is_up() method, so to have all the possible
>> > peer indexes covered and to get rid of undefined behaviour.
>> > Additionally there are special macros in "linux/bitops.h" to perform
>> > the bit-set-shift operations, so it's recommended to have them used
>> > for proper bit setting.
>>
>> This looks good to me, but also seems like a bug fix.  Please comment
>> on if this is not noticed.
>>
>
> The consequences of the bug isn't noticeable at the moment, but potentially
> it can be seen on the devices like Switchtec (when multi-portness is finally
> added). Anyway it's better to fix it now, than to wait for obvious bug.
> Additionally as I said the originator of the code should have used BIT_ULL
> instead of the pure bit shifting.

This is more of a question of whether it should go into -stable and be
outside this patch set.  If this is impossible to ever hit, then
including it here instead of fast tracking it in -stable is fine.

Thanks,
Jon

>
> Thanks,
> -Sergey
>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>>
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
>> > Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
>> > ---
>> >  include/linux/ntb.h | 2 +-
>> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/include/linux/ntb.h b/include/linux/ntb.h
>> > index c1646f2c6344..488e586fb76c 100644
>> > --- a/include/linux/ntb.h
>> > +++ b/include/linux/ntb.h
>> > @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ static inline int ntb_mw_get_align(struct ntb_dev *ntb, int pidx, int widx,
>> >                                    resource_size_t *size_align,
>> >                                    resource_size_t *size_max)
>> >  {
>> > -       if (!(ntb_link_is_up(ntb, NULL, NULL) & (1 << pidx)))
>> > +       if (!(ntb_link_is_up(ntb, NULL, NULL) & BIT_ULL(pidx)))
>> >                 return -ENOTCONN;
>> >
>> >         return ntb->ops->mw_get_align(ntb, pidx, widx, addr_align, size_align,
>> > --
>> > 2.12.0
>> >