linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH x86/mm 05/11] x86 ptrace getreg/putreg merge

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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:27:15 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH x86/mm 05/11] x86 ptrace getreg/putreg merge

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:59:54 -0800 (PST) Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> wrote:

> +/*
> + * Determines whether a value may be installed in a segment register.
> + */
> +#define invalid_selector(value) \
> +	((value) != 0 && ((value) & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) != USER_RPL)

This didn't need to be implemented as a macro hence it shouldn't have been.

It references its arg more than once and is dangerous.  Calling
invalid_selector(foo++) will increment foo by one or two, depending upon
foo's value.

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