linux-kernel - [PATCH 05 of 14] swiotlb: add comment where we handle the overflow of a dma mask on 32 bit

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:17:29 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Subject: [PATCH 05 of 14] swiotlb: add comment where we handle the overflow of
	a dma mask on 32 bit

From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 lib/swiotlb.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
--- a/lib/swiotlb.c
+++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@
 	start_dma_addr = virt_to_bus(io_tlb_start) & mask;
 
 	offset_slots = ALIGN(start_dma_addr, 1 << IO_TLB_SHIFT) >> IO_TLB_SHIFT;
+
+	/*
+         * Carefully handle integer overflow which can occur when mask == ~0UL.
+         */
 	max_slots = mask + 1
 		    ? ALIGN(mask + 1, 1 << IO_TLB_SHIFT) >> IO_TLB_SHIFT
 		    : 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - IO_TLB_SHIFT);


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/