linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 06/29] x86/mpx: Use signed variables to compute effective addresses

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Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2017 11:41:22 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Chen Yucong <slaoub@...il.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, ricardo.neri@...el.com,
        Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@...il.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>,
        Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei.ren@...el.com>,
        Nathan Howard <liverlint@...il.com>,
        Adan Hawthorn <adanhawthorn@...il.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 06/29] x86/mpx: Use signed variables to compute
 effective addresses

On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 08:54:09PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> Even though memory addresses are unsigned, the operands used to compute the
> effective address do have a sign. This is true for ModRM.rm, SIB.base,
> SIB.index as well as the displacement bytes. Thus, signed variables shall
> be used when computing the effective address from these operands. Once the
> signed effective address has been computed, it is casted to an unsigned
> long to determine the linear address.
> 
> Variables are renamed to better reflect the type of address being
> computed.
> 
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@...il.com>
> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
> Cc: Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei.ren@...el.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Nathan Howard <liverlint@...il.com>
> Cc: Adan Hawthorn <adanhawthorn@...il.com>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Cc: Ravi V. Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/mpx.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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