linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 2/2] mm/debug: Add tests validating architecture page table helpers

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, 15 Oct 2019 14:09:42 -0400
From:   Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Steven Price <Steven.Price@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@...dia.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 2/2] mm/debug: Add tests validating architecture page
 table helpers

On Tue, 2019-10-15 at 14:51 +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> +static unsigned long __init get_random_vaddr(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned long random_vaddr, random_pages, total_user_pages;
> +
> +	total_user_pages = (TASK_SIZE - FIRST_USER_ADDRESS) / PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> +	random_pages = get_random_long() % total_user_pages;
> +	random_vaddr = FIRST_USER_ADDRESS + random_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> +	WARN_ON(random_vaddr > TASK_SIZE);
> +	WARN_ON(random_vaddr < FIRST_USER_ADDRESS);

It would be nice if this patch does not introduce a new W=1 GCC warning here on
x86 because FIRST_USER_ADDRESS is 0, and GCC think the code is dumb because
"random_vaddr" is unsigned,

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:83,
                 from ./include/linux/bug.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/mmdebug.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/gfp.h:5,
                 from mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:13:
mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c: In function ‘get_random_vaddr’:
mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:359:23: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is
always false [-Wtype-limits]
  WARN_ON(random_vaddr < FIRST_USER_ADDRESS);
                       ^
./include/asm-generic/bug.h:113:25: note: in definition of macro ‘WARN_ON’
  int __ret_warn_on = !!(condition);    \
                         ^~~~~~~~~