linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix WARN_ON check of an unsigned less than zero

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Date:   Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:28:48 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     colin.king@...onical.com, sean.j.christopherson@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix WARN_ON check of an unsigned less than zero

The check cpu->hv_clock.system_time < 0 is redundant since system_time
is a u64 and hence can never be less than zero.  But what was actually
meant is to check that the result is positive, since kernel_ns and
v->kvm->arch.kvmclock_offset are both s64.

Reported-by: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Addresses-Coverity: ("Macro compares unsigned to 0")
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 54e8142b15d0..359fcd395132 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
 	vcpu->hv_clock.tsc_timestamp = tsc_timestamp;
 	vcpu->hv_clock.system_time = kernel_ns + v->kvm->arch.kvmclock_offset;
 	vcpu->last_guest_tsc = tsc_timestamp;
-	WARN_ON(vcpu->hv_clock.system_time < 0);
+	WARN_ON((s64)vcpu->hv_clock.system_time < 0);
 
 	/* If the host uses TSC clocksource, then it is stable */
 	pvclock_flags = 0;
-- 
1.8.3.1