linux-kernel - Re: [driver-core:debugfs_cleanup 4/5] fs/d_path.c:59 prepend() warn: unsigned 'p->len' is never less than zero.

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Date:   Sat, 1 Jan 2022 14:08:54 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [driver-core:debugfs_cleanup 4/5] fs/d_path.c:59 prepend() warn:
 unsigned 'p->len' is never less than zero.

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 07:35:07PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 01, 2022 at 01:08:41AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git debugfs_cleanup
> > head:   a04bbe0a2c7e98669e11a47f94e53dd8228bbeba
> > commit: e95d5bed5d58c2f5352969369827e7135fa2261e [4/5] fs: make d_path-like functions all have unsigned size
> > config: i386-randconfig-m031-20211228 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220101/202201010156.bJvO7Gaw-lkp@intel.com/config)
> > compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
> > 
> > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> > 
> > smatch warnings:
> > fs/d_path.c:59 prepend() warn: unsigned 'p->len' is never less than zero.
> 
> What do you mean, "unsigned p->len"?
> 
> ->len really *can* be negative - that's how running out of buffer is indicated.
> 
> Greg, I stand by the comment I made back in July - this kind of "hardening" is
> useless; there's no legitimate reason to pass a huge buffer length, especially
> since there's a limit on the length of pathname any syscall would accept.
> See https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg200370.html for the
> variant I would prefer.

Sorry, yes, I agree with you, but never deleted this commit from this
"scratch" branch of mine.  I'll go rebase the branch and purge it from
the system so that 0-day doesn't hit it anymore, sorry for the noise.

greg k-h