linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 00/36] 4.19.303-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <f4987195-97ed-4ad3-8bdd-dbf3fb590e79@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:23:48 +0530
From: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com>
To: Daniel Díaz <daniel.diaz@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: patches@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
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        rwarsow@....de, conor@...nel.org, allen.lkml@...il.com,
        Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>,
        Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 00/36] 4.19.303-rc1 review

Hello Greg,

On 19/12/23 10:57 am, Daniel Díaz wrote:
> Hello!
> 

> 
> -----8<-----
>    In file included from /builds/linux/include/linux/list.h:9,
>                     from /builds/linux/include/linux/module.h:9,
>                     from /builds/linux/net/core/skbuff.c:41:
>    /builds/linux/net/core/skbuff.c: In function 'skb_segment':
>    /builds/linux/include/linux/kernel.h:847:43: warning: comparison of 
> distinct pointer types lacks a cast
>      847 |                 (!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
>          |                                           ^~
>    /builds/linux/include/linux/kernel.h:861:18: note: in expansion of 
> macro '__typecheck'
>      861 |                 (__typecheck(x, y) && __no_side_effects(x, y))
>          |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~
>    /builds/linux/include/linux/kernel.h:871:31: note: in expansion of 
> macro '__safe_cmp'
>      871 |         __builtin_choose_expr(__safe_cmp(x, y), \
>          |                               ^~~~~~~~~~
>    /builds/linux/include/linux/kernel.h:880:25: note: in expansion of 
> macro '__careful_cmp'
>      880 | #define min(x, y)       __careful_cmp(x, y, <)
>          |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    /builds/linux/net/core/skbuff.c:3630:32: note: in expansion of macro 
> 'min'
>     3630 |                 partial_segs = min(len, GSO_BY_FRAGS - 1) / mss;
>          |                                ^~~
> ----->8-----
> 

Note:

Caused by this commit:
98c6fb04f83b net: prevent mss overflow in skb_segment()

I don't see this commit being queued in other stable branches yet, 
5.4.y, 5.10.y, 5.15.y, 6.1.y, 6.6.y but only 4.19.y

Thanks,
Harshit

> Greetings!
> 
> Daniel Díaz
> daniel.diaz@...aro.org
> 
>