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Message-ID: <CAKfTPtAPEma3DnKLY80zF2tSFxyT1MPPF+6w5vRkEVX4r5k0xA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:43:11 +0100
From: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>, 
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, 
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched/fair: Fix integer underflow

Hi Pierre,

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 at 16:10, Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@....com> wrote:
>
> Hello Vincent,
>
> This patch should still be relevant, would it be possible to pick it ?
> Or maybe something is missing ?

Nothing is missing, the patch just got lost somewhere.

Ingo, Peter,
Could we take it once rc1 is published ?

Regards,
Vincent

>
> Regards,
> Pierre
>
> On 10/1/24 15:46, Pierre Gondois wrote:
> > (struct sg_lb_stats).idle_cpus is of type 'unsigned int'.
> > (local->idle_cpus - busiest->idle_cpus) can underflow to UINT_MAX
> > for instance, and max_t(long, 0, UINT_MAX) will output UINT_MAX.
> >
> > Use lsub_positive() instead of max_t().
> >
> > Fixes: 16b0a7a1a0af ("sched/fair: Ensure tasks spreading in LLC during LB")
> > cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@....com>
> > Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
> > ---
> >   kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++--
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > index 9057584ec06d..6d9124499f52 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > @@ -10775,8 +10775,8 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s
> >                        * idle CPUs.
> >                        */
> >                       env->migration_type = migrate_task;
> > -                     env->imbalance = max_t(long, 0,
> > -                                            (local->idle_cpus - busiest->idle_cpus));
> > +                     env->imbalance = local->idle_cpus;
> > +                     lsub_positive(&env->imbalance, busiest->idle_cpus);
> >               }
> >
> >   #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA

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