[PATCH] bpf, arm32: Correct check_imm24
Wang YanQing
udknight at gmail.com
Thu May 10 01:48:31 PDT 2018
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 08:56:57AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:20:13AM +0800, Wang YanQing wrote:
> > imm24 is signed, so the right range is:
> > [-(2<<(24 - 1)), (2<<(24 - 1)) - 1]
>
> 2 << (24 - 1) is the same as 1 << 24.
>
> > -#define check_imm(bits, imm) do { \
> > - if ((((imm) > 0) && ((imm) >> (bits))) || \
> > - (((imm) < 0) && (~(imm) >> (bits)))) { \
> > - pr_info("[%2d] imm=%d(0x%x) out of range\n", \
> > - i, imm, imm); \
> > +#define check_imm_range(min, max, imm) do { \
> > + if (imm < min || imm > max) { \
> > + pr_info("[%2d] imm=%d is out of range\n", \
> > + i, imm); \
> > return -EINVAL; \
> > } \
> > } while (0)
> > -#define check_imm24(imm) check_imm(24, imm)
> > +#define check_imm24(imm) check_imm_range(-16777216, 16777215, imm)
>
> How is this any different?
>
> If imm is 16777216, then "imm > max" in your version is true.
> In the original version, "imm > 0" is true, so we then test for
> "16777216 >> 24" being non-zero. That's also true, so the test
> condition fires.
>
> If imm is 16777215, then "imm > max" is false in your version.
> In the original version, the conditions also evaluate to false.
>
> For the -16777217 case, "imm < min" in your version is true.
> In the original version, "imm < 0" is true, so we then test for
> "~(-16777217) >> 24" being non-zero. This is the same as
> "16777216 >> 24" being non-zero, which is true so the condition
> fires.
>
> With -16777216, the same thing happens, both end up evaluating
> to false.
>
> So, the two cases end up producing identical results, and there
> is no actual effect from this change.
>
> However, your commit message is correct - there is a bug here.
> That's obvious when you mask the "imm" value with 0x00ffffff,
> and realise that an imm value of -16777216 ends up having the
> same value in the instruction as an imm value of 0. So, the
> range of "imm" is _half_ that.
>
> #define check_imm(bits, imm) do { \
> - if ((((imm) > 0) && ((imm) >> (bits))) || \
> - (((imm) < 0) && (~(imm) >> (bits)))) { \
> + if ((((imm) > 0) && ((imm) >> (bits - 1))) || \
> + (((imm) < 0) && (~(imm) >> (bits - 1)))) { \
> pr_info("[%2d] imm=%d(0x%x) out of range\n", \
> i, imm, imm); \
>
> would fix it. Alternatively:
>
> #define check_imm(bits, imm) do { \
> - if ((((imm) > 0) && ((imm) >> (bits))) || \
> - (((imm) < 0) && (~(imm) >> (bits)))) { \
> + if ((imm) >= (1 << ((bits) - 1)) || \
> + (imm) < -(1 << ((bits) - 1))) { \
> pr_info("[%2d] imm=%d(0x%x) out of range\n", \
> i, imm, imm); \
>
> would also fix it.
Hi!
Sorry for confusion, I make a mistake here, the real fix I want to
submit is [8388607, -8388608], this range has the same effect as your
suggestion.
Will you fix it? or I resend another version?
Thanks.
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