[PATCH v4 06/10] tools/nolibc: __sysret: support syscalls who return a pointer

[Zhangjin Wu]

To support syscalls (e.g. mmap()) who return a pointer and to allow the
pointer as big as possible, we should convert the negated errno value to
unsigned long (uintptr_t), otherwise, in signed long, a potential big
pointer (whose highest bit is 1) will be treated as a failure.

tools/include/nolibc/errno.h defines the MAX_ERRNO, let's use it
directly. after converting to unsigned long, the negative errno value
from -1 to -MAX_ERRNO becomes something like '~1 + 1' (every bit is 1)
to '~MAX_ERRNO + 1', '~1 + 1' is the biggest, '~MAX_ERRNO + 1' is the
smallest, so, the check becomes:

    if (ret <= (unsigned long)-1 && ret >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) {
        ...
    }

Since (unsigned long)-1 is the biggest unsigned long value, it is always
true if bigger than (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO, so, just reserve the
following check is enough:

    if (ret >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) {
        ...
    }

Suggested-by: David Laight <David.Laight at ACULAB.COM>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/94dd5170929f454fbc0a10a2eb3b108d@AcuMS.aculab.com/
Signed-off-by: Zhangjin Wu <falcon at tinylab.org>
---
 tools/include/nolibc/sys.h | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
index 4fbefe5adf93..8a6e16472d54 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@
 #include "errno.h"
 #include "types.h"
 
-/* Syscall return helper, set errno as -ret when ret < 0 */
+
+/* Syscall return helper for library routines
+ * set errno as -ret when ret in [-MAX_ERRNO, -1]
+ */
 static __inline__ __attribute__((unused, always_inline))
-long __sysret(long ret)
+long __sysret(unsigned long ret)
 {
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		SET_ERRNO(-ret);
-		ret = -1;
+	if (ret >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) {
+		SET_ERRNO(-(long)ret);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.25.1