[PATCH 24/25] xor: pass the entire operation to the low-level ops

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Tue Mar 3 08:09:55 PST 2026


On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 10:58:10PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 07:10:36AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +#define __DO_XOR_BLOCKS(_name, _handle1, _handle2, _handle3, _handle4)	\
> > +void								\
> > +xor_gen_##_name(void *dest, void **srcs, unsigned int src_cnt,		\
> > +		unsigned int bytes)					\
> > +{									\
> > +	unsigned int src_off = 0;					\
> > +									\
> > +	while (src_cnt > 0) {						\
> > +		unsigned int this_cnt = min(src_cnt, 4);		\
> > +		unsigned long *p1 = (unsigned long *)srcs[src_off];	\
> > +		unsigned long *p2 = (unsigned long *)srcs[src_off + 1];	\
> > +		unsigned long *p3 = (unsigned long *)srcs[src_off + 2];	\
> > +		unsigned long *p4 = (unsigned long *)srcs[src_off + 3];	\
> 
> This reads out of bounds if src_cnt isn't a multiple of 4.

Assuming the compiler doesn't do the obvious optimization and
drop it, but yes, should be easy enough to avoid this.




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