From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B8EBC4363D for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFD921D92 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726705AbgIWOia convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:38:30 -0400 Received: from eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com ([185.58.86.151]:26084 "EHLO eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726553AbgIWOi3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:38:29 -0400 Received: from AcuMS.aculab.com (156.67.243.126 [156.67.243.126]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id uk-mta-165-Nw6nj9OTOPCDM2jdlTcJwQ-1; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:38:25 +0100 X-MC-Unique: Nw6nj9OTOPCDM2jdlTcJwQ-1 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:43c:695e:880f:8750) by AcuMS.aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:43c:695e:880f:8750) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1347.2; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:38:24 +0100 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com ([fe80::43c:695e:880f:8750]) by AcuMS.aculab.com ([fe80::43c:695e:880f:8750%12]) with mapi id 15.00.1347.000; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:38:24 +0100 From: David Laight To: 'Al Viro' , Christoph Hellwig CC: Andrew Morton , Jens Axboe , Arnd Bergmann , David Howells , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mips@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-s390@vger.kernel.org" , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-aio@kvack.org" , "io-uring@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "keyrings@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" , Linus Torvalds Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/9] iov_iter: refactor rw_copy_check_uvector and import_iovec Thread-Topic: [PATCH 3/9] iov_iter: refactor rw_copy_check_uvector and import_iovec Thread-Index: AQHWkbQ2JliFoXXebU2Mp2qBncEZ86l2SGTw Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:38:24 +0000 Message-ID: <200cf2b9ce5e408f8838948fda7ce9a0@AcuMS.aculab.com> References: <20200923060547.16903-1-hch@lst.de> <20200923060547.16903-4-hch@lst.de> <20200923141654.GJ3421308@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20200923141654.GJ3421308@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.202.205.107] MIME-Version: 1.0 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=C51A453 smtp.mailfrom=david.laight@aculab.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: aculab.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Language: en-US Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org From: Al Viro > Sent: 23 September 2020 15:17 > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 08:05:41AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > +struct iovec *iovec_from_user(const struct iovec __user *uvec, > > + unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs, > > Hmm... For fast_segs unsigned long had always been ridiculous > (4G struct iovec on caller stack frame?), but that got me wondering about > nr_segs and I wish I'd thought of that when introducing import_iovec(). > > The thing is, import_iovec() takes unsigned int there. Which is fine > (hell, the maximal value that can be accepted in 1024), except that > we do pass unsigned long syscall argument to it in some places. It will make diddly-squit difference. The parameters end up in registers on most calling conventions. Plausibly you get an extra 'REX' byte on x86 for the 64bit value. What you want to avoid is explicit sign/zero extension and value masking after arithmetic. On x86-64 the 'horrid' type is actually 'signed int'. It often needs sign extending to 64bits (eg when being used as an array subscript). David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)