From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/bits.h: Add compile time sanity check of GENMASK inputs
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:57:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d18482fae2c6ca7cdb955aff4c724b007ef45aba.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK7LNAT2r8J+4C8bAPDZ1R4Xk7Psr+fAS9wcs_c+JhuUqj-uAw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 11:50 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 4:04 AM Rikard Falkeborn
> <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com> wrote:
> > GENMASK() and GENMASK_ULL() are supposed to be called with the high bit
> > as the first argument and the low bit as the second argument. Mixing
> > them will return a mask with zero bits set.
> >
> > Recent commits show getting this wrong is not uncommon, see e.g.
> > commit aa4c0c9091b0 ("net: stmmac: Fix misuses of GENMASK macro") and
> > commit 9bdd7bb3a844 ("clocksource/drivers/npcm: Fix misuse of GENMASK
> > macro").
> >
> > To prevent such mistakes from appearing again, add compile time sanity
> > checking to the arguments of GENMASK() and GENMASK_ULL(). If both the
> > arguments are known at compile time, and the low bit is higher than the
> > high bit, break the build to detect the mistake immediately.
> >
> > Since GENMASK() is used in declarations, BUILD_BUG_OR_ZERO() must be
> > used instead of BUILD_BUG_ON(), and __is_constexpr() must be used instead
> > of __builtin_constant_p().
> >
> > Commit 95b980d62d52 ("linux/bits.h: make BIT(), GENMASK(), and friends
> > available in assembly") made the macros in linux/bits.h available in
> > assembly. Since neither BUILD_BUG_OR_ZERO() or __is_constexpr() are asm
> > compatible, disable the checks if the file is included in an asm file.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Joe Perches sent a series to fix the existing misuses of GENMASK() that
> > needs to be merged before this to avoid build failures. Currently, 7 of
> > the patches were not in Linus tree, and 2 were not in linux-next.
> >
> > Also, there's currently no asm users of bits.h, but since it was made
> > asm-compatible just two weeks ago it would be a shame to break it right
> > away...
[]
> > diff --git a/include/linux/bits.h b/include/linux/bits.h
[]
> > #define GENMASK(h, l) \
> > + (GENMASK_INPUT_CHECK(h, l) + \
> > (((~UL(0)) - (UL(1) << (l)) + 1) & \
> > - (~UL(0) >> (BITS_PER_LONG - 1 - (h))))
> > + (~UL(0) >> (BITS_PER_LONG - 1 - (h)))))
> >
> > #define GENMASK_ULL(h, l) \
> > + (GENMASK_INPUT_CHECK(h, l) + \
> > (((~ULL(0)) - (ULL(1) << (l)) + 1) & \
> > - (~ULL(0) >> (BITS_PER_LONG_LONG - 1 - (h))))
> > + (~ULL(0) >> (BITS_PER_LONG_LONG - 1 - (h)))))
>
> This is getting cluttered with so many parentheses.
>
> One way of clean-up is to rename the current macros as follows:
>
> GENMASK() -> __GENMASK()
> GENMASK_UL() -> __GENMASK_ULL()
>
> Then,
>
> #define GENMASK(h, l) (GENMASK_INPUT_CHECK(h, l) + __GENMASK(h, l))
> #define GENMASK_ULL(h, l) (GENMASK_INPUT_CHECK(h, l) + __GENMASK_ULL(h, l))
Much nicer. It may be better still to use avoid
multiple dereferences of each argument.
Also it'd be useful to rename h and l to something like
high_bit and low_bit or high and low.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-01 2:57 UTC|newest]
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2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 00/12] treewide: Fix GENMASK misuses Joe Perches
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 01/12] checkpatch: Add GENMASK tests Joe Perches
2019-07-24 18:03 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 02/12] clocksource/drivers/npcm: Fix misuse of GENMASK macro Joe Perches
2019-07-10 9:10 ` [tip:timers/urgent] " tip-bot for Joe Perches
2019-07-15 10:00 ` [PATCH 02/12] " Avi Fishman
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 03/12] drm: aspeed_gfx: " Joe Perches
2019-07-24 17:16 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-25 1:10 ` Andrew Jeffery
2019-07-25 1:18 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-25 2:52 ` Joel Stanley
2019-07-25 14:37 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 04/12] iio: adc: max9611: " Joe Perches
2019-07-14 11:54 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-07-14 12:19 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-14 14:37 ` Jacopo Mondi
2019-07-29 21:52 ` Jacopo Mondi
2019-07-31 8:37 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 05/12] irqchip/gic-v3-its: " Joe Perches
2019-07-10 8:28 ` Marc Zyngier
2019-07-10 9:07 ` [tip:irq/urgent] " tip-bot for Joe Perches
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 06/12] mmc: meson-mx-sdio: " Joe Perches
2019-07-22 7:23 ` Neil Armstrong
2019-07-22 13:43 ` Ulf Hansson
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 07/12] net: ethernet: mediatek: Fix misuses " Joe Perches
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 08/12] net: stmmac: " Joe Perches
2019-07-10 10:33 ` Jose Abreu
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 09/12] rtw88: Fix misuse " Joe Perches
2019-07-10 5:07 ` Tony Chuang
2019-07-24 11:48 ` Kalle Valo
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 10/12] phy: amlogic: G12A: " Joe Perches
2019-07-22 7:23 ` Neil Armstrong
2019-08-23 2:41 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2019-08-23 4:59 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 11/12] staging: media: cedrus: " Joe Perches
2019-07-10 7:23 ` Paul Kocialkowski
2019-07-24 17:09 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-24 18:35 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-07-24 18:39 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-24 18:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-07-25 6:46 ` Hans Verkuil
2019-07-10 5:04 ` [PATCH 12/12] ASoC: wcd9335: " Joe Perches
2019-07-22 12:22 ` Applied "ASoC: wcd9335: Fix misuse of GENMASK macro" to the asoc tree Mark Brown
2019-07-10 9:17 ` [PATCH 00/12] treewide: Fix GENMASK misuses Johannes Berg
2019-07-10 9:43 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2019-07-10 15:45 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-10 16:01 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-27 19:54 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-07-28 23:45 ` Joe Perches
2019-07-31 19:03 ` [PATCH] linux/bits.h: Add compile time sanity check of GENMASK inputs Rikard Falkeborn
2019-07-31 19:27 ` Joe Perches
2019-08-01 23:03 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-02 1:40 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-02 3:13 ` Joe Perches
2019-08-02 3:25 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-02 18:18 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-03 3:03 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-03 3:12 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-03 18:36 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-04 6:45 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-05 19:55 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-06 15:19 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-06 19:27 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-06 21:15 ` Joe Perches
2019-08-07 20:53 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-01 2:50 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-01 2:57 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2019-08-01 23:03 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-01 23:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] linux/bits.h: Clarify macro argument names Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-01 23:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] linux/bits.h: Add compile time sanity check of GENMASK inputs Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-01 23:14 ` Joe Perches
2019-08-07 14:27 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-08-07 14:55 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-07 16:52 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-08-07 20:07 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-08 0:07 ` Joe Perches
2019-08-08 0:58 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-08-08 1:08 ` Joe Perches
2019-08-08 1:53 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-08-08 2:44 ` kbuild test robot
2019-08-08 2:44 ` kbuild test robot
2019-08-08 3:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] linux/bits.h: Clarify macro argument names Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-10 18:43 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-10 19:20 ` Joe Perches
2019-08-11 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add compile time sanity check of GENMASK inputs Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-11 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] x86/boot: Use common BUILD_BUG_ON Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-12 18:19 ` [tip:x86/boot] " tip-bot for Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-16 12:19 ` tip-bot for Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-11 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] linux/build_bug.h: Change type to int Rikard Falkeborn
2019-10-06 2:26 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-11 18:49 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] linux/bits.h: Add compile time sanity check of GENMASK inputs Rikard Falkeborn
2019-10-06 2:30 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-10-08 7:23 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-10-08 7:44 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-10-08 7:52 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-10-08 19:06 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-08-12 17:58 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] " Kees Cook
2019-10-05 19:46 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-10-09 21:45 ` [Patch v4 0/2] " Rikard Falkeborn
2019-10-09 21:45 ` [Patch v4 1/2] linux/build_bug.h: Change type to int Rikard Falkeborn
2019-10-09 21:45 ` [Patch v4 2/2] linux/bits.h: Add compile time sanity check of GENMASK inputs Rikard Falkeborn
2019-10-10 2:24 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-10-12 2:27 ` Andrew Morton
2019-10-22 19:53 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2019-11-01 21:28 ` Rikard Falkeborn
2020-03-08 19:39 ` [PATCH v5] " Rikard Falkeborn
2020-03-09 16:40 ` Kees Cook
2019-07-11 21:30 ` [PATCH 00/12] treewide: Fix GENMASK misuses David Miller
2019-07-12 12:54 ` Andrzej Hajda
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