Re: [PATCH] ipc/sem: ensure we left shift a ULL rather than a 32 bit integer

From: Colin Ian King
Date: Fri Oct 28 2016 - 15:29:15 EST


On 28/10/16 20:21, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> On 10/28/2016 08:11 PM, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The left shift amount is sop->sem_num % 64, which is up to 63, so
>> ensure we are shifting a ULL rather than a 32 bit value.
> Good catch, thanks.
>> CoverityScan CID#1372862 "Bad bit shift operation"
>>
>> Fixes: 7c24530cb4e3c0ae ("ipc/sem: optimize perform_atomic_semop()")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> ipc/sem.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
>> index ebd18a7..ca4aa23 100644
>> --- a/ipc/sem.c
>> +++ b/ipc/sem.c
>> @@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(semtimedop, int, semid, struct
>> sembuf __user *, tsops,
>> max = 0;
>> for (sop = sops; sop < sops + nsops; sop++) {
>> - unsigned long mask = 1 << ((sop->sem_num) % BITS_PER_LONG);
>> + unsigned long mask = 1ULL << ((sop->sem_num) % BITS_PER_LONG);
>>
> Why 1ULL? Is 1UL not sufficient?

For example, 1UL i386 is 32 bits, where as 1ULL is 64.
>
> --
> Manfred