[PATCH net] tcp: avoid bogus gcc-7 array-bounds warning

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri Jul 28 2017 - 10:42:15 EST


When using CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL, the TCP code produces a
false-positive warning:

net/ipv4/tcp_output.c: In function 'tcp_connect':
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2207:40: error: array subscript is below array bounds [-Werror=array-bounds]
tp->chrono_stat[tp->chrono_type - 1] += now - tp->chrono_start;
^~
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2207:40: error: array subscript is below array bounds [-Werror=array-bounds]
tp->chrono_stat[tp->chrono_type - 1] += now - tp->chrono_start;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have opened a gcc bug for this, but distros have already shipped
compilers with this problem, and it's not clear yet whether there is
a way for gcc to avoid the warning. As the problem is related to the
bitfield access, this introduces a temporary variable to store the old
enum value.

I did not notice this warning earlier, since UBSAN is disabled when
building with COMPILE_TEST, and that was always turned on in both
allmodconfig and randconfig tests.

Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81601
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 886d874775df..bb901297a369 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2202,9 +2202,10 @@ static bool tcp_small_queue_check(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
static void tcp_chrono_set(struct tcp_sock *tp, const enum tcp_chrono new)
{
const u32 now = tcp_jiffies32;
+ enum tcp_chrono old = tp->chrono_type;

- if (tp->chrono_type > TCP_CHRONO_UNSPEC)
- tp->chrono_stat[tp->chrono_type - 1] += now - tp->chrono_start;
+ if (old > TCP_CHRONO_UNSPEC)
+ tp->chrono_stat[old - 1] += now - tp->chrono_start;
tp->chrono_start = now;
tp->chrono_type = new;
}
--
2.9.0