Re: [PATCH 09/11] perf/imx_ddr: Fix undefined behavior due to shift overflowing the constant

From: Will Deacon
Date: Fri Apr 08 2022 - 06:47:53 EST


On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 05:15:15PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
>
> Fix:
>
> In file included from <command-line>:0:0:
> In function ‘ddr_perf_counter_enable’,
> inlined from ‘ddr_perf_irq_handler’ at drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c:651:2:
> ././include/linux/compiler_types.h:352:38: error: call to ‘__compiletime_assert_729’ \
> declared with attribute error: FIELD_PREP: mask is not constant
> _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
> ...
>
> See https://lore.kernel.org/r/YkwQ6%2BtIH8GQpuct@xxxxxxx for the gory
> details as to why it triggers with older gccs only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frank Li <Frank.li@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c b/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c
> index 94ebc1ecace7..b1b2a55de77f 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
> #define CNTL_OVER_MASK 0xFFFFFFFE
>
> #define CNTL_CSV_SHIFT 24
> -#define CNTL_CSV_MASK (0xFF << CNTL_CSV_SHIFT)
> +#define CNTL_CSV_MASK (0xFFU << CNTL_CSV_SHIFT)

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

(let me know if you'd prefer for me to queue this directly)

Will