Re: [PATCH] mm/mremap: fix BUILD_BUG_ON() error in get_extent

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Feb 03 2021 - 15:03:59 EST


On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 11:48:40AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:16:34PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 04:40:40PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > clang cannt evaluate this function argument at compile time
> > > when the function is not inlined, which leads to a link
> > > time failure:
> > >
> > > ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: __compiletime_assert_414
> > > >>> referenced by mremap.c
> > > >>> mremap.o:(get_extent) in archive mm/built-in.a
> > >
> > > Mark the function as __always_inline to avoid it.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 9ad9718bfa41 ("mm/mremap: calculate extent in one place")
> > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I would like to see some movement on getting this fixed in 5.11. As it
> > stands, this is one of three __compiletime_assert references with
> > CONFIG_UBSAN_UNSIGNED_OVERFLOW. If we want to keep the BUILD_BUG()
> > around, I think this is fine. Alternatively, turning it into a runtime
> > check would be fine too.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ping? It is pretty late into the 5.11 cycle and this is still broken.

I think we should just do the __always_inline. Who can take this?

-Kees

>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> > > ---
> > > mm/mremap.c | 5 +++--
> > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
> > > index c5590afe7165..1cb464a07184 100644
> > > --- a/mm/mremap.c
> > > +++ b/mm/mremap.c
> > > @@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ enum pgt_entry {
> > > * valid. Else returns a smaller extent bounded by the end of the source and
> > > * destination pgt_entry.
> > > */
> > > -static unsigned long get_extent(enum pgt_entry entry, unsigned long old_addr,
> > > - unsigned long old_end, unsigned long new_addr)
> > > +static __always_inline unsigned long get_extent(enum pgt_entry entry,
> > > + unsigned long old_addr, unsigned long old_end,
> > > + unsigned long new_addr)
> > > {
> > > unsigned long next, extent, mask, size;
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.29.2
> >

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Kees Cook