Re: [PATCH] fix mult_frac() multiple argument evaluation bug

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Sat May 20 2023 - 14:26:27 EST


On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 03:36:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 19 May 2023 23:24:54 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > mult_frac() evaluates _all_ arguments multiple times in the body.
> >
> > --- a/include/linux/math.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/math.h
> > @@ -118,17 +118,17 @@ __STRUCT_FRACT(s32)
> > __STRUCT_FRACT(u32)
> > #undef __STRUCT_FRACT
> >
> > -/*
> > - * Multiplies an integer by a fraction, while avoiding unnecessary
> > - * overflow or loss of precision.
> > - */
> > -#define mult_frac(x, numer, denom)( \
> > -{ \
> > - typeof(x) quot = (x) / (denom); \
> > - typeof(x) rem = (x) % (denom); \
> > - (quot * (numer)) + ((rem * (numer)) / (denom)); \
> > -} \
> > -)
> > +/* Calculate "x * n / d" without unnecessary overflow or loss of precision. */
> > +#define mult_frac(x, n, d) \
> > +({ \
> > + typeof(x) x_ = (x); \
> > + typeof(n) n_ = (n); \
> > + typeof(d) d_ = (d); \
> > + \
> > + typeof(x) q = x_ / d_; \
> > + typeof(x) r = x_ % d_; \
> > + q * n_ + r * n_ / d_; \
> > +})
> >
>
> I like, but the compiler doesn't. x86_64 allmodconfig, gcc-12.2.0.
>
> In file included from ./include/linux/math64.h:6,
> from ./include/linux/time.h:6,
> from ./include/linux/ktime.h:24,
> from ./include/linux/timer.h:6,
> from drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c:16:
> drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c: In function 'iblock_configure_device':
> drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c:127:73: error: passing argument 1 of 'queue_max_hw_sectors' makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Werror=int-conversion]
> 127 | dev->dev_attrib.hw_max_sectors = mult_frac(queue_max_hw_sectors(q),
> | ^
> | |
> | unsigned int
> ./include/linux/math.h:129:16: note: in definition of macro 'mult_frac'
> 129 | typeof(x) r = x_ % d_; \
> | ^
> In file included from drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c:18:
> ./include/linux/blkdev.h:1112:77: note: expected 'const struct request_queue *' but argument is of type 'unsigned int'
> 1112 | static inline unsigned int queue_max_hw_sectors(const struct request_queue *q)
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

In my defence, original macro has the same bug:

#define M(a) \
({ \
typeof(a) b = ...; \
typeof(a) c = ...; \

Now, first typeof can use f(b) because second b doesn't exist yet.
But second typeof can not because second b already exists with potentially
incompatible type.