Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] Use overflow.h helpers to check for overflows

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On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 11:18:39AM GMT, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 01:59:03PM +0800, Shung-Hsi Yu wrote:
> > This patch set refactors kernel/bpf/verifier.c to use type-agnostic,
> > generic overflow-check helpers defined in include/linux/overflow.h to
> > check for addition and subtraction overflow, and drop the
> > signed_*_overflows() helpers we currently have in kernel/bpf/verifier.c.
> > There should be no functional change in how the verifier works.
> > 
> > The main motivation is to make future refactoring[1] easier.
> > 
> > While check_mul_overflow() also exists and could potentially replace what
> > we have in scalar*_min_max_mul(), it does not help with refactoring and
> > would either change how the verifier works (e.g. lifting restriction on
> > umax<=U32_MAX and u32_max<=U16_MAX) or make the code slightly harder to
> > read, so it is left for future endeavour.
> > 
> > Changes from v1 <https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240623070324.12634-1-shung-hsi.yu@xxxxxxxx>:
> > - use pointers to values in dst_reg directly as the sum/diff pointer and
> >   remove the else branch (Jiri)
> > - change local variables to be dst_reg pointers instead of src_reg values
> > - include comparison of generated assembly before & after the change
> >   (Alexei)
> > 
> > 1: https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/pull/7205/commits
> 
> CI failed, but it looks like aws hiccup:
>   https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/9739067425/job/26873810583

Should be, before submitting I've checked that it passed in the BPF
CI[1] through manually opened PR#7280.

> lgtm
> 
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

1: https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/9738751746




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