On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 06:30:56PM -0300, Paulo Zanoni wrote:
> From: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> We tried to fix this in the following commit:
>
> commit fdc454c1484a20e1345cf4e4d7a9feaee814147f
> Author: Michel Thierry <michel.thierry@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Mar 24 15:46:19 2015 +0000
> drm/i915: Prevent out of range pt in gen6_for_each_pde
>
> but the static analyzer still complains that, just before we break due
> to "iter < I915_PDES", we do "pt = (pd)->page_table[iter]" with an
> iter value that is bigger than I915_PDES. Of course, this isn't really
> a problem since no one uses pt outside the macro. Still, every single
> new usage of the macro will create a new issue for us to mark as a
> false possitive.
>
> After the commit mentioned above we also created some new versions of
> the macros, so they carry the same "problem".
>
> In order to "solve" this "problem", let's leave the macro with a NULL
> value for pt. So if somebody uses it, we're more likely to get a big
> error message instead of some silent failure. I hope the static
> analyzer won't complain about the new solution (I don't have a way to
> check this!).
>
> I know, the solution looks really ugly. I am hoping the reviewers will
> help us decide if we prefer this patch or if we prefer to keep marking
> things as false positives.
>
> Cc: Michel Thierry <michel.thierry@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> I sent this as an RFC because I really don't know if complicating the
> macro even more will help us in any way. I won't really be surprised
> if I see NACKs on this patch, so don't hesitate if you want to.
>
> Also, all I did was boot a Kernel with this patch and make sure it
> shows the desktop. So consider this as untested, possibly broken.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
> index 0d46dd2..b202ca0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
> @@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ struct i915_hw_ppgtt {
> */
Overallocate page_table etc by one and put a NULL sentinel in it.
for ((iter) = gen6_pde_index(start); \
(length) > 0 && (pt = (pd)->page_table[iter]); \
(iter)++, \
temp = ALIGN(start+1, 1 << GEN6_PDE_SHIFT) - start, \
temp = min_t(unsigned, temp, length), \
-Chris
--
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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