On Fri, Dec 06, 2024 at 02:39:58PM +0530, Nilay Shroff wrote: > > Thank you Yuri for insightful comments! Please see my responses inline... > > On 12/5/24 21:53, Yury Norov wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 06:04:09PM +0530, Nilay Shroff wrote: > >> While building the powerpc code using gcc 13, I came across following > >> errors generated for kernel/padata.c file: > >> > >> CC kernel/padata.o > >> In file included from ./include/linux/string.h:390, > >> from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h:16, > >> from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h:13, > >> from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:23, > >> from ./include/asm-generic/preempt.h:5, > >> from ./arch/powerpc/include/generated/asm/preempt.h:1, > >> from ./include/linux/preempt.h:79, > >> from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:56, > >> from ./include/linux/swait.h:7, > >> from ./include/linux/completion.h:12, > >> from kernel/padata.c:14: > >> In function ‘bitmap_copy’, > >> inlined from ‘cpumask_copy’ at ./include/linux/cpumask.h:839:2, > >> inlined from ‘__padata_set_cpumasks’ at kernel/padata.c:730:2: > >> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:114:33: error: ‘__builtin_memcpy’ reading between 257 and 536870904 bytes from a region of size 256 [-Werror=stringop-overread] > >> 114 | #define __underlying_memcpy __builtin_memcpy > >> | ^ > >> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:633:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘__underlying_memcpy’ > >> 633 | __underlying_##op(p, q, __fortify_size); \ > >> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:678:26: note: in expansion of macro ‘__fortify_memcpy_chk’ > >> 678 | #define memcpy(p, q, s) __fortify_memcpy_chk(p, q, s, \ > >> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> ./include/linux/bitmap.h:259:17: note: in expansion of macro ‘memcpy’ > >> 259 | memcpy(dst, src, len); > >> | ^~~~~~ > >> kernel/padata.c: In function ‘__padata_set_cpumasks’: > >> kernel/padata.c:713:48: note: source object ‘pcpumask’ of size [0, 256] > >> 713 | cpumask_var_t pcpumask, > >> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~ > >> In function ‘bitmap_copy’, > >> inlined from ‘cpumask_copy’ at ./include/linux/cpumask.h:839:2, > >> inlined from ‘__padata_set_cpumasks’ at kernel/padata.c:730:2: > >> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:114:33: error: ‘__builtin_memcpy’ reading between 257 and 536870904 bytes from a region of size 256 [-Werror=stringop-overread] > >> 114 | #define __underlying_memcpy __builtin_memcpy > >> | ^ > >> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:633:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘__underlying_memcpy’ > >> 633 | __underlying_##op(p, q, __fortify_size); \ > >> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:678:26: note: in expansion of macro ‘__fortify_memcpy_chk’ > >> 678 | #define memcpy(p, q, s) __fortify_memcpy_chk(p, q, s, \ > >> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> ./include/linux/bitmap.h:259:17: note: in expansion of macro ‘memcpy’ > >> 259 | memcpy(dst, src, len); > >> | ^~~~~~ > >> kernel/padata.c: In function ‘__padata_set_cpumasks’: > >> kernel/padata.c:713:48: note: source object ‘pcpumask’ of size [0, 256] > >> 713 | cpumask_var_t pcpumask, > >> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~ > >> > >> Apparently, above errors only manifests with GCC 13.x and config option > >> CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE. Furthermore, if I use gcc 11.x or gcc 12.x then I > >> don't encounter above errors. Prima facie, these errors appear to be false- > > > > If it works for pre-GCC13, and likely for clang, you shouldn't disable it > > for them. It should be enabled for CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=n, as well. > > > > Check config CC_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS for an example of how versioned flags > > are implemented. > > > > >> positive. Brian informed me that currently some efforts are underway by > >> GCC developers to emit more verbose information when GCC detects string > >> overflow errors and that might help to further narrow down the root cause > >> of this error. > > > > I'm 100% sure that Brian is a great person and his information is > > absolutely correct and complete. But this is just not how we write > > commit messages. > > > > Please avoid personal references, vague statements and news from > > the future. > > > Sure, I would do the needful for future patches. > > >> So for now, silence these errors using -Wno-stringop- > >> overread gcc option while building kernel/padata.c file until we find the > >> root cause. > > > > You didn't provide any evidence that this warning is specific for padata. > > > > Let me just show you the test matrix for the stringop-overread error: > > ARCH PowerPC: > compiler CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE -Werror=stringop-overread > gcc 11.x Y N > gcc 11.x N N > gcc 12.x Y N > gcc 12.x N N > gcc 13.x Y Y > gcc 13.x N N > clang 18.x Y N > clang 18.x N N > > ARCH x86_64: > compiler CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE -Werror=stringop-overread > gcc 11.x Y N > gcc 11.x N N > gcc 12.x Y N > gcc 12.x N N > gcc 13.x Y N > gcc 13.x N N > clang 18.x Y N > clang 18.x N N > > >From the above matrix, we could see that the sringop-overread error is only encountered > when we use gcc 13 on PowerPC machine and the stringop-overread error is seen only when we > enable CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE. Furthermore, so far I've only encountered this error while > compiling kernel/padata.c file. > > > And indeed the subject states that this is a cpumasks-related warninig. > > Cpumask is a global subsystem. If you believe that this warning is > > false-positive, it may show up for any other random victim. Please > > suppress it globally. > > > Yes you were correct, this warning might appear for any other random victims. But as > I mentioned earlier, so far I've only encountered it with kernel/padata.c file. > So, if we want to reduce the blast radius then wouldn't it be sufficient to just silence > it only while compiling kernel/padata.c file? Or do you still suggest disabling it at > global level would be more helpful? I'm OK with either way moving forward. Please let > me know. You will reduce the radius significantly if you limit sringop-overread suppression to a specific config, compiler and architecture. Silencing random files is a gambling.
