On Tue 03-01-17 13:57:53, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> node_isset can give incorrect result if the node number is beyond the
> bitmask size (MAX_NUMNODES in this case) which is not checked inside
> test_bit. Hence check for the bit limits (MAX_NUMNODES) inside the
> node_isset function before calling test_bit.
Could you be more specific when such a thing might happen? Have you seen
any in-kernel user who would give such a bogus node?
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/nodemask.h | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/nodemask.h b/include/linux/nodemask.h
> index 6e66cfd..0aee588b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/nodemask.h
> +++ b/include/linux/nodemask.h
> @@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ static inline void __nodes_clear(nodemask_t *dstp, unsigned int nbits)
> }
>
> /* No static inline type checking - see Subtlety (1) above. */
> -#define node_isset(node, nodemask) test_bit((node), (nodemask).bits)
> +#define node_isset(node, nodemask) node_test_bit(node, nodemask, MAX_NUMNODES)
> +static inline int node_test_bit(int node, nodemask_t nodemask, int maxnodes)
> +{
> + if (node >= maxnodes)
> + return 0;
> + return test_bit((node), (nodemask).bits);
> +}
>
> #define node_test_and_set(node, nodemask) \
> __node_test_and_set((node), &(nodemask))
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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