Re: [PATCH] kasan/test: avoid gcc warning for intentional overflow

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On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 12:16 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The out-of-bounds test allocates an object that is three bytes too
> short in order to validate the bounds checking. Starting with gcc-14,
> this causes a compile-time warning as gcc has grown smart enough to
> understand the sizeof() logic:
>
> mm/kasan/kasan_test.c: In function 'kmalloc_oob_16':
> mm/kasan/kasan_test.c:443:14: error: allocation of insufficient size '13' for type 'struct <anonymous>' with size '16' [-Werror=alloc-size]
>   443 |         ptr1 = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr1) - 3, GFP_KERNEL);
>       |              ^
>
> Hide the actual computation behind a RELOC_HIDE() that ensures
> the compiler misses the intentional bug.
>
> Fixes: 3f15801cdc23 ("lib: add kasan test module")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/kasan/kasan_test.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c b/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c
> index 318d9cec111a..2d8ae4fbe63b 100644
> --- a/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c
> +++ b/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c
> @@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ static void kmalloc_oob_16(struct kunit *test)
>         /* This test is specifically crafted for the generic mode. */
>         KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CONFIG_ON(test, CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC);
>
> -       ptr1 = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr1) - 3, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       /* RELOC_HIDE to prevent gcc from warning about short alloc */
> +       ptr1 = RELOC_HIDE(kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr1) - 3, GFP_KERNEL), 0);
>         KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr1);
>
>         ptr2 = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr2), GFP_KERNEL);
> --
> 2.39.2
>

Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>





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