Re: [PATCH 4/4] xfs: fix sign handling problem in xfs_bmbt_diff_two_keys

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 02:49:09PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In xfs_bmbt_diff_two_keys, we perform a signed int64_t subtraction with
> two unsigned 64-bit quantities.  If the second quantity is actually the
> "maximum" key (all ones) as used in _query_all, the subtraction
> effectively becomes addition of two positive numbers and the function
> returns incorrect results.  Fix this with explicit comparisons of the
> unsigned values.  Nobody needs this now, but the online repair patches
> will need this to work properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c |   16 ++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
> index fbb18ba5d905..3c1a805b3775 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
> @@ -400,8 +400,20 @@ xfs_bmbt_diff_two_keys(
>  	union xfs_btree_key	*k1,
>  	union xfs_btree_key	*k2)
>  {
> -	return (int64_t)be64_to_cpu(k1->bmbt.br_startoff) -
> -			  be64_to_cpu(k2->bmbt.br_startoff);
> +	uint64_t		a = be64_to_cpu(k1->bmbt.br_startoff);
> +	uint64_t		b = be64_to_cpu(k2->bmbt.br_startoff);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Note: This routine previously casted a and b to int64 and subtracted
> +	 * them to generate a result.  This lead to problems if b was the
> +	 * "maximum" key value (all ones) being signed incorrectly, hence this
> +	 * somewhat less efficient version.
> +	 */
> +	if (a > b)
> +		return 1;
> +	else if (b > a)
> +		return -1;

No need for an else here, but otherwise OK.

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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