From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3EE4C388F9 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C54222E9 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:23:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E3C54222E9 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 39F076B0074; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:23:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 325676B007B; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:23:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 19F956B007D; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:23:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0168.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.168]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E396B0072 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:23:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin29.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7363E1EF3 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:23:47 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77399628894.29.joke69_2607eaf27251 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.16.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.16.251]) by smtpin29.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC7C18086CA5; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:23:47 +0000 (UTC) X-HE-Tag: joke69_2607eaf27251 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 3313 Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) by imf21.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id D291467373; Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:23:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:23:42 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: David Hildenbrand Cc: David Laight , Greg KH , Al Viro , Nick Desaulniers , Christoph Hellwig , "kernel-team@android.com" , Andrew Morton , Jens Axboe , Arnd Bergmann , David Howells , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mips@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-s390@vger.kernel.org" , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-aio@kvack.org" , "io-uring@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "keyrings@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Buggy commit tracked to: "Re: [PATCH 2/9] iov_iter: move rw_copy_check_uvector() into lib/iov_iter.c" Message-ID: <20201022132342.GB8781@lst.de> References: <20201021233914.GR3576660@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20201022082654.GA1477657@kroah.com> <80a2e5fa-718a-8433-1ab0-dd5b3e3b5416@redhat.com> <5d2ecb24db1e415b8ff88261435386ec@AcuMS.aculab.com> <20201022090155.GA1483166@kroah.com> <5fd6003b-55a6-2c3c-9a28-8fd3a575ca78@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5fd6003b-55a6-2c3c-9a28-8fd3a575ca78@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 11:36:40AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > My thinking: if the compiler that calls import_iovec() has garbage in > the upper 32 bit > > a) gcc will zero it out and not rely on it being zero. > b) clang will not zero it out, assuming it is zero. > > But > > a) will zero it out when calling the !inlined variant > b) clang will zero it out when calling the !inlined variant > > When inlining, b) strikes. We access garbage. That would mean that we > have calling code that's not generated by clang/gcc IIUC. Most callchains of import_iovec start with the assembly syscall wrappers.