From: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>
To: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>,
Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@gmail.com>
Cc: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Dirk Behme" <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>,
"Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes" <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: page: Simplify overflow check using checked_add()
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:29:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46e188a4-4b74-4206-ba18-f107f45bb98d@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251223115726.621bfa38.gary@garyguo.net>
On 23.12.25 12:57, Gary Guo wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:06:17 +0200
> Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Replace the explicit bounds comparisons with a single checked_add()-based
>> range check. This avoids redundant comparisons, makes the overflow case
>> explicit, and results in simpler generated code (checked with godbolt
>> for x86).
>>
>> No functional change intended.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Added MSVR todo (Dirk Behme)
>> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251219-rust-page-check-v1-1-df2e52fa3bd5@gmail.com
>> ---
>> rust/kernel/page.rs | 19 +++++++++----------
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/page.rs b/rust/kernel/page.rs
>> index 432fc0297d4a..cd2af7e4c357 100644
>> --- a/rust/kernel/page.rs
>> +++ b/rust/kernel/page.rs
>> @@ -239,17 +239,16 @@ fn with_pointer_into_page<T>(
>> len: usize,
>> f: impl FnOnce(*mut u8) -> Result<T>,
>> ) -> Result<T> {
>> - let bounds_ok = off <= PAGE_SIZE && len <= PAGE_SIZE && (off + len) <= PAGE_SIZE;
>> -
>> - if bounds_ok {
>> - self.with_page_mapped(move |page_addr| {
>> - // SAFETY: The `off` integer is at most `PAGE_SIZE`, so this pointer offset will
>> - // result in a pointer that is in bounds or one off the end of the page.
>> - f(unsafe { page_addr.add(off) })
>> - })
>> - } else {
>> - Err(EINVAL)
>> + // TODO: Replace `map_or` with `is_none_or` once the MSRV is >= 1.82.
>
> I was about to suggest just enable the feature gate, but turns out it was
> only added in 1.81. That's a fast one to stabilize!
With Alexandre's `matches!` proposal I was thinking that we could drop
the TODO comment and we won't need to touch this file again once MSRV
is >= 1.82. Opinions?
Cheers
Dirk
> Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
>
> Best,
> Gary
>
>> + if off.checked_add(len).map_or(true, |end| end > PAGE_SIZE) {
>> + return Err(EINVAL);
>> }
>> +
>> + self.with_page_mapped(move |page_addr| {
>> + // SAFETY: The `off` integer is at most `PAGE_SIZE`, so this pointer offset will
>> + // result in a pointer that is in bounds or one off the end of the page.
>> + f(unsafe { page_addr.add(off) })
>> + })
>> }
>>
>> /// Maps the page and reads from it into the given buffer.
>>
>> ---
>> base-commit: cc3aa43b44bdb43dfbac0fcb51c56594a11338a8
>> change-id: 20251219-rust-page-check-819ccc39c53a
>>
>> Best regards,
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-23 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-23 10:06 Kari Argillander
2025-12-23 11:57 ` Gary Guo
2025-12-23 12:29 ` Dirk Behme [this message]
2025-12-23 12:50 ` Gary Guo
2025-12-23 12:50 ` Kari Argillander
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