Re: [PATCH v2] maple_tree: Use correct variable type in sizeof

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 08:29:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:35:13 +0800 Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@bytedance.com> wrote:
> 
> > The type of variable pointed to by pivs is unsigned long, but the type
> > used in sizeof is a pointer type. Change it to unsigned long.
> 
> Thanks, but there's nothing in this changelog which explains why a
> -stable backport is being proposed.  When fixing a bug, please always
> describe the user-visible effects of that bug.

There is no user-visible effect of this bug as the assembly code
generated will be identical.

> > --- a/lib/maple_tree.c
> > +++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
> > @@ -3255,7 +3255,7 @@ static inline void mas_destroy_rebalance(struct ma_state *mas, unsigned char end
> >  
> >  		if (tmp < max_p)
> >  			memset(pivs + tmp, 0,
> > -			       sizeof(unsigned long *) * (max_p - tmp));
> > +			       sizeof(unsigned long) * (max_p - tmp));
> >  
> >  		if (tmp < mt_slots[mt])
> >  			memset(slots + tmp, 0, sizeof(void *) * (max_s - tmp));
> 
> Is there any situation in which
> sizeof(unsigned long *) != sizeof(unsigned long)?

Windows 64-bit (pointer 64-bit, unsigned long is 32 bit) is the only
one I know.  Linux is all ILP32 or LP64.  There may be some embedded
environments which are different, but I have no idea what they might be.