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    tracing: Have trace_stack nr_entries compare not be so subtle · ca16b0fb
    Dan Carpenter authored
    Dan Carpenter reviewed the trace_stack.c code and figured he found an off by
    one bug.
    
     "From reviewing the code, it seems possible for
      stack_trace_max.nr_entries to be set to .max_entries and in that case we
      would be reading one element beyond the end of the stack_dump_trace[]
      array.  If it's not set to .max_entries then the bug doesn't affect
      runtime."
    
    Although it looks to be the case, it is not. Because we have:
    
     static unsigned long stack_dump_trace[STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES+1] =
    	 { [0 ... (STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES)] = ULONG_MAX };
    
     struct stack_trace stack_trace_max = {
    	.max_entries		= STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES - 1,
    	.entries		= &stack_dump_trace[0],
     };
    
    And:
    
    	stack_trace_max.nr_entries = x;
    	for (; x < i; x++)
    		stack_dump_trace[x] = ULONG_MAX;
    
    Even if nr_entries equals max_entries, indexing with it into the
    stack_dump_trace[] array will not overflow the array. But if it is the case,
    the second part of the conditional that tests stack_dump_trace[nr_entries]
    to ULONG_MAX will always be true.
    
    By applying Dan's patch, it removes the subtle aspect of it and makes the if
    conditional slightly more efficient.
    
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180620110758.crunhd5bfep7zuiz@kili.mountainSigned-off-by: default avatarDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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