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Silence compiler warning in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c

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Paolo Bonzini Feb. 19, 2016, 12:05 p.m. UTC
On 19/02/2016 12:11, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On 2015-08-29 17:49, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
>> Compiler warning:
>>
>>  CC [M]  arch/x86/kvm/emulate.o
>> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c: In function "__do_insn_fetch_bytes":
>> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:814:9: warning: "linear" may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>>
>> GCC is smart enough to realize that the inlined __linearize may return before
>> setting the value of linear, but not smart enough to realize the same
>> X86EMU_CONTINUE blocks actual use of the value.  However, the value of
>> 'linear' can only be set to one value, so hoisting the one line of code
>> upwards makes GCC happy with the code.
>>
>> Reported-by: Aruna Hewapathirane <aruna.hewapathirane@gmail.com>
>> Tested-by: Aruna Hewapathirane <aruna.hewapathirane@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
>>
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c.dist	2015-08-11 14:10:05.366061993 -0400
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c	2015-08-29 13:43:13.014163958 -0400
>> @@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(s
>>  	u16 sel;
>>  
>>  	la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
>> +	*linear = la;
>>  	*max_size = 0;
>>  	switch (mode) {
>>  	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
>> @@ -693,7 +694,6 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(s
>>  	}
>>  	if (insn_aligned(ctxt, size) && ((la & (size - 1)) != 0))
>>  		return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
>> -	*linear = la;
>>  	return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
>>  bad:
>>  	if (addr.seg == VCPU_SREG_SS)
>>
> 
> Unfortunately this patch broke GNU/Hurd when running under KVM. It fails
> to boot almost immediately. I haven't debug it more, but it looks like
> *linear should not always be written. This can easily be reproduced by
> trying to boot Debian Installer from this ISO:
> 
> http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/debian-hurd-2015/debian-hurd-2015-i386-CD-1.iso

The bug is that la can be changed by the "la &= (u32)-1" line.

So the fix could be like:



Can you test it?

Paolo
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Comments

Aurelien Jarno Feb. 19, 2016, 5:04 p.m. UTC | #1
On 2016-02-19 13:05, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 19/02/2016 12:11, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > On 2015-08-29 17:49, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
> >> Compiler warning:
> >>
> >>  CC [M]  arch/x86/kvm/emulate.o
> >> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c: In function "__do_insn_fetch_bytes":
> >> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:814:9: warning: "linear" may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> >>
> >> GCC is smart enough to realize that the inlined __linearize may return before
> >> setting the value of linear, but not smart enough to realize the same
> >> X86EMU_CONTINUE blocks actual use of the value.  However, the value of
> >> 'linear' can only be set to one value, so hoisting the one line of code
> >> upwards makes GCC happy with the code.
> >>
> >> Reported-by: Aruna Hewapathirane <aruna.hewapathirane@gmail.com>
> >> Tested-by: Aruna Hewapathirane <aruna.hewapathirane@gmail.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
> >>
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c.dist	2015-08-11 14:10:05.366061993 -0400
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c	2015-08-29 13:43:13.014163958 -0400
> >> @@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(s
> >>  	u16 sel;
> >>  
> >>  	la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
> >> +	*linear = la;
> >>  	*max_size = 0;
> >>  	switch (mode) {
> >>  	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
> >> @@ -693,7 +694,6 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(s
> >>  	}
> >>  	if (insn_aligned(ctxt, size) && ((la & (size - 1)) != 0))
> >>  		return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
> >> -	*linear = la;
> >>  	return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
> >>  bad:
> >>  	if (addr.seg == VCPU_SREG_SS)
> >>
> > 
> > Unfortunately this patch broke GNU/Hurd when running under KVM. It fails
> > to boot almost immediately. I haven't debug it more, but it looks like
> > *linear should not always be written. This can easily be reproduced by
> > trying to boot Debian Installer from this ISO:
> > 
> > http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/debian-hurd-2015/debian-hurd-2015-i386-CD-1.iso
> 
> The bug is that la can be changed by the "la &= (u32)-1" line.
> 
> So the fix could be like:
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> index 1505587d06e9..b9b09fec173b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> @@ -650,10 +650,10 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>  	u16 sel;
>  
>  	la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
> -	*linear = la;
>  	*max_size = 0;
>  	switch (mode) {
>  	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
> +		*linear = la;
>  		if (is_noncanonical_address(la))
>  			goto bad;
>  
> @@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>  			goto bad;
>  		break;
>  	default:
> +		*linear = la = (u32)la;
>  		usable = ctxt->ops->get_segment(ctxt, &sel, &desc, NULL,
>  						addr.seg);
>  		if (!usable)
> @@ -689,7 +690,6 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>  			if (size > *max_size)
>  				goto bad;
>  		}
> -		la &= (u32)-1;
>  		break;
>  	}
>  	if (insn_aligned(ctxt, size) && ((la & (size - 1)) != 0))
> 
> 
> Can you test it?

Sorry about the other mail, I missed this one. I have just tested you
patch above, and I confirm it works fine. Thanks.

Tested-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 1505587d06e9..b9b09fec173b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -650,10 +650,10 @@  static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	u16 sel;
 
 	la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
-	*linear = la;
 	*max_size = 0;
 	switch (mode) {
 	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
+		*linear = la;
 		if (is_noncanonical_address(la))
 			goto bad;
 
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@  static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 			goto bad;
 		break;
 	default:
+		*linear = la = (u32)la;
 		usable = ctxt->ops->get_segment(ctxt, &sel, &desc, NULL,
 						addr.seg);
 		if (!usable)
@@ -689,7 +690,6 @@  static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 			if (size > *max_size)
 				goto bad;
 		}
-		la &= (u32)-1;
 		break;
 	}
 	if (insn_aligned(ctxt, size) && ((la & (size - 1)) != 0))