[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Use unsigned for overflow checks in execbuf

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Thu Sep 19 15:05:22 CEST 2013


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 02:53:36PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> There's actually no real risk since we already check for stricter
> constraints earlier (using UINT_MAX / sizeof (struct
> drm_i915_gem_exec_object2) as the limit). But in eb_create we use
> signed integers, which steals a factor of 2. Luckily struct
> drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 for this to not matter.
> 
> Still, be consistent and use unsigned integers.
> 
> Similar use unsinged integers when checking for overflows in the
> relocation entry processing.
> 
> I've also added a new subtests to igt/gem_reloc_overflow to also
> test for overflowing args->buffer_count values.
> 
> v2: Give the variables again tighter scope to make it clear that the
> computation is purely local and doesn't leak out to the 2nd block.
> Requested by Chris Wilson.
> 
> v3: Add a comment why we don't need to recheck for overflows.
> 
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre



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