Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2021-10-29

Re: [PATCH v3 6/8] git-compat-util: introduce more size_t helpers

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-10-29 23:10:36

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref]
writes:
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+/*
+ * Returns true if the left shift of "a" by "shift" bits will
+ * overflow. The type of "a" must be unsigned.
+ */
+#define unsigned_left_shift_overflows(a, shift) \
+    ((shift) < bitsizeof(a) && \
+     (a) > maximum_unsigned_value_of_type(a) >> (shift))
Cute.  So somebody asks

    if (unsigned_left_shift_overflows(a, 100)

and they get "you are unsafe, regardless of the value of a, you get
an overflow".  Makes perfect sensen.
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 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define TYPEOF(x) (__typeof__(x))
 #else
@@ -859,6 +867,23 @@ static inline size_t st_sub(size_t a, size_t b)
 	return a - b;
 }
 
+static inline size_t st_left_shift(size_t a, unsigned shift)
+{
+	if (unsigned_left_shift_overflows(a, shift))
+		die("size_t overflow: %"PRIuMAX" << %u",
+		    (uintmax_t)a, shift);
+	return a << shift;
+}
Makes sense.
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+static inline unsigned long cast_size_t_to_ulong(size_t a)
+{
+	if (a != (unsigned long)a)
+		die("object too large to read on this platform: %"
+		    PRIuMAX" is cut off to %lu",
+		    (uintmax_t)a, (unsigned long)a);
+	return (unsigned long)a;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
 # include <alloca.h>
 # define xalloca(size)      (alloca(size))
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