Re: [PATCH v15 01/17] block: Add bio_add_folio()
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Date: 2021-07-30 11:32:22
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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Date: 2021-07-30 11:32:22
Also in:
linux-fsdevel, linux-mm
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 04:25:17PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
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+size_t bio_add_folio(struct bio *bio, struct folio *folio, size_t len, + size_t off) +{ + if (len > UINT_MAX || off > UINT_MAX) + return 0;The added page shouldn't cross 4G boundary, so just wondering why not check 'if (len > UINT_MAX - off)'?
That check is going to be vulnerable to wrapping, eg off = 2^32, len = 512 It would be less vulnerable to wrapping if we cast both sides to signed long. But at that point, we're firmly into obscuring the intent of the check.