# Re: \[PATCH 2/4\] random: vDSO: Don't use PAGE\_SIZE and PAGE\_MASK

- From: Christophe Leroy \<hidden\>
- Date: 2024-08-27 08:16:30 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2024/08/2723223
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2024/08/2723152/t.md

```text


Le 27/08/2024 à 09:49, Jason A. Donenfeld a écrit :
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 09:31:48AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> -	ssize_t ret = min_t(size_t, INT_MAX & PAGE_MASK /* = MAX_RW_COUNT */, len);
>> +	const unsigned long page_size = 1UL << CONFIG_PAGE_SHIFT;
>> +	const unsigned long page_mask = ~(page_size - 1);
>> +	ssize_t ret = min_t(size_t, INT_MAX & page_mask /* = MAX_RW_COUNT */, len);
>
> I'm really not a fan of making the code less idiomatic...

Ok, I have another idea, let's give it a try.

>
>> An easy solution would be to define PAGE_SIZE and PAGE_MASK in vDSO
>> when they do not exist already, but this can be misleading.
>
> Why would what tglx and I suggested be misleading? That seems pretty
> normal... Are you worried they might mismatch somehow? (If so, why?)

All architectures have their own definition, they are all based on CONFIG_PAGE_SHIFT and should give the same value but with some subtleties. The best would be to have an asm-generic definition of PAGE_SIZE and PAGE_MASK that all architectures use, but that's another level of work.

tglx or yourself suggested to put in a one of the vdso headers instead of directly in getrandom.c. This is too fragile because PAGE_SIZE might be absent in that header but arrive in getrandom.c through another header.

Christophe

```