Re: [PATCH] xen/bitops: Fix break with in a for_each_set_bit() loop

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/11/2024 3:19 pm, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 2:50 PM Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> for_each_set_bit()'s use of a double for loop had an accidental bug with a
>> break in the inner loop leading to an infinite outer loop.
>>
>> Adjust for_each_set_bit() to avoid this behaviour, and add extend
>> test_for_each_set_bit() with a test case for this.
>>
>> Fixes: ed26376f20bf ("xen/bitops: Introduce for_each_set_bit()")
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> Both GCC and Clang seem happy with this, even at -O1:
>>
>>   https://godbolt.org/z/o6ohjrzsY
>> ---
>>  xen/common/bitops.c      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  xen/include/xen/bitops.h |  2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/common/bitops.c b/xen/common/bitops.c
>> index 91ae961440af..0edd62d25c28 100644
>> --- a/xen/common/bitops.c
>> +++ b/xen/common/bitops.c
>> @@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ static void __init test_for_each_set_bit(void)
>>
>>      if ( ull != ull_res )
>>          panic("for_each_set_bit(uint64) expected %#"PRIx64", got 
>> %#"PRIx64"\n", ull, ull_res);
>> +
>> +    /* Check that we break from the middle of the loop */
>> +    ui = HIDE(0x80001008U);
>> +    ui_res = 0;
>> +    for_each_set_bit ( i, ui )
>> +    {
>> +        static __initdata unsigned int count;
>> +
>> +        if ( count++ > 1 )
>> +            break;
>> +
>> +        ui_res |= 1U << i;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    if ( ui_res != 0x1008 )
>> +        panic("for_each_set_bit(break) expected 0x1008, got %#x\n", ui_res);
>>  }
>>
>>  static void __init test_multiple_bits_set(void)
>> diff --git a/xen/include/xen/bitops.h b/xen/include/xen/bitops.h
>> index 79615fb89d04..448b2d3e0937 100644
>> --- a/xen/include/xen/bitops.h
>> +++ b/xen/include/xen/bitops.h
>> @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static always_inline attr_const unsigned int 
>> fls64(uint64_t x)
>>   * A copy of @val is taken internally.
>>   */
>>  #define for_each_set_bit(iter, val)                     \
>> -    for ( typeof(val) __v = (val); __v; )               \
>> +    for ( typeof(val) __v = (val); __v; __v = 0 )       \
>>          for ( unsigned int (iter);                      \
>>                __v && ((iter) = ffs_g(__v) - 1, true);   \
>>                __v &= __v - 1 )
>>
>> base-commit: e0058760a0c7935ad0690d8b9babb9050eceedf0
> Not a fun of static variables but it's just in the test,

Oh, I guess I can do it with just a local variable.  Incremental diff is:

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static void __init test_fls(void)
 
 static void __init test_for_each_set_bit(void)
 {
-    unsigned int  ui,  ui_res = 0;
+    unsigned int  ui,  ui_res = 0, tmp;
     unsigned long ul,  ul_res = 0;
     uint64_t      ull, ull_res = 0;
 
@@ -113,12 +113,11 @@ static void __init test_for_each_set_bit(void)
 
     /* Check that we break from the middle of the loop */
     ui = HIDE(0x80001008U);
+    tmp = 0;
     ui_res = 0;
     for_each_set_bit ( i, ui )
     {
-        static __initdata unsigned int count;
-
-        if ( count++ > 1 )
+        if ( tmp++ > 1 )
             break;
 
         ui_res |= 1U << i;


> Reviewed-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.  This turns out to be a whole lot easier than I was fearing.

~Andrew