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SubjectRe: [PATCH] libbpf hashmap: fix undefined behavior in hash_bits
On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 12:12 AM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:40 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > If bits is 0, the case when the map is empty, then the >> is the size of
> > the register which is undefined behavior - on x86 it is the same as a
> > shift by 0. Fix by handling the 0 case explicitly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> > ---
>
> No need. The only case when bits can be 0 is when hashmap is
> completely empty (no elements have ever been added yet). In that case,
> it doesn't matter what value hash_bits() returns,
> hashmap__for_each_key_entry/hashmap__for_each_key_entry_safe will
> behave correctly, because map->buckets will be NULL.

Agreed. Unfortunately the LLVM undefined behavior sanitizer (I've not
tested with GCC to the same extent) will cause an exit when it sees >>
64 regardless of whether the value is used or not. It'd be possible to
#ifdef this code on whether a sanitizer was present.

Thanks,
Ian

> > tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.h | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.h b/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.h
> > index d5ef212a55ba..781db653d16c 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.h
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.h
> > @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
> > static inline size_t hash_bits(size_t h, int bits)
> > {
> > /* shuffle bits and return requested number of upper bits */
> > + if (bits == 0)
> > + return 0;
> > return (h * 11400714819323198485llu) >> (__WORDSIZE - bits);
> > }
> >
> > --
> > 2.26.2.645.ge9eca65c58-goog
> >

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