Re: [PATCH 1/2] stdlib: Fix __getrandom_nocancel type and arc4random usage (BZ #29638)

[Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>]

On 29/09/22 16:39, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 12:28 PM Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
> <libc-alpha@sourceware.org> wrote:
>>
>> Using an unsigned type prevents the fallback to be used if kernel
>> does not support getrandom syscall.
>>
>> Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu.
>> ---
>>  stdlib/arc4random.c                  | 2 +-
>>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/not-cancel.h | 2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/stdlib/arc4random.c b/stdlib/arc4random.c
>> index e417ef624d..960a38f295 100644
>> --- a/stdlib/arc4random.c
>> +++ b/stdlib/arc4random.c
>> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void
>>  __arc4random_buf (void *p, size_t n)
>>  {
>>    static int seen_initialized;
>> -  size_t l;
>> +  ssize_t l;
>>    int fd;
>>
>>    if (n == 0)
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/not-cancel.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/not-cancel.h
>> index a263d294b1..cf35c8bfc9 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/not-cancel.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/not-cancel.h
>> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ __writev_nocancel_nostatus (int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
>>    INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (writev, fd, iov, iovcnt);
>>  }
>>
>> -static inline int
>> +static inline ssize_t
> 
> Shouldn't it be __syscall_slong_t?

Would it make any difference? 'size_t' is still 32 bit on x32, so arc4random_buf
would not be able to handle buffer larger than 32 bits.  Same for getrandom,
which return ssize_t.

> 
>>  __getrandom_nocancel (void *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int flags)
>>  {
>>    return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (getrandom, buf, buflen, flags);
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>>
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