Re: [Crash-utility] [PATCH] Remove the VOID_PTR facilitator macro

I've been wondering about the intended use of this facilitator macro for some time and concluded that it is plainly wrong. It should take a pointer value from a buffer, but what is the use of a pointer that pointed to something on the _target_ machine? It cannot be meaningfully dereferenced on the host. Okay, pointer arithmetics is done in one place, but IMO it is better to explicitly state the object size there, because that's how things are done elsewhere in the code, so it is less surprising for anybody reading the code. The irony is underlined by the fact that all three uses of the macro need a subsequent typecast to ulong, which proves the whole concept flawed.

--- defs.h | 1 - memory.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) --- a/defs.h +++ b/defs.h @@ -1760,7 +1760,6 @@ struct builtin_debug_table { #define ULONG_PTR(ADDR) *((ulong **)((char *)(ADDR))) #define USHORT(ADDR) *((ushort *)((char *)(ADDR))) #define SHORT(ADDR) *((short *)((char *)(ADDR))) -#define VOID_PTR(ADDR) *((void **)((char *)(ADDR))) struct node_table { int node_id; --- a/memory.c +++ b/memory.c @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ struct meminfo { /* general pu ulong c_offset; ulong c_num; ulong s_mem; - void *s_freep; - ulong *s_index; + ulong s_freep; + ulong s_index; ulong s_inuse; ulong cpucached_cache; ulong cpucached_slab; @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static int next_kpage(ulong, ulong *); static ulong last_vmalloc_address(void); static ulong next_vmlist_vaddr(ulong); static int next_identity_mapping(ulong, ulong *); -static int vm_area_page_dump(ulong, ulong, ulong, ulong, void *, +static int vm_area_page_dump(ulong, ulong, ulong, ulong, ulong, struct reference *); static int dump_swap_info(ulong, ulong *, ulong *); static void swap_info_init(void); @@ -3138,7 +3138,7 @@ vm_area_dump(ulong task, ulong flag, ulo ulong vma; ulong vm_start; ulong vm_end; - void *vm_next, *vm_mm; + ulong vm_next, vm_mm; char *dentry_buf, *vma_buf, *file_buf; ulong vm_flags; ulong vm_file, inode; @@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@ vm_area_dump(ulong task, ulong flag, ulo !DO_REF_SEARCH(ref)) fprintf(fp, vma_header); - for (found = FALSE; vma; vma = (ulong)vm_next) { + for (found = FALSE; vma; vma = vm_next) { if ((flag & PHYSADDR) && !DO_REF_SEARCH(ref)) fprintf(fp, "%s", vma_header); @@ -3211,9 +3211,9 @@ vm_area_dump(ulong task, ulong flag, ulo BZERO(buf1, BUFSIZE); vma_buf = fill_vma_cache(vma); - vm_mm = VOID_PTR(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_mm)); + vm_mm = ULONG(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_mm)); vm_end = ULONG(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_end)); - vm_next = VOID_PTR(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_next)); + vm_next = ULONG(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_next)); vm_start = ULONG(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_start)); vm_flags = SIZE(vm_area_struct_vm_flags) == sizeof(short) ? USHORT(vma_buf+ OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_flags)) : @@ -3335,7 +3335,7 @@ vm_area_page_dump(ulong vma, ulong task, ulong start, ulong end, - void *mm, + ulong mm, struct reference *ref) { physaddr_t paddr; @@ -3347,7 +3347,7 @@ vm_area_page_dump(ulong vma, char buf3[BUFSIZE]; char buf4[BUFSIZE]; - if ((ulong)mm == symbol_value("init_mm")) + if (mm == symbol_value("init_mm")) return FALSE; if (!ref || DO_REF_DISPLAY(ref)) @@ -9720,9 +9720,9 @@ dump_slab(struct meminfo *si) return; } - si->s_freep = VOID_PTR(si->slab_buf + OFFSET(kmem_slab_s_s_freep)); + si->s_freep = ULONG(si->slab_buf + OFFSET(kmem_slab_s_s_freep)); si->s_inuse = ULONG(si->slab_buf + OFFSET(kmem_slab_s_s_inuse)); - si->s_index = ULONG_PTR(si->slab_buf + OFFSET(kmem_slab_s_s_index)); + si->s_index = ULONG(si->slab_buf + OFFSET(kmem_slab_s_s_index)); s_offset = USHORT(si->slab_buf + OFFSET(kmem_slab_s_s_offset)); if (!(si->flags & ADDRESS_SPECIFIED)) { @@ -9850,7 +9850,7 @@ dump_slab_percpu_v2(struct meminfo *si) static void gather_slab_free_list(struct meminfo *si) { - ulong *next, obj; + ulong next, obj; ulong expected, cnt; BNEG(si->addrlist, sizeof(ulong) * (si->c_num+1)); @@ -9885,16 +9885,16 @@ gather_slab_free_list(struct meminfo *si */ if (si->c_flags & SLAB_CFLGS_BUFCTL) - obj = si->s_mem + ((next - si->s_index) * si->c_offset); + obj = si->s_mem + (next - si->s_index) * si->c_offset; else - obj = (ulong)next - si->c_offset; + obj = next - si->c_offset; si->addrlist[cnt] = obj; if (si->flags & ADDRESS_SPECIFIED) { if (INSLAB(next, si) && - (si->spec_addr >= (ulong)next) && - (si->spec_addr < (ulong)(next + 1))) { + (si->spec_addr >= next) && + (si->spec_addr < next + sizeof(ulong))) { si->found = KMEM_BUFCTL_ADDR; return; } @@ -9909,7 +9909,7 @@ gather_slab_free_list(struct meminfo *si si->errors++; } - readmem((ulong)next, KVADDR, &next, sizeof(void *), + readmem(next, KVADDR, &next, sizeof(ulong), "s_freep chain entry", FAULT_ON_ERROR); } while (next); @@ -10057,7 +10057,7 @@ static void dump_slab_objects(struct meminfo *si) { int i, j; - ulong *next; + ulong next; int on_free_list; ulong cnt, expected; ulong bufctl, obj; @@ -11561,7 +11561,7 @@ next_upage(struct task_context *tc, ulon int found; char *vma_buf; ulong vm_start, vm_end; - void *vm_next; + ulong vm_next; if (!tc->mm_struct) return FALSE; @@ -11575,12 +11575,12 @@ next_upage(struct task_context *tc, ulon vaddr = VIRTPAGEBASE(vaddr) + PAGESIZE(); /* first possible page */ - for (found = FALSE; vma; vma = (ulong)vm_next) { + for (found = FALSE; vma; vma = vm_next) { vma_buf = fill_vma_cache(vma); vm_start = ULONG(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_start)); vm_end = ULONG(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_end)); - vm_next = VOID_PTR(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_next)); + vm_next = ULONG(vma_buf + OFFSET(vm_area_struct_vm_next)); if (vaddr <= vm_start) { *nextvaddr = vm_start; -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility