[PATCH 06/10] cmdline: fix highest bit port list parsing

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri Jun 20 11:21:40 CEST 2025


On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 09:10:32AM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> pl->map is a uint32_t.
> 
> Caught by UBSan:
> 
> ../lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse_portlist.c:27:17: runtime error:
> 	left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type 'int'
> SUMMARY: UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer: undefined-behavior
> 	../lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse_portlist.c:27:17 in
> 
> Fixes: af75078fece3 ("first public release")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> ---
>  lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse_portlist.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse_portlist.c b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse_portlist.c
> index 0c07cc02b5..3ef427d32a 100644
> --- a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse_portlist.c
> +++ b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_parse_portlist.c
> @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
>  #include <errno.h>
>  
>  #include <eal_export.h>
> +#include <rte_bitops.h>
>  #include <rte_string_fns.h>
> +
>  #include "cmdline_parse.h"
>  #include "cmdline_parse_portlist.h"
>  
> @@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ static void
>  parse_set_list(cmdline_portlist_t *pl, size_t low, size_t high)
>  {
>  	do {
> -		pl->map |= (1 << low++);
> +		pl->map |= RTE_BIT32(low++);
>  	} while (low <= high);
>  }
>
While this is correct, the use of "++" in a call to a macro sets off some
alarm bells for me!
Can we put the "++" in the while instead, as "++low"?

/Bruce


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