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[PATCH 1/2] avoid shifting signed integers 31 bits

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 29, 2015, 06:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20151229063545.GA30340@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20151229063449.GA28755@sigill.intra.peff.net>

We sometimes use 32-bit unsigned integers as bit-fields. It's fine to access the MSB, because it's unsigned. However, doing so as "1 << 31" is wrong, because the constant "1" is a signed int, and we shift into the sign bit, causing undefined behavior.

We can fix this by using "1U" as the constant.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/receive-pack.c | 2 +-
 diff.h                 | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index ca38131..2b3b746 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ static void prepare_shallow_update(struct command *commands,
 				continue;
 			si->need_reachability_test[i]++;
 			for (k = 0; k < 32; k++)
-				if (si->used_shallow[i][j] & (1 << k))
+				if (si->used_shallow[i][j] & (1U << k))
 					si->shallow_ref[j * 32 + k]++;
 		}
 
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index f7208ad..893f446 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ typedef struct strbuf *(*diff_prefix_fn_t)(struct diff_options *opt, void *data)
 #define DIFF_OPT_DIRSTAT_BY_LINE     (1 << 28)
 #define DIFF_OPT_FUNCCONTEXT         (1 << 29)
 #define DIFF_OPT_PICKAXE_IGNORE_CASE (1 << 30)
-#define DIFF_OPT_DEFAULT_FOLLOW_RENAMES (1 << 31)
+#define DIFF_OPT_DEFAULT_FOLLOW_RENAMES (1U << 31)
 
 #define DIFF_OPT_TST(opts, flag)    ((opts)->flags & DIFF_OPT_##flag)
 #define DIFF_OPT_TOUCHED(opts, flag)    ((opts)->touched_flags & DIFF_OPT_##flag)
-- 
2.7.0.rc2.368.g1cbb535
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  3. Junio C HamanoDec 30, 2015
  4. Jeff KingDec 30, 2015
  5. Duy NguyenDec 31, 2015
  6. Jeff KingDec 31, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2016
  8. Jeff KingJan 4, 2016
  9. 2/2 bswap: add NO_UNALIGNED_LOADS defineJeff King, Dec 29, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineDec 29, 2015
  11. Jeff KingDec 29, 2015
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