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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2016-12-15 18:17:09 -0200
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2016-12-27 10:50:41 -0200
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Fix x86_64 memchr for large input sizes
Current optimized memchr for x86_64 does for input arguments pointers
module 64 in range of [49,63] if there is no searchr char in the rest
of 64-byte block a pointer addition which might overflow:

* sysdeps/x86_64/memchr.S

    77          .p2align 4
    78  L(unaligned_no_match):
    79          add     %rcx, %rdx

Add (uintptr_t)s % 16 to n in %rdx.

    80          sub     $16, %rdx
    81          jbe     L(return_null)

This patch fixes by adding a saturated math that sets a maximum pointer
value if it overflows (UINTPTR_MAX).

Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu and powerpc64-linux-gnu.

	[BZ# 19387]
	* sysdeps/x86_64/memchr.S (memchr): Avoid overflow in pointer
	addition.
	* string/test-memchr.c (do_test): Remove alignment limitation.
	(test_main): Add test that trigger BZ# 19387.
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+2016-12-27  Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
+
+	[BZ# 19387]
+	* sysdeps/x86_64/memchr.S (memchr): Avoid overflow in pointer
+	addition.
+	* string/test-memchr.c (do_test): Remove alignment limitation.
+	(test_main): Add test that trigger BZ# 19387.
+
 2016-12-26  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
 
 	[BZ #7065]