While looking at DCCP sequence numbers, I stumbled over a problem with
the following definition of before in tcp.h:
static inline int before(__u32 seq1, __u32 seq2)
{
return (__s32)(seq1-seq2) < 0;
}
Problem: This definition suffers from an an ambiguity, i.e. always
before(a, (a + 2^31) % 2^32)) = 1
before((a + 2^31) % 2^32), a) = 1
In text: when the difference between a and b amounts to 2^31,
a is always considered `before' b, the function can not decide.
The reason is that implicitly 0 is `before' 1 ... 2^31-1 ... 2^31
Solution: There is a simple fix, by defining before in such a way that
0 is no longer `before' 2^31, i.e. 0 `before' 1 ... 2^31-1
By not using the middle between 0 and 2^32, before can be made
unambiguous.
This is achieved by testing whether seq2-seq1 > 0 (using signed
32-bit arithmetic).
I attach a patch to codify this. Also the `after' relation is basically
a redefinition of `before', it is now defined as a macro after before.
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
tcp.h | 9 ++-------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index c99774f..b7d8317 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -242,14 +242,9 @@ extern int tcp_memory_pressure;
static inline int before(__u32 seq1, __u32 seq2)
{
- return (__s32)(seq1-seq2) < 0;
+ return (__s32)(seq2-seq1) > 0;
}
-
-static inline int after(__u32 seq1, __u32 seq2)
-{
- return (__s32)(seq2-seq1) < 0;
-}
-
+#define after(seq2, seq1) before(seq1, seq2)
/* is s2<=s1<=s3 ? */
static inline int between(__u32 seq1, __u32 seq2, __u32 seq3)
-
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