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Date:      Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:00:25 GMT
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/94238: 32 bit overflow prevents proper setting of base in tc_cpu_ticks() 
Message-ID:  <200603082000.k28K0PHt057132@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/94238; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To: Tim Kuik <tkuik@cisco.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/94238: 32 bit overflow prevents proper setting of base in tc_cpu_ticks() 
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:56:30 +0100

 Already done.
 
 In message <200603081944.k28JiQGr006673@www.freebsd.org>, Tim Kuik writes:
 >
 >>Number:         94238
 >>Category:       kern
 >>Synopsis:       32 bit overflow prevents proper setting of base in tc_cpu_ticks()
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       serious
 >>Priority:       low
 >>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 >>State:          open
 >>Quarter:        
 >>Keywords:       
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class:          sw-bug
 >>Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 08 19:50:09 GMT 2006
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Tim Kuik
 >>Release:        current
 >>Organization:
 >Cisco
 >>Environment:
 >FreeBSD tkuik-freebsd.cisco 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Mar  6 12:49:57 CST 2006     root@tkuik-freebsd.cisco:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
 >
 >>Description:
 >in kern_tc.c: tc_cpu_ticks(), the line
 >base += tc->tc_counter_mask + 1;
 >will cause a 32 bit overflow if the tc_counter_mask is 0xffffffff, resulting in base not being incremented.
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 >As long as the mask is set to 0xffffffff, it will always happen.
 >>Fix:
 >Change the line to:
 >base += (uint64_t)(tc->tc_counter_mask) + 1;
 >>Release-Note:
 >>Audit-Trail:
 >>Unformatted:
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