Remove UB from indeterminate value handling

Move SIMD operations on potentially-indeterminate Node16::index bytes
into file-level assembly, where loading and operating on indeterminate
values is well-defined (unlike C++). Restructure scalar fallback loops
to iterate [0, numChildren) instead of [0, kMaxNodes). Fix TrivialSpan
construction from indeterminate pointers in check::Job::init and
insertPointWritesOrSorted to only construct when end.len > 0.

Add MSan toolchain to the debug CI build to catch these issues going
forward.
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2026-08-02 21:06:53 -04:00
parent 9d15af772e
commit 6fed133212
5 changed files with 154 additions and 89 deletions
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
- name: 64-bit-versions
cmake_args: -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-DUSE_64_BIT=1
- name: debug
cmake_args: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
cmake_args: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DMSAN_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=/opt/msan
- name: simd-fallback
cmake_args: -DUSE_SIMD_FALLBACK=ON
- name: gcc
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ jobs:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/${tool} ${tool} /usr/bin/${tool}-21 100
done
- name: Download MSan toolchain
if: matrix.name == 'debug'
run: |
curl -Ls "https://minio.weaselab.dev/public/x86_64/msan-toolchain-21.1.8.tar.zst" -o /tmp/msan-toolchain.tar.zst
sudo mkdir -p /opt/msan
sudo tar --zstd -xf /tmp/msan-toolchain.tar.zst -C /opt/msan
- name: Build
run: |
export CCACHE_DIR="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ccache"
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project(
DESCRIPTION
"A data structure for optimistic concurrency control on ranges of bitwise-lexicographically-ordered keys."
HOMEPAGE_URL "https://git.weaselab.dev/weaselab/conflict-set"
LANGUAGES C CXX)
LANGUAGES C CXX ASM)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.txt ${PROJECT_VERSION})
@@ -130,7 +130,15 @@ endif()
set(CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}-object OBJECT ConflictSet.cpp)
# Architecture-specific SIMD assembly. These functions operate on
# potentially-indeterminate memory, which is UB in C++ but well-defined in
# assembly.
set(SIMD_ASM_FILES)
if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL x86_64 AND NOT USE_SIMD_FALLBACK)
set(SIMD_ASM_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/simd_x86_64.S)
endif()
add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}-object OBJECT ConflictSet.cpp ${SIMD_ASM_FILES})
target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME}-object PRIVATE -fno-exceptions
-fvisibility=hidden)
target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}-object
@@ -233,7 +241,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR AND BUILD_TESTING)
endif()
# ad hoc testing
add_executable(conflict_set_main ConflictSet.cpp)
add_executable(conflict_set_main ConflictSet.cpp ${SIMD_ASM_FILES})
target_include_directories(conflict_set_main
PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
target_compile_definitions(conflict_set_main PRIVATE ENABLE_MAIN)
@@ -249,7 +257,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR AND BUILD_TESTING)
cmake_pop_check_state()
if(HAS_LIB_FUZZER)
add_executable(conflict_set_fuzz_test ConflictSet.cpp)
add_executable(conflict_set_fuzz_test ConflictSet.cpp ${SIMD_ASM_FILES})
target_include_directories(conflict_set_fuzz_test
PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
target_compile_definitions(conflict_set_fuzz_test PRIVATE ENABLE_FUZZ)
@@ -261,7 +269,8 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR AND BUILD_TESTING)
endif()
# whitebox tests asan+ubsan
add_executable(fuzz_driver ConflictSet.cpp FuzzTestDriver.cpp)
add_executable(fuzz_driver ConflictSet.cpp FuzzTestDriver.cpp
${SIMD_ASM_FILES})
target_compile_options(fuzz_driver PRIVATE ${TEST_FLAGS})
if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
target_compile_options(fuzz_driver PRIVATE -fsanitize=address,undefined)
@@ -277,7 +286,8 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR AND BUILD_TESTING)
# whitebox tests msan
if(MSAN_TOOLCHAIN_PATH)
add_executable(fuzz_driver_msan ConflictSet.cpp FuzzTestDriver.cpp)
add_executable(fuzz_driver_msan ConflictSet.cpp FuzzTestDriver.cpp
${SIMD_ASM_FILES})
target_compile_options(fuzz_driver_msan PRIVATE ${TEST_FLAGS})
if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
target_compile_options(
@@ -304,7 +314,8 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR AND BUILD_TESTING)
# tsan tests
if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT DISABLE_TSAN)
add_executable(tsan_driver ConflictSet.cpp FuzzTestDriver.cpp)
add_executable(tsan_driver ConflictSet.cpp FuzzTestDriver.cpp
${SIMD_ASM_FILES})
target_compile_options(tsan_driver PRIVATE ${TEST_FLAGS} -fsanitize=thread)
target_link_options(tsan_driver PRIVATE -fsanitize=thread)
target_compile_definitions(tsan_driver PRIVATE ENABLE_FUZZ THREAD_TEST)
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@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ limitations under the License.
#include "Internal.h"
#include "LongestCommonPrefix.h"
#include "Metrics.h"
#include "simd.h"
#include <algorithm>
#include <bit>
@@ -910,34 +911,11 @@ int getNodeIndexExists(Node3 *self, uint8_t index) {
int getNodeIndex(Node16 *self, uint8_t index) {
#ifdef HAS_AVX
// Based on https://www.the-paper-trail.org/post/art-paper-notes/
// key_vec is 16 repeated copies of the searched-for byte, one for every
// possible position in child_keys that needs to be searched.
__m128i key_vec = _mm_set1_epi8(index);
// Compare all child_keys to 'index' in parallel. Don't worry if some of the
// keys aren't valid, we'll mask the results to only consider the valid ones
// below.
__m128i indices;
memcpy(&indices, self->index, Node16::kMaxNodes);
__m128i results = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(key_vec, indices);
// Build a mask to select only the first node->num_children values from the
// comparison (because the other values are meaningless)
uint32_t mask = (1 << self->numChildren) - 1;
// Change the results of the comparison into a bitfield, masking off any
// invalid comparisons.
uint32_t bitfield = _mm_movemask_epi8(results) & mask;
// No match if there are no '1's in the bitfield.
#if defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(USE_SIMD_FALLBACK)
uint32_t bitfield =
find_eq_16(self->index, index) & ((1 << self->numChildren) - 1);
if (bitfield == 0)
return -1;
// Find the index of the first '1' in the bitfield by counting the leading
// zeros.
return std::countr_zero(bitfield);
#elif defined(HAS_ARM_NEON)
// Based on
@@ -970,13 +948,9 @@ int getNodeIndex(Node16 *self, uint8_t index) {
int getNodeIndexExists(Node16 *self, uint8_t index) {
#ifdef HAS_AVX
__m128i key_vec = _mm_set1_epi8(index);
__m128i indices;
memcpy(&indices, self->index, Node16::kMaxNodes);
__m128i results = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(key_vec, indices);
uint32_t mask = (1 << self->numChildren) - 1;
uint32_t bitfield = _mm_movemask_epi8(results) & mask;
#if defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(USE_SIMD_FALLBACK)
uint32_t bitfield =
find_eq_16(self->index, index) & ((1 << self->numChildren) - 1);
assume(bitfield != 0);
return std::countr_zero(bitfield);
#elif defined(HAS_ARM_NEON)
@@ -1266,13 +1240,9 @@ TaggedNodePointer getChildGeq(Node16 *self, int child) {
return nullptr;
}
#ifdef HAS_AVX
__m128i key_vec = _mm_set1_epi8(child);
__m128i indices;
memcpy(&indices, self->index, Node16::kMaxNodes);
__m128i results = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(key_vec, _mm_min_epu8(key_vec, indices));
int mask = (1 << self->numChildren) - 1;
uint32_t bitfield = _mm_movemask_epi8(results) & mask;
#if defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(USE_SIMD_FALLBACK)
uint32_t bitfield =
find_ge_16(self->index, child) & ((1 << self->numChildren) - 1);
return bitfield == 0 ? nullptr : self->children[std::countr_zero(bitfield)];
#elif defined(HAS_ARM_NEON)
uint8x16_t indices;
@@ -2130,13 +2100,9 @@ bool scan16(const InternalVersionT *vs, const uint8_t *is, int begin, int end,
return !(compared & mask);
#elif defined(HAS_AVX)
#elif defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(USE_SIMD_FALLBACK)
__m128i indices;
memcpy(&indices, is, 16);
indices = _mm_sub_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(begin));
uint32_t mask = ~_mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(
indices, _mm_max_epu8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(end - begin))));
uint32_t mask = mask_in_range_16(is, begin, end);
uint32_t compared = 0;
if constexpr (kAVX512) {
@@ -2153,12 +2119,14 @@ bool scan16(const InternalVersionT *vs, const uint8_t *is, int begin, int end,
auto inBounds = [&](unsigned c) { return c - shiftAmount < shiftUpperBound; };
uint32_t compared = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
compared |= (vs[i] > readVersion) << i;
}
uint32_t mask = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
mask |= inBounds(is[i]) << i;
if (vs[i] > readVersion) {
compared |= 1u << i;
if (inBounds(is[i])) {
mask |= 1u << i;
}
}
}
return !(compared & mask);
@@ -2250,17 +2218,9 @@ bool checkMaxBetweenExclusiveImpl(Node3 *n, int begin, int end,
auto inBounds = [&](unsigned c) { return c - shiftAmount < shiftUpperBound; };
uint32_t mask = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < Node3::kMaxNodes; ++i) {
for (int i = 0; i < self->numChildren; ++i) {
mask |= inBounds(self->index[i]) << i;
}
mask &= (1 << self->numChildren) - 1;
#ifdef __aarch64__
// The bits surviving the mask above don't derive from uninitialized slots,
// but clang 21+ on aarch64 lowers inBounds through flags+csel, which
// memcheck models imprecisely, tainting bits the mask provably clears.
// https://git.weaselab.dev/weaselab/conflict-set/issues/39
VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED(&mask, sizeof(mask));
#endif
if (!mask) {
return true;
}
@@ -2268,17 +2228,11 @@ bool checkMaxBetweenExclusiveImpl(Node3 *n, int begin, int end,
const bool firstRangeOk =
!child->entryPresent || child->entry.rangeVersion <= readVersion;
uint32_t compared = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < Node3::kMaxNodes; ++i) {
for (int i = 0; i < self->numChildren; ++i) {
compared |= (self->childMaxVersion[i] > readVersion) << i;
}
uint32_t compared_masked = compared & mask;
#ifdef __aarch64__
// Same imprecise csel modeling as above.
// https://git.weaselab.dev/weaselab/conflict-set/issues/39
VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED(&compared_masked, sizeof(compared_masked));
#endif
return !compared_masked && firstRangeOk;
return !(compared & mask) && firstRangeOk;
}
template <bool kAVX512>
@@ -2344,15 +2298,10 @@ bool checkMaxBetweenExclusiveImpl(Node16 *n, int begin, int end,
return !(compared & mask) && firstRangeOk;
#elif defined(HAS_AVX)
#elif defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(USE_SIMD_FALLBACK)
__m128i indices;
memcpy(&indices, self->index, 16);
indices = _mm_sub_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(begin));
uint32_t mask =
0xffff & ~_mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(
indices, _mm_max_epu8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(end - begin))));
mask &= (1 << self->numChildren) - 1;
uint32_t mask = mask_in_range_16(self->index, begin, end) &
((1 << self->numChildren) - 1);
if (!mask) {
return true;
}
@@ -2375,10 +2324,9 @@ bool checkMaxBetweenExclusiveImpl(Node16 *n, int begin, int end,
auto inBounds = [&](unsigned c) { return c - shiftAmount < shiftUpperBound; };
uint32_t mask = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
for (int i = 0; i < self->numChildren; ++i) {
mask |= inBounds(self->index[i]) << i;
}
mask &= (1 << self->numChildren) - 1;
if (!mask) {
return true;
}
@@ -2386,7 +2334,7 @@ bool checkMaxBetweenExclusiveImpl(Node16 *n, int begin, int end,
const bool firstRangeOk =
!child->entryPresent || child->entry.rangeVersion <= readVersion;
uint32_t compared = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
for (int i = 0; i < self->numChildren; ++i) {
compared |= (self->childMaxVersion[i] > readVersion) << i;
}
return !(compared & mask) && firstRangeOk;
@@ -3864,17 +3812,17 @@ PRESERVE_NONE void right_side_iter(Job *job, Context *context) {
void Job::init(const ConflictSet::ReadRange *read, ConflictSet::Result *result,
Node *root, int64_t oldestVersionFullPrecision) {
auto begin = TrivialSpan(read->begin.p, read->begin.len);
auto end = TrivialSpan(read->end.p, read->end.len);
if (read->readVersion < oldestVersionFullPrecision) [[unlikely]] {
*result = ConflictSet::TooOld;
continuation = complete;
} else if (end.size() == 0) {
} else if (read->end.len == 0) {
this->begin = begin;
this->n = root;
this->readVersion = InternalVersionT(read->readVersion);
this->result = result;
continuation = check::point_read_state_machine::begin;
} else {
auto end = TrivialSpan(read->end.p, read->end.len);
this->begin = begin;
this->end = end;
this->n = root;
@@ -5046,8 +4994,8 @@ struct __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) ConflictSet::Impl {
for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
const auto &w = writes[i];
auto begin = TrivialSpan(w.begin.p, w.begin.len);
auto end = TrivialSpan(w.end.p, w.end.len);
if (w.end.len > 0) {
auto end = TrivialSpan(w.end.p, w.end.len);
addWriteRange(rootParent->children[0], begin, end,
InternalVersionT(writeVersion), &writeContext);
} else {
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@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
#pragma once
#include <cstdint>
#if defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(USE_SIMD_FALLBACK)
// SIMD operations on potentially-indeterminate Node16::index[16] bytes.
// Implemented in file-level assembly (simd_x86_64.S) because loading and
// operating on indeterminate values is UB in C++ but well-defined in
// assembly. The caller must mask the returned bitfield to
// [0, numChildren) before using it.
//
// Each function returns a 16-bit bitmask in the low 16 bits of a uint32_t
// (upper 16 bits are zero). Bit i is set iff the condition holds at index i.
extern "C" {
// Returns bit i set iff idx[i] == key
uint32_t find_eq_16(const uint8_t idx[16], uint8_t key);
// Returns bit i set iff idx[i] >= child
uint32_t find_ge_16(const uint8_t idx[16], uint8_t child);
// Returns bit i set iff begin <= idx[i] < end
uint32_t mask_in_range_16(const uint8_t idx[16], uint8_t begin, uint8_t end);
}
#endif
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@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
// SIMD operations on potentially-indeterminate Node16::index[16] bytes.
// Written in assembly so msan doesn't track the loads. The caller is
// responsible for masking the returned bitfield to [0, numChildren) before
// using it.
//
// All functions return a 16-bit bitmask in %eax (bit i set = condition true
// at index i). The upper 16 bits of %eax are zero.
//
// System V AMD64 ABI:
// %rdi = const uint8_t *idx (16 bytes)
// %esi = uint8_t key (find_eq_16, find_ge_16)
// %sil = uint8_t begin (mask_in_range_16)
// %dl = uint8_t end (mask_in_range_16)
.text
// uint32_t find_eq_16(const uint8_t idx[16], uint8_t key)
// Returns bit i set if idx[i] == key
.globl find_eq_16
.type find_eq_16, @function
find_eq_16:
vmovd %esi, %xmm1 // broadcast key
vpbroadcastb %xmm1, %xmm1
vmovdqu (%rdi), %xmm0 // load 16 bytes (may contain indeterminate data)
vpcmpeqb %xmm0, %xmm1, %xmm0 // 0xff for each match
vpmovmskb %xmm0, %eax // 16-bit bitmask
movzwl %ax, %eax // zero-extend to 32 bits
ret
.size find_eq_16, .-find_eq_16
// uint32_t find_ge_16(const uint8_t idx[16], uint8_t child)
// Returns bit i set if idx[i] >= child
// x86 doesn't have a "compare unsigned >=" for bytes directly, so we use:
// min(key, idx[i]) == key iff idx[i] >= key
.globl find_ge_16
.type find_ge_16, @function
find_ge_16:
vmovd %esi, %xmm1
vpbroadcastb %xmm1, %xmm1 // key broadcast
vmovdqu (%rdi), %xmm0 // load 16 bytes
vpminub %xmm0, %xmm1, %xmm2 // min(key, idx[i])
vpcmpeqb %xmm2, %xmm1, %xmm0 // 0xff where min == key, i.e. idx[i] >= key
vpmovmskb %xmm0, %eax
movzwl %ax, %eax
ret
.size find_ge_16, .-find_ge_16
// uint32_t mask_in_range_16(const uint8_t idx[16], uint8_t begin, uint8_t end)
// Returns bit i set if begin <= idx[i] < end
// Logic: (idx[i] - begin) < (end - begin) [unsigned wrapping arithmetic]
// Equivalently: idx[i] - begin != max(idx[i] - begin, end - begin)
// i.e. idx[i] - begin is NOT equal to the saturated value.
// We compute: sub = idx - begin; result = (sub < (end-begin)) for each byte.
// Using: sub == max(sub, end-begin) means NOT in range.
// So: in_range = ~(movemask(cmpeq(sub, max(sub, range_size))))
.globl mask_in_range_16
.type mask_in_range_16, @function
mask_in_range_16:
vmovd %esi, %xmm1 // begin
vpbroadcastb %xmm1, %xmm1
vmovd %edx, %xmm2 // end
vpbroadcastb %xmm2, %xmm2
vmovdqu (%rdi), %xmm0 // load 16 bytes
vpsubb %xmm1, %xmm0, %xmm0 // idx - begin (wrapping)
vpsubb %xmm1, %xmm2, %xmm2 // end - begin (range size)
vpmaxub %xmm0, %xmm2, %xmm3 // max(idx-begin, range_size)
vpcmpeqb %xmm3, %xmm0, %xmm0 // 0xff where NOT in range
vpmovmskb %xmm0, %eax
not %eax // invert: 1 = in range
movzwl %ax, %eax
ret
.size mask_in_range_16, .-mask_in_range_16
.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits