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[PATCH 5/6] x86/Viridian: annotate Eclair false-positives for rule 18.2


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  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 15:01:03 +0200
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:01:08 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

"Subtraction between pointers shall only be applied to pointers that
address elements of the same array" is not violated here: start_stimer()
is only ever passed a sane argument, and stimer_expire() is either called
from start_stimer() (using its parameter as argument) or as a callback,
where a sane callback argument is also guaranteed to be set up.

Suggested-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
As per Nicola Eclair 16.0.0 has this fixed.

--- a/docs/misra/false-positive-eclair.json
+++ b/docs/misra/false-positive-eclair.json
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
         },
         {
             "id": "SAF-1-false-positive-eclair",
+            "violation-id": "MC3A2.R18.2",
+            "tool-version": "3.14.0",
+            "name": "Rule 18.2: pointer subtraction",
+            "text": "Viridian stimer index calculations use sane pointers"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "SAF-2-false-positive-eclair",
             "violation-id": "",
             "tool-version": "",
             "name": "Sentinel",
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/time.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian/time.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static void cf_check stimer_expire(void
     struct viridian_stimer *vs = data;
     struct vcpu *v = vs->v;
     struct viridian_vcpu *vv = v->arch.hvm.viridian;
+    /* SAF-1-false-positive-eclair vs is always sane */
     unsigned int stimerx = vs - &vv->stimer[0];
 
     set_bit(stimerx, &vv->stimer_pending);
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ static void start_stimer(struct viridian
 {
     const struct vcpu *v = vs->v;
     struct viridian_vcpu *vv = v->arch.hvm.viridian;
+    /* SAF-1-false-positive-eclair vs is always sane */
     unsigned int stimerx = vs - &vv->stimer[0];
     int64_t now = time_ref_count(v->domain);
     int64_t expiration;




 


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