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test(libc): check unsigned comparisons at protected boundaries - #12884

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Adds protected-boundary memcmp coverage for all 65,536 one-byte pairs and longer equal/prefix spans with an opposing later difference. It checks unsigned ordering and first-difference precedence.

Implementation basis: Expected comparison signs use integer arithmetic on unsigned byte values, not host memcmp. Both operands end at real protected pages. Contract: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/833d39bd2e38421a14ea489a956261a0fa993fbc/lib/libc/string/memcmp.3 . The test requires the sign, not one particular nonzero magnitude.

Known limits: Lengths are finite and pointers valid; constant-time behavior, invalid pointers and console-specific nonzero result magnitudes are not asserted.

Existing implementation/schema: core/libs/prx/libc/src/Strings.cpp

Exact topic head f7aec5893a99b661a9015b0663c505ac68320c47 is one independent commit on main 5454cd2e455994d992aca39335ce60507eeda1eb. The repository overlap checker against 157b02c4f1803e9d2cd757677b9a805961203fc4 reported no confirmed overlap. It could not complete shared-file comparisons for older PRs already conflicting with main: #5021, #6085, #7081, #7447, #7715, #8150, #10324, #10615, #11625, #12271, #12682, #12688, #12700. Scoped file diffs were reviewed separately. 11 file changes projected onto main and then combined with this topic without a new conflict; 2 peer file changes already conflict with main and are not claimed automatically mergeable. They do not provide this feature or test matrix. The new test has its own source and registration, with no required landing order. If shared registration code changes before landing, this branch needs refreshed merge and affected test checks. Depends on: none. The 20 independent topics also merged together into tested integration 81a0f73e5972352ba2b50ce53077921c51112273 on the same main.

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Tested topic head: f7aec5893a99b661a9015b0663c505ac68320c47. Final combined integration: 81a0f73e5972352ba2b50ce53077921c51112273, main 5454cd2e455994d992aca39335ce60507eeda1eb. Ubuntu/WSL GCC 15.2, CMake 4.2.3, Python 3.14.4; Windows MinGW GCC 15.2, CMake 4.3.1, Python 3.14.3.

Built and ran registered guest_memcmp_protected against the actual unpatched libc on Linux and Windows, no skips. A separate control compiled the whole relevant production source unit and this fixture: the unchanged source passed and an intentional production-function defect was caught. Those source-unit and fixture bytes are unchanged after the main refresh; current-head CMake runtime was rechecked separately. This control is not described as a full product build.

cmake --build <full-linux-build> --parallel 8: full Linux default product build passed, including a final build at the integration above. Windows used the full configuration and built the affected libc/test targets and relinker with --parallel 8; a complete default Windows build is not claimed. ctest --test-dir <build> -R "^(tools_sanitizer_json|tools_annotation_symbols_json|tools_compile_plan|tools_catalog_json|tools_nid_offline|tools_audit_strict_partial|tools_intervals_complete|tools_pad_preview|tools_release_notes_check|tools_progress_diff_json|guest_memmove_snapshot|guest_memcpy_protected|guest_memcmp_protected|guest_span_protected|guest_substring_protected|guest_tokenizer_protected|guest_strncpy_protected|guest_strncat_protected|guest_wmemmove_snapshot|guest_wide_length_protected)$" -j 8 -V --output-on-failure: 20/20 passed on each platform, zero skips. Conventions, whitespace, script registration and the public-header audit passed. No PS5/title execution or GPU validation protocol was run; macOS and hosted full-build CI are not reported as passed.

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  • Based on current main; no other open PR implements the same functions
  • One topic per PR; follow-ups go in a new PR
  • No comments in code except technical debt
  • Unimplemented paths throw (NotImplemented_nid_no_patch); silent stubs are listed under Silent stubs in their library's technical debt file
  • No notes, investigation .md files or images added to the repository (attach them to this PR)
  • New third-party code is a submodule built from source
  • Generic behaviour, not specific to one title
  • Depends on: none
  • Fixes: none
  • Unblocks: none
  • GPUs tested: n/a
  • AI-assisted: yes

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Other open pull requests touch the same code. Merging one will break the other, or both implement the same thing. If this one builds on them, list them in Depends on.

Pull request Conflicting files (lines on main) Same exports Same new files
PR 7645 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt L195-196
PR 14235 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt L194-195

Some comparisons could not be completed because a pull request conflicts with the base branch. Review these shared files manually before concluding that there is no overlap.

Pull request Shared files not compared
PR 5021 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 6819 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 7081 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 7447 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 7715 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 8150 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 8965 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 9929 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 11831 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 12682 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 12688 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 12700 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 12965 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 13390 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt
PR 14585 core/libs/prx/libc/CMakeLists.txt

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Windows run (Windows 11, MSYS2 UCRT64 GCC 16.1), this PR (f7aec58) merged onto main f7f03da, ctest -R ^guest_memcmp_protected$: 3/3 pass, with the _WIN32 VirtualProtect guard-page path compiled in.

Not checked: whether the test fails on a broken comparison (test-only PR, no fix to revert).

AI-assisted: yes (Claude Code)

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oneandonlydean merged commit fc2fcab into boykopovar:main Nov 2, 2026
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