On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 04:13:42AM +0930, Geoffrey D. Bennett wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 10:54:19AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > Clang warns:
> >
> > sound/usb/mixer_scarlett_gen2.c:1189:32: warning: expression result
> > unused [-Wunused-value]
> > for (i = 0; i < count; i++, (u16 *)buf++)
> > ^ ~~~~~
> > 1 warning generated.
> >
> > It appears the intention was to cast the void pointer to a u16 pointer
> > so that the data could be iterated through like an array of u16 values.
> > However, the cast happens after the increment because a cast is an
> > rvalue, whereas the post-increment operator only works on lvalues, so
> > the loop does not iterate as expected. This is not a bug in practice
> > because count is not greater than one at the moment but this could
> > change in the future so this should be fixed.
> >
> > Replace the cast with a temporary variable of the proper type, which is
> > less error prone and fixes the iteration. Do the same thing for the
> > 'u8 *' below this if block.
> >
> > Fixes: ac34df733d2d ("ALSA: usb-audio: scarlett2: Update get_config to do endian conversion")
> > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1408
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > v1 -> v2:
> >
> > * Use temporary variables of proper type rather than casting, as
> > requested by Takashi. I did not include Geoffrey's ack for this
> > reason.
> >
> > * Mention that there is not a bug at the moment per Geoffrey's comment.
> >
> > sound/usb/mixer_scarlett_gen2.c | 14 ++++++++++----
> > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett_gen2.c b/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett_gen2.c
> > index fcba682cd422..b13903bed330 100644
> > --- a/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett_gen2.c
> > +++ b/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett_gen2.c
> > @@ -1177,17 +1177,22 @@ static int scarlett2_usb_get_config(
> > const struct scarlett2_config *config_item =
> > &scarlett2_config_items[info->has_mixer][config_item_num];
> > int size, err, i;
> > + u8 *buf_8;
> > u8 value;
> >
> > /* For byte-sized parameters, retrieve directly into buf */
> > if (config_item->size >= 8) {
> > + u16 *buf_16;
> > +
>
> I would prefer that the u16 *buf_16 declaration above be removed from
> there...
>
> > size = config_item->size / 8 * count;
> > err = scarlett2_usb_get(mixer, config_item->offset, buf, size);
> > if (err < 0)
> > return err;
> > - if (size == 2)
> > - for (i = 0; i < count; i++, (u16 *)buf++)
> > - *(u16 *)buf = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *)buf);
> > + if (size == 2) {
> > + buf_16 = buf;
>
> ...and combined with the assignment here, like: u16 *buf_16 = buf;
Thanks for pointing it out, I was not paying enough attention to realize
that the scope could be reduced. v3 sent with your Ack added, thank you
for taking a look in a quick manner!
Cheers,
Nathan
> Regardless:
>
> Acked-by: Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@xxxxx>
>
> And, thanks again!
>
> > + for (i = 0; i < count; i++, buf_16++)
> > + *buf_16 = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *)buf_16);
> > + }
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -1197,8 +1202,9 @@ static int scarlett2_usb_get_config(
> > return err;
> >
> > /* then unpack from value into buf[] */
> > + buf_8 = buf;
> > for (i = 0; i < 8 && i < count; i++, value >>= 1)
> > - *(u8 *)buf++ = value & 1;
> > + *buf_8++ = value & 1;
> >
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > base-commit: 0cbbeaf370221fc469c95945dd3c1198865c5fe4
> > --
> > 2.32.0.93.g670b81a890
> >
