On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 8:58 AM Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Variable block is an unsigned long long hence the less than zero
> comparison is always false, hence it is redundant and can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unsigned compared against 0")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/md/dm-dust.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-dust.c b/drivers/md/dm-dust.c
> index 178587bdc626..e739092bfc65 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-dust.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-dust.c
> @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int dust_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
>
> block = tmp;
> sector_div(size, dd->sect_per_block);
> - if (block > size || block < 0) {
> + if (block > size) {
> DMERR("selected block value out of range");
> return result;
> }
> --
> 2.20.1
>
Thanks.
There was already a check before that to ensure that the argument
feeding this variable is an unsigned long long; if it isn't, it will
fail with EINVAL:
# dmsetup message -- dust1 0 queryblock -1
device-mapper: message ioctl on dust1 failed: Invalid argument
Command failed
Reviewed-by: Bryan Gurney <bgurney@xxxxxxxxxx>
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