On 09/24/2018 07:18 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 09/22/2018 03:42 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:53:14 -0500
>> "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Cast factor to s64 in order to give the compiler complete information
>>> about the proper arithmetic to use and avoid a potential integer
>>> overflow. Notice that such variable is being used in a context
>>> that expects an expression of type s64 (64 bits, signed).
>>>
>>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1324146 ("Unintentional integer overflow")
>>> Fixes: e13d757279bb ("iio: adc: Add QCOM SPMI PMIC5 ADC driver")
>>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/iio/adc/qcom-vadc-common.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/qcom-vadc-common.c b/drivers/iio/adc/qcom-vadc-common.c
>>> index dcd7fb5..e360e27 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/qcom-vadc-common.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/qcom-vadc-common.c
>>> @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static int qcom_vadc_scale_code_voltage_factor(u16 adc_code,
>>> voltage = div64_s64(voltage, data->full_scale_code_volt);
>>> if (voltage > 0) {
>>> voltage *= prescale->den;
>>> - temp = prescale->num * factor;
>>> + temp = prescale->num * (s64)factor;
>> So factor is an unsigned int so could be 32 bits. In reality it only
>> takes a small set of values between 1 and 1000
>>
>> Maximum numerator is 10 so a maximum of 10,000.
>>
>> Hence this is a false positive, be it one that would be very hard
>> for a static checker to identify.
>
> I think the reason why it complains is because temp is s64. So it infers
> that the idea was that the result of the multiplication can be larger
> than 64 bit. For 32bit * 32bit -> 32bit it should not complain.
"lager than 32 bit"
>
>>
>> So that moves it from a fix to a warning suppression change.
>> I have no problem with those, but description needs to reflect that.
>
> Maybe just change the type of temp to u32. There is also
> mul_u64_u32_div() which could be used here to further simplify things.
>
