On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:19:34 +0200
Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
> >
That would be a nice improvement to this patch. Gustavo,
if you don't mind doing an updated version that would be great.
If not I'll get to it sooner or later.
Thanks,
Jonathan
>
