On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:19:35 +0800 Haowen Bai <baihaowen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > function gp2ap020a00f_get_thresh_reg() is unsigned but returning -EINVAL > errcode, and thresh_reg_l is unsigned but receiving -EINVAL errcode. so > we have to change u8 -> int. Also we need to do index bound check at > gp2ap020a00f_read_event_val(). > > Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@xxxxxxxxx> Please add a Fixes tag if possible. > --- > V1->V2: s8 is not enough to hold an (arbitrary) error code. To be on the safe > side we need to use int. > V2->V3: add bound check at gp2ap020a00f_read_event_val(). > > > drivers/iio/light/gp2ap020a00f.c | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/gp2ap020a00f.c b/drivers/iio/light/gp2ap020a00f.c > index b820041159f7..f80d30786035 100644 > --- a/drivers/iio/light/gp2ap020a00f.c > +++ b/drivers/iio/light/gp2ap020a00f.c > @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static irqreturn_t gp2ap020a00f_trigger_handler(int irq, void *data) > return IRQ_HANDLED; > } > > -static u8 gp2ap020a00f_get_thresh_reg(const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, > +static int gp2ap020a00f_get_thresh_reg(const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, > enum iio_event_direction event_dir) > { > switch (chan->type) { > @@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ static int gp2ap020a00f_write_event_val(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, > struct gp2ap020a00f_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev); > bool event_en = false; > u8 thresh_val_id; > - u8 thresh_reg_l; > + int thresh_reg_l; You need to check this val after the function call, but before it is used. > int err = 0; > > mutex_lock(&data->lock); > @@ -1082,14 +1082,14 @@ static int gp2ap020a00f_read_event_val(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, > int *val, int *val2) > { > struct gp2ap020a00f_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev); > - u8 thresh_reg_l; > + int thresh_reg_l; > int err = IIO_VAL_INT; > > mutex_lock(&data->lock); > > thresh_reg_l = gp2ap020a00f_get_thresh_reg(chan, dir); > > - if (thresh_reg_l > GP2AP020A00F_PH_L_REG) { > + if (thresh_reg_l < 0 || thresh_reg_l > GP2AP020A00F_PH_L_REG) { > err = -EINVAL; If a function returns an error we should pass that on unchanged Here the value is the same, but none the less we should have this look something like. if (thresh_reg_l < 0) return thresh_reg_l; if (thresh_reg_l > GP2AP020A00F_PH_L_REG) ... > goto error_unlock; > }