On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Joe Perches wrote: > On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 09:16 +0800, Chengguang Xu wrote: > > sizeof() will return unsigned value so in the error check > > negative error code will be always larger than sizeof(). > > This looks like a general class of error in the kernel > where a signed result that could be returning a -errno > is tested against < or <= sizeof() > > A couple examples: > > drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_smbus.c: > > len = i2c_smbus_read_block_data(client, > ETP_SMBUS_IAP_PASSWORD_READ, > val); > if (len < sizeof(u16)) { > > i2c_smbus_read_block_data can return a negative errno > > > net/smc/smc_clc.c: > > len = kernel_sendmsg(smc->clcsock, &msg, &vec, 1, > sizeof(struct smc_clc_msg_decline)); > if (len < sizeof(struct smc_clc_msg_decline)) > > where kernel_sendmsg can return a negative errno > > There are probably others, I didn't look hard. > > Perhaps a cocci script to find these could be generated? Here's another one: drivers/usb/serial/ir-usb.c @@ -126,13 +126,8 @@ irda_usb_find_class_desc(struct usb_seri if (!desc) return NULL; - ret = usb_control_msg(dev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(dev, 0), - USB_REQ_CS_IRDA_GET_CLASS_DESC, - USB_DIR_IN | USB_TYPE_CLASS | USB_RECIP_INTERFACE, - 0, ifnum, desc, sizeof(*desc), 1000); dev_dbg(&serial->dev->dev, "%s - ret=%d\n", __func__, ret); - if (ret < sizeof(*desc)) { dev_dbg(&serial->dev->dev, "%s - class descriptor read %s (%d)\n", __func__, (ret < 0) ? "failed" : "too short", ret); There are other results, but I haven't checked all of them. julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html