Re: [PATCH][next] net: hinic: fix comparison of a uint16_t type with -1

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On 24/08/17 09:48, Aviad Krawczyk wrote:
> On 8/23/2017 6:39 PM, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The comparison of hw_ioctxt.rx_buf_sz_idx == -1 is always false because
>> rx_buf_sz_idx is a uint16_t. Fix this by explicitly casting -1 to uint16_t.
>>
>> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1454559 ("Operands don't affect result")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c
>> index 09dec6de8dd5..71e26070fb7f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c
>> @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int set_hw_ioctxt(struct hinic_hwdev *hwdev, unsigned int rq_depth,
>>  		}
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	if (hw_ioctxt.rx_buf_sz_idx == -1)
>> +	if (hw_ioctxt.rx_buf_sz_idx == (uint16_t)-1)
>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>  
>>  	hw_ioctxt.sq_depth  = ilog2(sq_depth);
>>
> 
> Many thanks, Colin.
> I prefer to avoid casting when possible, what do you think about replacing the condition by:
> 
> if (rx_buf_sz_table[i].sz != HINIC_RX_BUF_SZ)
> 	return -EINVAL;
> 

Does that work as expected when rx_buf_sz_table[i].sz == -1?
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