On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:11:03 +0300 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The second part of this patch is probably the most interesting. We > use "TSL2X7X_MAX_LUX_TABLE_SIZE * 3" as the limit instead of just > "TSL2X7X_MAX_LUX_TABLE_SIZE". It creates a static checker warning that > we are going of of bounds, but in real life we always hit the break > statement on the last element so it's fine. > > The situation is that we normally have arrays with 3 elements of struct > tsl2x7x_lux which has 3 unsigned integers. If we load the table with > sysfs then we're allow to have 9 elements instead. > > So the size of the default table in bytes is sizeof(int) times 3 struct > members times 3 elements. The original code wrote it as sizeof(int) > times the number of elements in the bigger table (9). It happens that > 9 is the same thing as 3 * 3 but expressing it that way is misleading. > > For the second part of the patch, the original code just had an extra > "multiply by three" and now that is removed. The last element in the > array is always zeroed memory whether this uses the default tables or it > gets loaded with sysfs so we always hit the break statement anyway. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks sensible to me. Cc'd Brian who has been working extensively on this driver recently as I'd like his input. Jonathan > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.h b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.h > index ecae92211216..1beb8d2eb848 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.h > +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.h > @@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ > #define __TSL2X7X_H > #include <linux/pm.h> > > -/* Max number of segments allowable in LUX table */ > -#define TSL2X7X_MAX_LUX_TABLE_SIZE 9 > -#define MAX_DEFAULT_TABLE_BYTES (sizeof(int) * TSL2X7X_MAX_LUX_TABLE_SIZE) > - > struct iio_dev; > > struct tsl2x7x_lux { > @@ -35,6 +31,11 @@ struct tsl2x7x_lux { > unsigned int ch1; > }; > > +/* Max number of segments allowable in LUX table */ > +#define TSL2X7X_MAX_LUX_TABLE_SIZE 9 > +/* The default tables are all 3 elements */ > +#define MAX_DEFAULT_TABLE_BYTES (sizeof(struct tsl2x7x_lux) * 3) > + > /** > * struct tsl2x7x_default_settings - power on defaults unless > * overridden by platform data. > diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.c b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.c > index 786e93f16ce9..2db1715ff659 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x.c > @@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static ssize_t in_illuminance0_lux_table_show(struct device *dev, > int i = 0; > int offset = 0; > > - while (i < (TSL2X7X_MAX_LUX_TABLE_SIZE * 3)) { > + while (i < TSL2X7X_MAX_LUX_TABLE_SIZE) { > offset += snprintf(buf + offset, PAGE_SIZE, "%u,%u,%u,", > chip->tsl2x7x_device_lux[i].ratio, > chip->tsl2x7x_device_lux[i].ch0, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html