Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.16 12/13] spi: Fix invalid sgs value

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sasha,

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 3:15 PM Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit 1a4e53d2fc4f68aa654ad96d13ad042e1a8e8a7d ]

This commit is not 100% correct, cfr.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiZnS6n1ROQg3FHd=bcVTHi-sKutKT+toiViQEH47ZACg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please postpone backporting until the issue has been resolved.

>
> max_seg_size is unsigned int and it can have a value up to 2^32
> (for eg:-RZ_DMAC driver sets dma_set_max_seg_size as U32_MAX)
> When this value is used in min_t() as an integer type, it becomes
> -1 and the value of sgs becomes 0.
>
> Fix this issue by replacing the 'int' data type with 'unsigned int'
> in min_t().
>
> Signed-off-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220307184843.9994-1-biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/spi/spi.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> index 8ba87b7f8f1a..ed4e6983eda0 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
> @@ -1021,10 +1021,10 @@ int spi_map_buf(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct device *dev,
>         int i, ret;
>
>         if (vmalloced_buf || kmap_buf) {
> -               desc_len = min_t(int, max_seg_size, PAGE_SIZE);
> +               desc_len = min_t(unsigned int, max_seg_size, PAGE_SIZE);
>                 sgs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len + offset_in_page(buf), desc_len);
>         } else if (virt_addr_valid(buf)) {
> -               desc_len = min_t(int, max_seg_size, ctlr->max_dma_len);
> +               desc_len = min_t(unsigned int, max_seg_size, ctlr->max_dma_len);
>                 sgs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, desc_len);
>         } else {
>                 return -EINVAL;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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