Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] xhci: Fix errors in the running total calculations in the TRB math

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On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Paul Zimmerman wrote:

> Calculations like
> 
> 	running_total = TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE -
> 		(sg_dma_address(sg) & (TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1));
> 	if (running_total != 0)
> 		num_trbs++;
> 
> are incorrect, because running_total can never be zero, so the if()
> expression will never be true. I think the intention was that
> running_total be in the range of 0 to TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE-1, not 1
> to TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE. So adding a
> 
> 	running_total &= TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1;
> 
> fixes the problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Zimmerman <paulz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> index fe6dd81..8939086 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> @@ -2375,6 +2375,7 @@ static unsigned int count_sg_trbs_needed(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, struct urb *urb)
>  		/* Scatter gather list entries may cross 64KB boundaries */
>  		running_total = TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE -
>  			(sg_dma_address(sg) & (TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1));
> +		running_total &= TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1;

It be a lot simpler to replace these two expressions with:

	running_total = (- sg_dma_address(sg)) & (TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1);

However this might not be very comprehensible.  As a compromise, you 
could use:

	running_total = (TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - sg_dma_address(sg)) &
			(TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1);

Alan Stern

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