linux-kernel - Re: [rfc patch] wm8994: range checking issue

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Date:	Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:59:46 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@...sung.com>,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rfc patch] wm8994: range checking issue

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 03:01:07PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Smatch complained about BUG_ON(reg > WM8994_MAX_REGISTER) because the
> actual number of elements in the array was WM8994_REG_CACHE_SIZE + 1.

> I changed the BUG_ON() to return -EINVAL.

Please don't introduce orthogonal changes like this in patches, it's bad
practice and increases the chances of your patch being nacked.

> I was confused why WM8994_REG_CACHE_SIZE was different from the actual
> size of ->reg_cache and I was concerned because some places used 
> ARRAY_SIZE() to find the end of the array and other places used 
> WM8994_REG_CACHE_SIZE.  In my patch, I made them the same.

This is caused by confusion with the MAX_CACHED_REGISTER definition in
the header.  Best to use that one consistently, I guess - I've got a
sneaking suspicion something has gone AWOL in the driver publication
process.
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