linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (applesmc) Fix checkpatch errors

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Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:12:20 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
To:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
CC:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (applesmc) Fix checkpatch errors

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 02:56:20PM -0500, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> >>> @@ -977,7 +975,11 @@ static ssize_t applesmc_key_at_index_show
> 
> >>>  static ssize_t applesmc_key_at_index_store(struct device *dev,
> >>>  	struct device_attribute *attr, const char *sysfsbuf, size_t count)
> >>>  {
> >>> -	key_at_index = simple_strtoul(sysfsbuf, NULL, 10);
> >>> +	unsigned long newkey;
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (strict_strtoul(sysfsbuf, 10, &newkey) < 0)
> >>> +		return -EINVAL;
> >>> +	key_at_index = newkey;
> >>
> >>
> >> Crash alert - key_at_index is not range checked, and the remake uses this value
> >> as an array index...
> >>
> > Good that I made this change ;). I'll add the check and re-send.
> 
> 
> Indeed! The downside of remakes... sorry about that. :-)
> 
Happens.

> I guess the change should go into patch 4 already? There is also the option to
> put the bounds check in applesmc_get_entry_by_index, but I like the simplicity
> of "|| newkey >= smcreg.key_count".
> 
I don't like the idea of putting the check into applesmc_get_entry_by_index().
Let me see if I can merge it into patch #4. If not, I'll keep it in my patch
for simplicity.

> > This points to another problem, though. You allocate key_count entries,
> > ie cache[0]..cache[key_count-1]. Yet, the key searches are from 0..key_count,
> > ie span key_count+1 entries. Is that another problem ?
> 
> >
> 
> > Seems to me you would either have to allocate key_count+1 entries, or terminate
> > the search at key_count - 1. Not sure which one would be correct. Let me know,
> > and I'll update the affected patch(es).
> 
> 
> If you are referring to the lower and upper bound functions, those use the
> one-past-the-last-element convention, so it is actually still 0..key_count - 1.
> I stayed very close to the stl reference implementation, which relies on the
> fact that when begin != end, (begin + (end - begin) / 2) < end.
> 
Ok, you are right - I was concerned about applesmc_get_upper_bound() returning
smcreg.key_count, but that is ok, since that value is never used to actually
retrieve a key.

Thanks,
Guenter
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