linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: chemical: bme680: Add check for val2 in the write

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Date:   Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:25:14 +0100
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Cc:     dpfrey@...il.com, daniel.baluta@...il.com,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: chemical: bme680: Add check for val2 in the
 write_raw function

On Sat, 11 Aug 2018 15:56:36 +0530
Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com> wrote:

> val2 is responsible for the floating part of the number to be
> written to the device. We don't need the floating part
> while writing the oversampling ratio for BME680 since the
> available oversampling ratios are pure natural numbers.
> 
> So, add a sanity check to make sure val2 is 0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>

As discussed in David's patch series v3, I think this is still relevant
but now needs an update to cover the new code.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/chemical/bme680_core.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/chemical/bme680_core.c b/drivers/iio/chemical/bme680_core.c
> index 7d9bb62baa3f..9d5a05e054d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/chemical/bme680_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/chemical/bme680_core.c
> @@ -852,6 +852,9 @@ static int bme680_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  {
>  	struct bme680_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>  
> +	if (val2 != 0)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	switch (mask) {
>  	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_OVERSAMPLING_RATIO:
>  		switch (chan->type) {