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Message-ID: <DC148C5AA1CEBA4E87973D432B1C2D8817EBF5B2@P3PWEX4MB008.ex4.secureserver.net>
Date:	Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:25:52 +0000
From:	Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...oo.com>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"abbotti@....co.uk" <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Staging: comedi: clean up conditional statement in
 addi_apci_3xxx.c

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:29 PM, Chase Southwood wrote:
> In this if-else conditional statement, if (chan < 16), but
> (data[0] == INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY), the function does not return early,
> but the else-branch does not get executed either.  As a result, mask
> would be used uninitialized in the next line.  What we want here is if
> (chan < 16) and (data[0] != INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY), return an error, but
> in every other case, initialize mask and then proceed.  Found by a static
> checker.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...oo.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c | 12 +++++-------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c
> index ceadf8e..04c5153 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c
> @@ -688,13 +688,11 @@ static int apci3xxx_dio_insn_config(struct comedi_device *dev,
>  	 * Port 1 (channels 8-15) are always outputs
>  	 * Port 2 (channels 16-23) are programmable i/o
>  	 */
> -	if (chan < 16) {
> -		if (data[0] != INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY)
> -			return -EINVAL;
> -	} else {
> -		/* changing any channel in port 2 changes the entire port */
> -		mask = 0xff0000;
> -	}
> +	if ((chan < 16) && (data[0] != INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/* changing any channel in port 2 changes the entire port */
> +	mask = 0xff0000;
>  
>  	ret = comedi_dio_insn_config(dev, s, insn, data, mask);
>  	if (ret)

The uninitialized mask when chan < 16 is an issue. But your patch is not quite correct.

The original code was intending to limit the valid instructions for channels < 16 to only
INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY. These channels have fixed directions: 0-7 (port 0) are
always inputs and 8-15 (port 1) are always outputs. Channels 16-23 (port 2) have
programmable direction but changing any channel effects the entire port, that's
what the 0xff0000 mask is for.

Changing the mask to 0xff0000 for any chanspec will result in the INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY
instruction returning the direction of port 2 regardless of what the chanspec is.

The "right" fix would be:
1) Default the mask to 0 so that comedi_dio_insn_config() will use a chan_mask
based on the chanspec for the INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY instruction. 
2) Ignore all instructions except INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY when the chan < 16.
3) Modify the mask for chan >= 16 when the instruction is not INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY
so that the INSN_CONFIG_DIO_{INPUT,OUTPUT} instructions update the entire
port.

Something like the following patch is more correct. The comments are added
just for clarity.

Regards,
Hartley


diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c
index 88d14a9..6bc8b26 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_3xxx.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static int apci3xxx_dio_insn_config(struct comedi_device *dev,
                                    unsigned int *data)
 {
        unsigned int chan = CR_CHAN(insn->chanspec);
-       unsigned int mask;
+       unsigned int mask = 0;  /* use chan_mask in comedi_dio_insn_config() */
        int ret;
 
        /*
@@ -714,11 +714,16 @@ static int apci3xxx_dio_insn_config(struct comedi_device *dev,
         * Port 1 (channels 8-15) are always outputs
         * Port 2 (channels 16-23) are programmable i/o
         */
-       if (chan < 16) {
-               if (data[0] != INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY)
+       if (data[0] != INSN_CONFIG_DIO_QUERY) {
+               /* ignore all other instructions to ports 0 and 1 */
+               if (chan < 16)
                        return -EINVAL;
-       } else {
-               /* changing any channel in port 2 changes the entire port */
+
+               /*
+                * Changing any channel in port 2 changes the entire port.
+                * Pass a custom mask to comedi_dio_insn_config() so all
+                * the io_bits are modified for port 2.
+                */
                mask = 0xff0000;
        }

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