linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: fix error reporting

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Date:	Sat, 1 Nov 2014 12:43:31 +0100
From:	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To:	Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@...escale.com>
Cc:	Cristian Stoica <cristian.stoica@...escale.com>,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	horia.geanta@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: fix error reporting

On Friday, October 31, 2014 at 07:22:09 PM, Kim Phillips wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:57:33 +0200
> 
> Cristian Stoica <cristian.stoica@...escale.com> wrote:
> > The error code returned by hardware is four bits wide with an expected
> > zero MSB. A hardware error condition where the error code can get between
> > 0x8 and 0xf will trigger an out of bound array access on the error
> > message table.
> 
> If this issue was brought up by h/w, the appropriate new error codes
> should be being introduced.
> 
> Otherwise, I'm assuming it was brought up by a static code analyser,
> which technically could be ignored, but...
> 
> > -	/*
> > -	 * If there is no further error handling function, just
> > -	 * print the error code, error string and exit. Otherwise
> > -	 * call the handler function.
> > -	 */
> 
> why remove the comment?  It's still valid.
> 
> > -	if (!status_src[ssrc].report_ssed)
> > -		dev_err(jrdev, "%08x: %s: \n", status, status_src[ssrc].error);
> > -	else
> > +	if (status_src[ssrc].report_ssed)
> > 
> >  		status_src[ssrc].report_ssed(jrdev, status, error);
> > 
> > +	else if (error)
> > +		dev_err(jrdev, "%d: %s\n", ssrc, error);
> > +	else
> > +		dev_err(jrdev, "%d: unknown error code\n", ssrc);
> 
> This is simpler:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/error.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/error.c
> index 6531054..6f4a148 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/caam/error.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/error.c
> @@ -224,7 +224,12 @@ void caam_jr_strstatus(struct device *jrdev, u32
> status) { report_cond_code_status, "Condition Code" },
>         };
>         u32 ssrc = status >> JRSTA_SSRC_SHIFT;
> -       const char *error = status_src[ssrc].error;
> +       const char *error;
> +
> +       if (ssrc >= ARRAY_SIZE(status_src)) {
> +               dev_err(jrdev, "unknown error status source %d\n", ssrc);
> +               return;
> +       }
> 
>         /*
>          * If there is no further error handling function, just

This indeed makes sense.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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