linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] i2c: slave-eeprom: add eeprom simulator driver

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Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:52:00 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] i2c: slave-eeprom: add eeprom simulator driver

Hallo Wolfram,

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > > +	case I2C_SLAVE_REQ_READ_END:
> > > > +		eeprom->buffer_idx++;
> > > You don't check here for buffer_idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(buffer)?
> > > Ditto in the I2C_SLAVE_REQ_WRITE_END case.
> > I just noticed that buffer_idx is an u8, so it overflows at 255+1. So
> > the probe routine should error out if size is bigger than 256.
> 
> But size is currently fixed to 256, so all is fine. Yes, if we extend it
> for bigger sizes, all that stuff needs to be taken care of, right.
yeah, it's well hidden, but true. So IMHO worth a comment.

Best regards
Uwe

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