linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: armada-3700: fix unsigned compare than zero on irq

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:55:28 +0100
From:   Romain Perier <romain.perier@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: armada-3700: fix unsigned compare than zero on irq

Hello,

Le 13/12/2016 à 11:28, Colin King a écrit :
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> spi->irq is an unsigned integer hence the check if status is less than
> zero has no effect.  Fix this by replacing spi->irq with an int irq
> so the less than zero compare will correctly detect errors.
>
> Issue found with static analysis with CoverityScan, CID1388567
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c | 9 +++++----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c b/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
> index e89da0a..4e92178 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
> @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static int a3700_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct spi_master *master;
>  	struct a3700_spi *spi;
>  	u32 num_cs = 0;
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	int irq, ret = 0;
>
>  	master = spi_alloc_master(dev, sizeof(*spi));
>  	if (!master) {
> @@ -846,12 +846,13 @@ static int a3700_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		goto error;
>  	}
>
> -	spi->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> -	if (spi->irq < 0) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "could not get irq: %d\n", spi->irq);
> +	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> +	if (irq < 0) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "could not get irq: %d\n", irq);
>  		ret = -ENXIO;
>  		goto error;
>  	}
> +	spi->irq = irq;
>
>  	init_completion(&spi->done);
>
>

Why don't you change only the type of "irq" in struct a3700_spi ?

Thanks,
Romain