linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: host: fix incorrect updating of offset

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Date:   Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:39:58 -0500 (EST)
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: host: fix incorrect updating of offset

On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Colin King wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable temp is incorrectly being updated, instead it should
> be offset otherwise the loop just reads the same capability value
> and loops forever.  Thanks to Alan Stern for pointing out the
> correct fix to my original fix.  Fix also cleans up clang warning:
> 
> drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c:840:4: warning: Value stored to 'temp'
> is never read
> 
> Fixes: d49d43174400 ("USB: misc ehci updates")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
> index 7fb21d01b3d0..3bd0b2273171 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
> @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static ssize_t fill_registers_buffer(struct debug_buffer *buf)
>  			default:		/* unknown */
>  				break;
>  			}
> -			temp = (cap >> 8) & 0xff;
> +			offset = (cap >> 8) & 0xff;
>  		}
>  	}
>  #endif

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>