linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] x86/microcode/AMD: Check microcode container data in the late loader

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Date:   Mon, 7 May 2018 18:35:26 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] x86/microcode/AMD: Check microcode container data
 in the late loader

On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 01:26:50AM +0200, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> Here we return this variable, implicitly converting it into a
> (signed) int.
> Any value above INT_MAX will wrap around to a negative pseudo-error
> code (which might not match any actual error number).

If you want to widen the return type and do proper checking then have
the function return int which denotes success (0) or negative on
error and then return crnt_size through an u32 * arg.

All this in a separate patch with properly explained situation in the
commit message.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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