linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: ep93xx: fix incorrect array element size check

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Date:   Thu, 6 Sep 2018 14:44:01 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: ep93xx: fix incorrect array element size check

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:58 PM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Currently the while loop checks for the end of the array using
> the size of egp->gc rather that the number of elements in the array,
> so fix this. Also, perform the array size check first as stylistically
> it is always good to bounds check on an array first before referencing
> the array (in this case, we're just computing the address of an
> element in an array so this is a moot point).
>
> Fixes: fd935fc421e7 ("gpio: ep93xx: Do not pingpong irq numbers")
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Oh that was really neat code! Thanks a lot.

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij