linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] mtd: spi-nor: cast to u64 to avoid uint overflows

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Date:   Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:41:07 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     huijin.park@...sung.com
Cc:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        MTD Maling List <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        bbanghj.park@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mtd: spi-nor: cast to u64 to avoid uint overflows

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:03 AM Huijin Park <huijin.park@...sung.com> wrote:
> From: "huijin.park" <huijin.park@...sung.com>
>
> The "params->size" is defined as "u64".
> And "info->sector_size" and "info->n_sectors" are defined as
> unsigned int and u16.
> Thus, u64 data might have strange data(loss data) if the result
> overflows an unsigned int.
> This patch casts "info->sector_size" to an u64.
>
> Signed-off-by: huijin.park <huijin.park@...sung.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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