linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] staging: wfx: fix swapped arguments in memset call

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Date:   Wed, 9 Oct 2019 14:06:27 +0000
From:   Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
CC:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] staging: wfx: fix swapped arguments in memset call

On Wednesday 9 October 2019 11:46:08 CEST Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The memset appears to have the 2nd and 3rd arguments in the wrong
> order, fix this by swapping these around into the correct order.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Memset fill truncated")
> Fixes: 4f8b7fabb15d ("staging: wfx: allow to send commands to chip")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c
> index 8de16ad7c710..761ad9b4f27e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c
> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static ssize_t wfx_send_hif_msg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user
>         // wfx_cmd_send() chekc that reply buffer is wide enough, but do not
>         // return precise length read. User have to know how many bytes should
>         // be read. Filling reply buffer with a memory pattern may help user.
> -       memset(context->reply, sizeof(context->reply), 0xFF);
> +       memset(context->reply, 0xFF, sizeof(context->reply));
>         request = memdup_user(user_buf, count);
>         if (IS_ERR(request))
>                 return PTR_ERR(request);

Ouch! I realize that "-Wmemset-transposed-args" and/or "-Wmemset-elt-size"
don't catch this case.

Thank you for your attentive reading.

Reviewed-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>

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Jérôme Pouiller