linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soundwire: Fix error return code in sdw_compute_port

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Message-ID: <fc8ffb8c-955e-ddf3-3113-52c8b7329696@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:35:34 -0600
From:   Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@...wei.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sanyog Kale <sanyog.r.kale@...el.com>
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soundwire: Fix error return code in
 sdw_compute_port_params



On 11/25/20 12:50 AM, Qinglang Miao wrote:
> Fix to return the error code -EINVAL in sdw_compute_port_params
> instead of 0.
> 
> Fixes: 9026118f20e2 ("soundwire: Add generic bandwidth allocation algorithm")
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@...wei.com>

Thanks for the patch.
The test covers a very unlikely error scenario but nevertheless not a 
zero probability so the suggested fix makes sense to me.

Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>

> ---
>   drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c b/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
> index 0bdef38c9..ad857ac62 100644
> --- a/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
> +++ b/drivers/soundwire/generic_bandwidth_allocation.c
> @@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ static int sdw_compute_port_params(struct sdw_bus *bus)
>   	if (ret < 0)
>   		return ret;
>   
> -	if (group.count == 0)
> +	if (group.count == 0) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>   		goto out;
> +	}
>   
>   	params = kcalloc(group.count, sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!params) {
>