linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] cxl: Make loop variable be 'i' instead of 'j'

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Message-ID: <9c4643b7200449ce8e6693e4bcaf24b6@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Mar 2021 16:55:09 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk' <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        "alison.schofield@...el.com" <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
        "vishal.l.verma@...el.com" <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        "ira.weiny@...el.com" <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        "ben.widawsky@...el.com" <ben.widawsky@...el.com>,
        "dan.j.williams@...el.com" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org" <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] cxl: Make loop variable be 'i' instead of 'j'

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> Sent: 26 February 2021 21:17
> 
> .. otherwise people spend extra cycles looking for the
> inner loop and wondering 'why j'?
> 
> This was an oversight when initial work was rebased
> so let's fix it here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> ---
> v1: Initial posting
> v2: Fix per Dan's request
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/mem.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/mem.c b/drivers/cxl/mem.c
> index 244cb7d89678..d43197a193ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/mem.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/mem.c
> @@ -698,7 +698,6 @@ static int cxl_query_cmd(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd,
>  	struct device *dev = &cxlmd->dev;
>  	struct cxl_mem_command *cmd;
>  	u32 n_commands;
> -	int j = 0;
> 
>  	dev_dbg(dev, "Query IOCTL\n");
> 
> @@ -715,11 +714,12 @@ static int cxl_query_cmd(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd,
>  	 */
>  	cxl_for_each_cmd(cmd) {
>  		const struct cxl_command_info *info = &cmd->info;
> +		int i = 0;
> 
> -		if (copy_to_user(&q->commands[j++], info, sizeof(*info)))
> +		if (copy_to_user(&q->commands[i++], info, sizeof(*info)))
>  			return -EFAULT;
> 
> -		if (j == n_commands)
> +		if (i == n_commands)
>  			break;


Did you test this?
Looks badly broken to me.

	David

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