linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] HID: ft260: improve error handling of ft260_hid_feature_report

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Date:   Tue, 11 May 2021 17:34:27 +0300
From:   Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman@...il.com>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     jikos@...nel.org, benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, michael.zaidman@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] HID: ft260: improve error handling of
 ft260_hid_feature_report_get()

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 06:10:36AM -0700, Tom Rix wrote:
> Generally change is fine.
> 
> a nit below.
> 
> On 5/11/21 3:12 AM, Michael Zaidman wrote:
> > Fixes: 6a82582d9fa4 ("HID: ft260: add usb hid to i2c host bridge driver")
> > 
> > The ft260_hid_feature_report_get() checks if the return size matches
> > the requested size. But the function can also fail with at least -ENOMEM.
> > Add the < 0 checks.
> > 
> > In ft260_hid_feature_report_get(), do not do the memcpy to the caller's
> > buffer if there is an error.
> > 
> > ---
> > v4   Fixed commit message
> > ---
> > v3   Simplify and optimize the changes
> > ---
> > v2:  add unlikely()'s for error conditions
> > ---
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman@...il.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
> >   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
> > index 047aa85a7c83..7f4cb823129e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c
> > @@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ static int ft260_hid_feature_report_get(struct hid_device *hdev,
> >   	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, report_id, buf, len, HID_FEATURE_REPORT,
> >   				 HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
> > -	memcpy(data, buf, len);
> > +	if (likely(ret == len))
> > +		memcpy(data, buf, len);
> > +	else if (ret >= 0)
> > +		ret = -EIO;
> >   	kfree(buf);
> >   	return ret;
> >   }
> > @@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ static int ft260_xfer_status(struct ft260_device *dev)
> >   	ret = ft260_hid_feature_report_get(hdev, FT260_I2C_STATUS,
> >   					   (u8 *)&report, sizeof(report));
> > -	if (ret < 0) {
> > +	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
> >   		hid_err(hdev, "failed to retrieve status: %d\n", ret);
> >   		return ret;
> >   	}
> > @@ -720,10 +723,9 @@ static int ft260_get_system_config(struct hid_device *hdev,
> >   	ret = ft260_hid_feature_report_get(hdev, FT260_SYSTEM_SETTINGS,
> >   					   (u8 *)cfg, len);
> > -	if (ret != len) {
> > +	if (ret < 0) {
> 
> nit: should be consistent and use unlikely(ret < 0) for this and other
> similar checks.
> 
> Tom

I preserved the likely/unlikely hints in the critical path where the
performance matters. And for the sake of consistency, I removed them from
the rest of the places that are called rarely and are not performance-critical
to be aligned to the other "if" statements in the code.

Michael