linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: mt6370: Add the out-of-bound check to prevent the null pointer

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Message-ID: <CADiBU39pRnrTuCM4OEFpLwEP9c86aJz2L6+G7yFm22i+7Gt8pw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:04:57 +0800
From:   ChiYuan Huang <u0084500@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     lee@...nel.org, matthias.bgg@...il.com, chiaen_wu@...htek.com,
        cy_huang@...htek.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: mt6370: Add the out-of-bound check to prevent the
 null pointer

Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> 於 2022年10月21日 週五 下午6:35寫道：
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:58 PM ChiYuan Huang <u0084500@...il.com> wrote:
> > Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> 於 2022年10月21日 週五 下午5:14寫道：
> > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:02 PM ChiYuan Huang <u0084500@...il.com> wrote:
> > > > Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> 於 2022年10月21日 週五 下午4:34寫道：
> > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 5:17 AM cy_huang <u0084500@...il.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#backtraces-in-commit-messages
> > >
> > > Have you had a chance to read this section of the document?
> > >
> > OK, get it.
> > Is the below text enough to express this problem?
>
> It is you who decides, because I don't know what exact problem this
> will represent.
>
> > Ex. Testing as below (mt6370 register range from 0 to 0x1ff)
> >    rg_bound_show()
> >         regmap_raw_read(regmap, 0x200, &val, sizeof(val));
>
> > pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
>
> For example, why is this line here?
>
> > pc : i2c_smbus_xfer+0x58/0x120
> > lr : i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data+0x74/0xc0
> > Call trace:
> >  i2c_smbus_xfer+0x58/0x120
> >  i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data+0x74/0xc0
> >  mt6370_regmap_read+0x40/0x60
> >  _regmap_raw_read+0xe4/0x278
> >  regmap_raw_read+0xec/0x240
> >  rg_bound_show+0xb0/0x120
>
> The rule of thumb is that it's okay to shrink to ~4-5 lines (in most cases).
>

At first, I start this thread due to  the original thread seems stopped
Since it already restarted, please forget this one.
Just follow the restaed thread for the discussion.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y1aCiReTZDbPp%2FrS@kadam/

> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko