linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 03/14] tty: n_tty: use 'num' for writes' counts

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20230827074147.2287-4-jirislaby@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:41:36 +0200
From:   "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/14] tty: n_tty: use 'num' for writes' counts

We have a separate misnomer 'c' to hold the retuned value from
tty->ops->write(). Instead, use 'num' already defined on another place
(and already properly typed).

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>
---

Notes:
    [v2] use 'name' instead of 'retval' as Ilpo suggests

 drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index f6fa4dbdf78f..7f9fee4cf7cf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -2335,8 +2335,7 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 {
 	const u8 *b = buf;
 	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
-	int c;
-	ssize_t retval = 0;
+	ssize_t num, retval = 0;
 
 	/* Job control check -- must be done at start (POSIX.1 7.1.1.4). */
 	if (L_TOSTOP(tty) && file->f_op->write_iter != redirected_tty_write) {
@@ -2362,7 +2361,7 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 		}
 		if (O_OPOST(tty)) {
 			while (nr > 0) {
-				ssize_t num = process_output_block(tty, b, nr);
+				num = process_output_block(tty, b, nr);
 				if (num < 0) {
 					if (num == -EAGAIN)
 						break;
@@ -2384,16 +2383,16 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 
 			while (nr > 0) {
 				mutex_lock(&ldata->output_lock);
-				c = tty->ops->write(tty, b, nr);
+				num = tty->ops->write(tty, b, nr);
 				mutex_unlock(&ldata->output_lock);
-				if (c < 0) {
-					retval = c;
+				if (num < 0) {
+					retval = num;
 					goto break_out;
 				}
-				if (!c)
+				if (!num)
 					break;
-				b += c;
-				nr -= c;
+				b += num;
+				nr -= num;
 			}
 		}
 		if (!nr)
-- 
2.42.0