linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] firewire: core: detect model name for legacy layout of configuration ROM

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 02:04:52 -0800
From: Adam Goldman <adamg@...ox.com>
To: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>
Cc: linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] firewire: core: detect model name for legacy
 layout of configuration ROM

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 07:30:10PM +0900, Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> -	ret = fw_csr_string(dir, attr->key, buf, bufsize);
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(directories) && directories[i]; ++i)
> +		ret = fw_csr_string(directories[i], attr->key, buf, bufsize);

I believe this is incorrect. If the attribute is in the first directory 
searched, the loop will continue. The second loop iteration will set ret 
to -ENOENT because the attribute isn't in the second directory. Then 
show_text_leaf will return -ENOENT even though the attribute existed.

-- Adam