netdev - Re: linux-4.2-rc2/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c:1993: possible bad error checking ?

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:10:28 +0200
From:	Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
To:	David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-4.2-rc2/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c:1993:
 possible bad error checking ?

Hello David

thx to have looked at this. I'll check the code and eventually fix it, 
unless you already have a patch to propose.

Kind Regards
Peppe

On 7/13/2015 11:48 AM, David Binderman wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> [linux-4.2-rc2/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c:1993]: (style) Checking if unsigned variable 'entry' is less than zero.
>
> Source code is
>
>          entry = priv->hw->mode->jumbo_frm(priv, skb, csum_insertion);
>          if (unlikely(entry < 0))
>              goto dma_map_err;
>
> but
>
>      unsigned int entry;
>
> So the error checking from the function call looks broken to me.
>
> If the return value from the function call to jumbo_frm is a plain signed integer, suggest
> sanity check that *before* assigning into an unsigned integer.
>
> Regards
>
> David Binderman
>
>   		 	   		
>

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