netdev - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ice: fix potential infinite loop because loop counter being too small

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Date:   Mon, 4 Nov 2019 20:19:58 +0000
From:   "Bowers, AndrewX" <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
To:     "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ice: fix potential infinite loop
 because loop counter being too small

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org] On
> Behalf Of Colin King
> Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 7:00 AM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>; David S . Miller
> <davem@...emloft.net>; Venkataramanan, Anirudh
> <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>; intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ice: fix potential infinite loop because loop
> counter being too small
> 
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently the for-loop counter i is a u8 however it is being checked against a
> maximum value hw->num_tx_sched_layers which is a u16. Hence there is a
> potential wrap-around of counter i back to zero if
> hw->num_tx_sched_layers is greater than 255.  Fix this by making i
> a u16.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Infinite loop")
> Fixes: b36c598c999c ("ice: Updates to Tx scheduler code")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)


Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>